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    Vito Genovese (Italian: [ˈviːto dʒenoˈveːze, -eːse]; November 21, 1897 – February 14, 1969) was an Italian-born American mobster of the American Mafia...
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    (/ˌluːtʃiˈɑːnoʊ/ LOO-chee-AH-noh, Italian: [luˈtʃaːno]; born Salvatore Lucania [salvaˈtoːre lukaˈniːa]; November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was an Italian-born...
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    a list of nine martyrs, with the statement of the place, in Eboli, "In Lucania", that is, in the Roman province of that name in southern Italy between...
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  • as Rosalie Aprile Joseph R. Gannascoli as Vito Spatafore Dan Grimaldi as Patsy Parisi * = credit only Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva John Bianco as...
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    San Vito dei Normanni (Sanvitese: Santu Vitu) is an Italian town of 19,947 inhabitants of the province of Brindisi in Apulia. The inhabitants are called...
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    retired in 1957 after he had survived an assassination attempt ordered by Vito Genovese. Costello was born Francesco Castiglia on January 26, 1891, in Lauropoli...
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    Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Albano di Lucania, Anzi, Laurenzana, Pietrapertosa, Trivigno. It is one of I Borghi più belli...
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    Putenz) is a comune in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata (former Lucania). Capital of the Province of Potenza and the Basilicata region, the city...
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  • dockworker unions. Anastasia was murdered on October 25, 1957, on the orders of Vito Genovese and Carlo Gambino; Gambino subsequently became boss of the family...
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    Manlio Molfese (Albano di Lucania, 20 September 1883 – Rome, 25 April 1969) was an Italian Air Force officer during World War I and World War II. During...
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    taken to Savoia di Lucania and buried secretly, with the presence only of Rosina Ricciardi, mayor of the town; an undersecretary of Vito De Filippo, governor...
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    US: /-ˌzɪl-/; Italian: [baziliˈkaːta]), also known by its ancient name Lucania (/luːˈkeɪniə/, US also /luːˈkɑːnjə/, Italian: [luˈkaːnja]), is an administrative...
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  • Luciano and was known as the Luciano crime family from 1931 to 1957, when Vito Genovese became boss. Genovese was head of the family during the McClellan...
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  • Vitaliano San Vito San Vito al Tagliamento San Vito al Torre San Vito Chietino San Vito dei Normanni San Vito di Cadore San Vito di Fagagna San Vito di Leguzzano...
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  • Luciano crime family (renamed the Genovese crime family) from Frank Costello, Vito Genovese wanted to legitimize his new power by holding a national Cosa Nostra...
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    Friuli and Venezia Giulia were separate regions, and Basilicata was named Lucania. Abruzzo and Molise were identified as separate regions in the first draft...
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  • Empires. St. Martin Press. p. 704. ISBN 0-312-36181-5. Stolberg, p. 148 "Lucania Convicted with 8 in Vice Ring on 62 Counts Each" (PDF). The New York Times...
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  • Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Salvatore Lucania), National Crime Syndicate founder and New York Mafia Don November 27 – Vito Genovese, Genovese crime family founder...
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    the Italian Peninsula south of Naples including the coasts of Calabria, Lucania, Apulia, Campania and Sicily were colonized by the Ancient Greeks beginning...
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    (July 1958) Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off. Boston Public Library Lucania, Salvatore. "Tommy Lucchese's home -1952- 104 Parsons Blvd Queens NY"....
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    Bishop of Hippona, St. Augustine); c) Hipponio or Hipponium, a city in Lucania, later called Vibone and then Bivona, then Vibo Valentia; d) Hipanis, now...
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    Abruzzo). After some negotiations, the centre-right coalition confirmed Vito Bardi, the incumbent president. Bardi is supported by Brothers of Italy,...
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  • Luciano obtained two Italian passports issued in his real name, Salvatore Lucania, with visas for Mexico, Cuba, and several South American nations. Luciano...
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    hours from Rome. Inhabited since ancient times by woodsmen and called Lucania by the ancient Greeks and Romans, the actual city of San Fele originated...
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  • Gaetano Lucchese, 1899–1967) Lucky Luciano, "Charlie" (born Salvatore Lucania, 1897–1962) Ignazio Lupo, "Lupo the Wolf", "Ignazio Saietta" (1877–1947)...
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  • (1939–declared dead in 2018 after missing since 2010) Nicolo Rizzuto (1924–2010) Vito Rizzuto (1946–2013) Frank Ryan (1942–1984) Gerlando Sciascia (1934–1999)...
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  • Lucky Luciano (film) (category Cultural depictions of Vito Genovese)
    section of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Born in Sicily as Salvatore Lucania, Charles “Lucky” Luciano rises to become “the boss of all bosses” of the...
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    Intelligence starring Danny DeVito. Mentioned in the 2004 book The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason Leeuw, Karl Maria Michael de; Bergstra, Jan (28...
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    Silvia, Nuccio Lucrezia, Angela Campanella, Antonino Nuccio, Giuseppe Lucania, Paride Disparti. "Cenni Storici - Comune Lercara Friddi". Archived from...
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    seat, since 1907, of the Archeological Superintendence of Bruttium and Lucania. The city is home to football club Reggina, that previously played in the...
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