Solo on the sword it says "DAZI VOSTRI" the play on words is Cazzi Vostri The straight translation is your dicks to the natives it means eff you. Besides the guy that made the statue said so in his interview.
How do I know this you may ask the answer is I was born in Sicily so I'm fluent.
Ah...a native Italian...and Sicilian, no less!
Well...as I've mentioned up thread, yours is a beautiful country. I very much enjoyed my travels there and the people. It's very different from America but I found most of those differences intriguing. I loved speaking the language, what little of it I could speak.
I wish I had stayed with learning the language. I know a little French..a little Italian..and between that and the English that many Italians speak, I could make my way around.
Once I learned that I would be traveling there, I bought an Italian language course. The most helpful aspect of that course was a booklet which contained common phrases which might be useful to travelers. Between that and what I picked up while there, I got around O.K.
I'd love to go back one day. The history and the culture there is just amazing!