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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/>
The sword, decorated in [[arabesque]], equipped with a double-edged straight blade and with a hilt and solid gold friezes, had been achieved from the art firm ''Picchiani e Barlacchi di Firenze'' on the order of Mussolini himself. After 1937, it was no longer used and was guarded in a small glass reliquary at Rocca delle Caminate, summer residence of Mussolini. There were no more signs of the precious object after [[Fall of the Fascist regime in Italy|July 25, 1943]], when Rocca delle Caminate was ravaged and plundered by anti-fascists.<ref>{{
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