In the context of Monument to the Lion of Judah, analyze the 1935: Looted by Fascist Italian force of the History.
At the end of the so-called March of the Iron Will (Italian: marcia della ferrea volontà) (during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War) that led to the occupation of Addis Ababa by the Royal Italian Army, the statue was transported to Rome, Italy in 1936 at the end of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
On 8 May 1937, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the proclamation of the Italian Empire and Italian East Africa, the Lion of Judah sculpture was placed just beyond Square of Five hundred to Rome, under the obelisk that remembers of the Battle of Dogali.
The Lion of Judah statue remained in Rome until the 1960s, when it was returned to Ethiopia after the negotiations in Addis Ababa. Emperor Haile Selassie took part in the new inauguration ceremony in military uniform, also recalling the patriotic gesture of Zerai Derres.
Lion of Judah Battle of Dogali Addis Ababa Italian East Africa Rome Second Italo-Ethiopian War Italy Ethiopia Haile Selassie Royal Italian Army Italian Empire March of the Iron Will