Raffaele Palizzolo, the Deputy of mafia
If we know that the Sicilian Mafia had reached every level of society on the island, the most striking example remains the case of Raffaele Palizzolo. He was a 19th-century politician who served as a deputy and was an influential member of Palermo’s upper class. He is a figure I find intriguing because, throughout his life, he openly associated with various Mafia networks. This article aims to describe the enigmatic biography of Palizzolo and his influence within the underworld of the Mafia Don Raffaele Palizzolo Birth and Education: Raffaele Palizzolo was born on January 14, 1843, in Termini Imerese to a father originally from Caccamo. Very little is known about his childhood, except that he studied in Palermo and was barely 18 years old at the time of the Revolution in Sicily. However, Palizzolo later claimed that he received a medal from Garibaldi’s 1860 campaign. Some sources state that his uncle was Lieutenant Colonel Mario Palizzolo, who fought alongside Giuseppe Garibaldi. ...