Thousands of supporters of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini paraded in his birthplace Sunday to mark the centenary of the historic "March on Rome" that ushered in Fascism

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But Sunday's gathering differed from previous ones, with Fascist sympathisers expressing support for Italy's new government led by Giorgia Meloni, the most right-wing to take office since World War II."If after 100 years we are still here, it is to pay tribute to the one whom this state wanted and to whom we will never fail in our admiration," said Orsola Mussolini, great-grand-daughter of the former leader who attended the march with her sister Vittoria.On October 28, 1922, Mussolini's paramilitary forces entered the Italian capital and were handed power, marking the start of a regime marked by intense authoritarianism and nationalism that lasted until 1943.Vestiges of "Il Duce" remain visible to this day throughout Italy, including his name inscribed on buildings, while portraits of the dictator still adorn the walls of some government ministries.She has insisted she has never felt sympathy for "undemocratic regimes" and called Fascism's race laws -- which began stripping rights from Jews in 1938 -- "the lowest point in Italian history"."

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