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Salvo D’Acquisto

In 1943, Two Germans were Killed While Mishandling Ammo. The Nazis Rounded Up 22 Locals and Decided to Execute Them. In a Ploy to Save Them, Salvo D’Acquisto Confessed to the Crime, and He was Executed Instead.

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Salvo D’Acquisto was born in the Italian city of Naples in 1920. He was the eldest of eight siblings. He joined the Italian Army and police force, known as the Carabinieri when he was 19. He was sent to North Africa to serve for a few years. He was a devout Catholic and a formidable […]

In 1943, Two Germans were Killed While Mishandling Ammo. The Nazis Rounded Up 22 Locals and Decided to Execute Them. In a Ploy to Save Them, Salvo D’Acquisto Confessed to the Crime, and He was Executed Instead. Read More »

Pizza was invented in Naples, Italy. Since 2004, Italian law insists Neapolitan pizza must include wheat flour, flour yeast, mineral water, peeled tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, sea salt & olive oil to be considered pizza.

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Naples Coordinates: 40°50′42″N 14°15′30″E / 40.84500°N 14.25833°E “Napoli” redirects here. For other uses, see Napoli (disambiguation) and Naples (disambiguation). Naples (/ˈneɪpəlz/; Italian: Napoli [ˈnaːpoli] (listen); Neapolitan: Napule [ˈnɑːpələ, ˈnɑːpulə]; Ancient Greek: Νεάπολις, romanized: Neápolis)[a] is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 967,069

Pizza was invented in Naples, Italy. Since 2004, Italian law insists Neapolitan pizza must include wheat flour, flour yeast, mineral water, peeled tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, sea salt & olive oil to be considered pizza. Read More »

Syphilis had many historical names. In Germany it was The French Disease. In France it was The Italian Disease. In Holland it was The Spanish Disease. In Russia it was The Polish Disease. The Turks called it The Christian Disease.

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History of syphilis The name “syphilis” was coined by the Italian physician and poet Girolamo Fracastoro in his pastoral noted poem, written in Latin, titled Syphilis sive morbus gallicus (Latin for “Syphilis or The French Disease”) in 1530. The protagonist of the poem is a shepherd named Syphilus (perhaps a variant spelling of Sipylus, a

Syphilis had many historical names. In Germany it was The French Disease. In France it was The Italian Disease. In Holland it was The Spanish Disease. In Russia it was The Polish Disease. The Turks called it The Christian Disease. Read More »

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