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1. Olive Tree Area – Madonna of the Two Wheels loop from Sava

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Giuseppe Lomartire

February 26, 2022

Pizzichicchio, pseudonym of Cosimo Mazzeo (San Marzano di San Giuseppe, January 13, 1837 - Potenza, November 28, 1864), was an Italian brigand.

He was one of the last brigands in Southern Italy to be captured, to do this it took about one hundred men including the Royal Carabinieri, cavalrymen and other forces. He collaborated with other brigand chiefs, such as Sergeant Romano, Carmine Crocco, Nicola La Veneziana and Ninco Nanco, and is considered the most important figure of banditry in Salento. [

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Giuseppe Lomartire

February 26, 2022

Origins and training

He was born on January 13 in 1837, a native of San Marzano di San Giuseppe, son of Pasquale and Maria Friolo. He had served the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies as a soldier in the 5th Hunters Battalion and, in 1860, after the dissolution of the Bourbon army, he placed three bands of brigands under his command.

The role in southern brigandage

The areas where it operated were included between starting from the surroundings of Gioia del Colle, Martina Franca, Crispiano (Bosco delle Pianelle), Taranto, Grottaglie, San Marzano (Bosco Principe area), Cellino San Marco (Bosco Curtipitrizzi), Erchie, Carovigno, Oria , Francavilla, Porto Cesareo (Bosco dell'Arneo) and many other places, with the center of reference being his native town. He also participated in the capture of Carovigno, Erchie and Cellino San Marco.

In 1863, brigandage was in decline and the center of its activities moved to Crispiano.

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Giuseppe Lomartire

February 26, 2022

The Ceneviva murder, arrest and death

When one of its gangs assassinated National Guard captain Antonio Ceneviva, the state responded by sending a unit of ninety men in June. There was a clash at the Belmonte farm where the brigands had taken refuge. The National Guard and the Carabinieri failed to conquer the farm and retreated, the brigand commanded a surprise attack on the soldiers, but the military got the better, Mazzeo managed to escape arrest and remained in hiding for several months.

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Location: San Marzano Di San Giuseppe, Taranto, Apulia, Italy

Pagghiaro of the Brigand Pizzichicchio

1. Olive Tree Area – Madonna of the Two Wheels loop from Sava

2. Lago Papadia – Tratturo Franchidesse loop from San Giorgio Ionico

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