Loot: What they Took from East and Central Africa
November 16, 2023
Italian Loot
Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Monument to the Lion of Judah
The Monument to the Lion of Judah was erected on the eve of Emperor Haile Selassie's coronation in Addis Ababa. However, in 1935, during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, the statue was looted by Fascist Italian forces and taken to Rome.