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
Judah & the Lion Best of the Best competitions. Their first EP, "First Fruits" released by the band was a Christian worship collection, but the band knew that they did not want to exclude a wider audience and decided to stray from being strictly a Christian group. According to Judah Akers, the band received their name from a passage in the bible about "The Lion of the Tribe of Judah." The name fits the band since the lead singer is named Judah and because of their Christian backgrounds. The band wrote that their music has the "grit of Run DMC or Beastie Boys" but