Stolen: bronze statue gifted to Cincinnati by Mussolini's Rome

[Demovictory9]

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In 1931, Rome, under control of Benito Mussolini, gifted a statue of the Capitoline Wolf—a scene from the legendary founding of Rome—to the Ohio city of Cincinnati which was named after the Roman statesman Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus. The bronze statue, depicting Romulus and Remus suckling on a wolf, is a replica of the Lupa Capitolina at the Musei Capitolini in Rome and has been located in Cincinnati's Eden Park for almost 100 years. On Friday though, some idiot—or gaggle of idiots—sawed off the statue at the wolf's paws and stole it. From WVXU:

Several years ago, the statue was the center of some controversy in Cincinnati because of its ties to Mussolini. Then-City Council member Chris Seelbach raised the idea of removing the statue from the Twin Lakes area of Eden Park after a 2015 report in the Cincinnati Enquirer.

"Statues from the monster that was Benito Mussolini don't belong in our parks," Seelbach wrote in 2020 tweet responding to the newspaper article. "Museums? Maybe. But not Cincinnati parks." […]

Cincinnati Parks is requesting anyone with information about the theft contact Cincinnati Police.


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[Historic NY]

1. Ugly wolf.

[OnDoutside]

2. Must have been stolen by a Republican....they abandoned the children.

[Ilsa]

7. Haaaaaaaaa!!! So true. nt

[2naSalit]

8. DUzy!!

[Demovictory9]

9. Lol 😀

[PoliticAverse]

3. I wonder how much the bronze is worth as scrap. n/t

[Norbert]

5. Without reading this the speculation is it has been taken by a scrapper.

I don't understand this because it has been all over the local news. I would think it would raise questions by the scrap dealer, unless it has already been melted down.

[PoliticAverse]

6. Not all scrap metal dealers are scrupulously honest. n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

4. What a shame. America can never have nice things. It's because

of greed. I remember being in Rome and seeing the orginal. Other countries can protect centuries of art, but not the USA.

[Demovictory9]

14. yes, it's a shame

[maxsolomon]

10. An incredibly popular overlook, busy at all times of the day.

I've been there a hundred times, maybe.

It's a measure of the desperation of these times that a metal thief would target it.

Woe to the scrapyard that buys it.

[Demovictory9]

11. Overlook of what?

[maxsolomon]

12. Its on a bluff high above the Ohio River.

Maybe 400' high?

[Demovictory9]

13. nice