Balbo Monument
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The Balbo Monument consists of a column that is approximately 2,000 years old dating from between 117 and 38 BC and a contemporary stone base. It was taken from an ancient port town outside of Rome by
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The axes have been removed from the Fasces.
Italo Balbo
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Italo Balbo was an Italian fascist politician and Blackshirts' leader who served as Italy's Marshal of the Air Force, Governor-General of Italian Libya and Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa.
Balbo Monument
…taken from an ancient port town outside of Rome by Benito Mussolini and given to the city of Chicago in 1933 to honor the trans-Atlantic flight led by Italo Balbo to the Century of Progress Worlds Fair. The Balbo Monument includes a column that was taken from a site about 200 meters outside of Porta Marina in…
Balbo in 1938–1940
Italo Balbo (center) during World War I in 1918
Balbo (left) and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini
Italo Balbo in 1930