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HEALTHY FASCIST MIND, HEALTHY FASCIST BODY: Mussolini’s Foro Italico in Rome

Mussolini enshrined this ideal in his Foro Italico (Italic Forum) in Rome, popularly known as the "Mussolini Forum".

Especially in the adjoining Stadio dei Marmi (Stadium of the Marble Statues), with its onslaught of colossal male nudes.

But then the years pass and present-day Romans move in, doing what present-day Romans do...

Mussolini
Mythic Rome
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SKATING OVER HISTORY IN ROME'S MUSSOLINI FORUM

In Rome, the Foro Italico (Italic Forum) still broadcasts Mussolini's message of Fascist power through physical strengthif anyone bothers to listen.

Nowadays, the martial clamor is reduced to a pleasant whir of skateboard wheels rolling over the celebrated mosaics—a veritable encyclopedia of Fascist imagery.

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Mythic Rome
Sports (not Florence)
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