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The Lion of Judah Mounument. Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.
The Monument is the personal symbol of
Emperor Haile Selassie I. This monument was
one of several unveiled for the Emperor’s
coronation in 1930 in Addis Ababa. In May 1936
the invading Italian army occupied Addis Ababa
and began to make plans to seize the
monuments they liked to send back as spoils of
war to Rome. They demolished several
monuments to Emperor Menelik, who defeated
the Italians in 1896. The Lion of Judea, despite
weighing several tons, was shipped of to Rome
and erected next to the large white Vittorio
Emanuelle Monument in time for the 4th
anniversary of the declaration of the New
(Fascist) Italian Empire. A young Eritrean named
Zerai Deres was marching in a parade when he
realised he was looking at the looted monument,
the personal symbol of his Emperor. The young
man attacked and killed at least one Italian
military officer with a ceremonial sword he was
carrying. Deres was finally subdued and killed.
From that day he has been known as an
Ethiopian Patriot.
The statue was repatriated in the 1960’s while
Emperor Haile Selassie was still in power. It is
made from black granite, so it’s very dark.
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