page_title: Shar al-Shatt
section_title: Aftermath
hierarchical_section_title: Shar al-Shatt / Aftermath
caption_attribution_description: English&#58; Monument to the Bersagliere in Rome, in front of Porta PiaItaliano&#58; Monumento al Bersagliere in piazza di Porta Pia a Roma, fronteggiante la porta omonima
context_page_description: Shar al-Shatt was the location of the "Massacre of Italians at Sciara Sciat", that occurred on October 23, 1911 in a village on the outskirts of Tripoli, Libya. According to Italian sources, 503 officers and men were killed in the incident, which occurred shortly after the beginning of the Italo-Turkish War. It was the biggest loss of life for Italian troops prior to World War I.
context_section_description: Officially 21 Italian officers and 482 soldiers died at Shar al-Shatt, 290 of them massacred after surrender in the cemetery
  One of the opponents of the Italian intervention in Ottoman Libya, the future fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, began to change his initially favorable opinion of the native Libyans after news of the massacre reached Italy. In the late 1920s he remembered (and always cited) the "Sciara Sciatt Massacre" when he imposed his Pacification of Libya.
  In 1932 Mussolini inaugurated a monument to the Bersaglieri in Rome, especially honoring those who died at Shar al-Shatt. The  monument was designed by architect Italo Mancini and was created by sculptor Publio Morbiducci.
caption: Monument in Rome for the Bersaglieri, with Sciara Sciat reference (the first at the top)
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