Word: pontelagoscuro
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fascisti and opposing forces. The trouble arose because the anti-Fascisti objected to and interfered with the funeral of a local hero, Paolo Santamaria, whose body had been brought back from the former Italian battle front. This is said to have provoked the attack by the Fascisti. At Pontelagoscuro, near Ferrara. In the dead of a pitch black night a band of unknown persons tried to storm a fort containing thousands of tons of explosives. Rifle and revolver firing continued all night. The number of casualties was not reported. The military authorities are making investigations. At Mount Tricorno...
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