Mussolini’s birthplace cashes in on the surge of far-right tourism

Thousands of curious visitors - and fascists - descend on the Apennine town

Dressed in black T-shirts, their arms inked with tattoos, Fabrizio and Mameli Gamberini are on their yearly homage trip to Predappio, the birth town and burial place of Benito Mussolini.

"We're fascists," Mameli proudly admits as she leaves Predappio Tricolore, a souvenir shop teeming with Mussolini memorabilia, on Friday morning. "We come every year at the end of July to buy a few new keepsakes, visit his tomb and leave some flowers in his honour."

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