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In spite of the approval from the media of the regime, the ceremony provoked hilarity among the Italian people because of its absurd and paradoxical connotations.<ref>{{harvnb|Cifarelli|2004|p=183}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Antonini|1999|p=112}}</ref> One of the photographs of the event, depicting Mussolini on the saddle of horse held by the halter by a [[Groom (profession)|groom]], in his official version was retouched and published deleting the groom, in order to make it appear that Mussolini was able to ride his own mount without anyone's help.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediastudies.it/IMG/pdf/Propaganda_e_falsificazioni_fotografiche.pdf|title=Propaganda politica e falsificazioni fotografiche tra le due guerre mondiali|access-date=November 16, 2015}}</ref> The detail is often cited as one of the more typical examples of the ''art of falsification'' established in the totalitarian regime.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corriere.it/politica/12_luglio_05/la-rimozione-leghista-bossi-pg-battista_69e21476-c661-11e1-8ab7-67e552429064.shtml|title=La rimozione leghista. Bossi, chi era costui?|access-date=November 16, 2015}}</ref>
The following year, a horse monument was inaugurated in the main square of the Libyan capital in honor of Mussolini. Its base read: "To Benito Mussolini, peacemaker of the people, redeemer of the land of Libya, the mindful population and exhibitions where the Sword of Islam flashed consecrate in the sign of the Lictor a loyalty that challenges the destiny."<ref name=pdf/>
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