Il Duce trebbia il grano a Pontinia - foto e didascalia dal Times del 25/06/1935

Duce’s Visit To Pontine Marshes FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT ROME, JUNE 28 Signor Mussolini yesterday made his annual visit to the reclaimed lands of Littoria and Sabaudia in the Pontine Marshes. In 1932 the harvest at Littoria was 43,065 quintals from an area of 4,115 hectares; this year the figure -will exceed 140,000 quintals from 14,102 hectares. In the same period the population has risen from 5,116 to 22,648. At Littoria, where there was a parade of 250 of its men who have volunteered for service in East Africa, Signor Musso- lini first laid. the foundation-stone of a beet sugar factory which represents the first attempt to give an industrial turn to the development of the reclaimed areas.

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