Filippo Palizzi - Gruppo di Garibaldini 1860 (foto Noi Vastesi)

The Carbonari in Vasto

In Vasto, as early as the early 1800s, the Carbonari were active under the name “Vendita dei Filantropi Istoniesi” (Sale of the Philanthropists of Istonium). Their first headquarters was located in an underground chamber beneath the Portone Panzotto, in the Santa Maria district. Later, in 1811, the headquarters were moved first to the convent of…

Francesco Ciccarone (foto Noi Vastesi)

The Ciccarone family

The Ciccarone family, originally from Scerni, arrived in Vasto in the wake of the feudal abolition and the gradual decline of d’Avalos’ holdings. Francesco Paolo Ciccarone was an ardent supporter of the short-lived Jacobin-inspired Neapolitan Republic and fought in Pescara under Ettore Carafa, who was later executed by King Ferdinand I in Naples. A committed…