Monument to the Lion of Judah patriot and national hero. The work was made by the French sculptor Georges Gardet in 1930, on the occasion of the coronation of Emperor Hailé Selassié on November 2, 1930. At the end of the so-called March of the Iron Will (in italian: "Marcia della ferrea volontà") that led to the occupation of Addis Ababa by the Italian army, the statue was transported to Rome, Italy in 1935 at the end of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. The Lion of Judah sculpture was placed just beyond Piazza dei Cinquecento, under the obelisk of the Italian Heroes of the Battle of Dogali
Shelah (son of Judah) of Chronicles, "Shelah" is identified as the name of a clan, containing a subclan named "Er." The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were:<br> "These were the potters and those who dwell at Netaim and Gederah; there they dwelt with the king for his work." According to biblical scholars, the description of "Shelah" is an eponymous aetiological myth concerning fluctuations in the constituency of the tribe of Judah, with "Shelah" representing the newest clan to become part of the tribe. The Book of Chronicles' description of "Er" as a descendant of Shelah, suggests that "Er" was in reality the