The Piazza San Sepolcro () is a

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in the center of

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not far from the Piazza del Duomo. During the

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the piazza was the forum at the intersection of the

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and the

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. In 1030 the Church of San Sepolcro was founded, giving the piazza its name. On March 23, 1919

Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister, became the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 un ...

founded the Fasci di combattimento at a rally held at the piazza. Participants of this rally were known as sansepolcristi, and were granted special privileges under the regime." Spetta la qualifica di "Sansepolcrista" al Fascista che il 23 marzo 1919 abbia effettivamente partecipato all'adunata di Piazza San Sepolcro e sia in possesso del relativo brevetto rilasciato dal DUCE" Art.13 del Regolamento del P.N.F., 1939-XVII The square was adjacent to the Palazzo Castani, the national headquarters of the Partito Nazional Fascista from 1921 to 1924, and of the Partito Fascista Repubblicano from 1943 to 1945. The term Sansepolcrismo, however, pointed to the original spirit of the movement of Fasci di combattimento in which, alongside nationalist ideas and combative myths, there were strong instances of social palingenesis, egalitarianism and even republican components.

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poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti composed " Il poema dei sansepolcristi" in commemoration of the event.

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