Gps Coordinates / 37.807515,13.3006566
Corleone Sicily Italy Vr Tourism Locations
Corleone, Metropolitan City of Palermo, Italy
4,500 was occupied from the final Neolithic Period to the Bronze Age 1,200 (the presence of a glass bell decorated in pointillé) while the site of The Old One has been inhabited since the Middle Ages (the presence of an imposing castle with towers has recently been identified).
Birthplace of several fictional characters in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather, including the eponymous Vito (Andolini) Corleone.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8084148 / Gps Link 37.8084426 / Gps Link 37.8086104
Gps Coordinates / 37.8084148,13.3018807 / 37.8084426,13.3025166 / 37.8086104,13.3027375
1980s and 1990s led the Mafia in the Corleonesi. The local mafia clans were the most violent and ruthless group ever to take control of the organization.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8093546 / Gps Link 37.8096589 / Gps Link 37.8096079
Gps Coordinates / 37.8093546,13.3031127 / 37.8096589,13.3050942 / 37.8096079,13.3063961
840, Corleone was conquered by the North African Aghlabids during the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
An Italian town and comune of roughly 11,158 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in Sicily.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8102213 / Gps Link 37.8097916 / Gps Link 37.8106545
Gps Coordinates / 37.8102213,13.3078746 / 37.8097916,13.3096383 / 37.8106545,13.3071517
It was during the Muslim occupation that it gained economic, military and strategic importance.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.812012 / Gps Link 37.8120942 / Gps Link 37.8121462
Gps Coordinates / 37.812012,13.3061249 / 37.8120942,13.3061415 / 37.8121462,13.3061671
1080 the city was conquered by the Normans, and in 1095 it was annexed to the Diocese of Palermo.
Hillside outskirt Horse Water stations with outskirt vein passageways still being used today even if in incredibly different ways.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8130548 / Gps Link 37.8136536 / Gps Link 37.8129472
Gps Coordinates / 37.8130548,13.3069818 / 37.8136536,13.3068684 / 37.8129472,13.3078132
1170s it was recorded that over 80% of the population of the area was Muslim.
Francis Ford Coppola presentation is a regular sight around Corleone while the local circus is in town so grab unique designer itallian clothing.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8170975 / Gps Link 37.8184555 / Gps Link 37.8189983
Gps Coordinates / 37.8170975,13.301632 / 37.8184555,13.3005359 / 37.8189983,13.2978649
Many bore Arabo-Islamic names derived from Greek.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8215226 / Gps Link 37.8215587 / Gps Link 37.8219449
Gps Coordinates / 37.8215226,13.2909866 / 37.8215587,13.2909751 / 37.8219449,13.2904877
1161 led by future King of Sicily Tancred in eastern Sicily, Following the large-scale anti-Muslim attacks by Lombard settlers, the town became a refuge for many fleeing Muslims.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8205915 / Gps Link 37.8206861 / Gps Link 37.8207554
Gps Coordinates / 37.8205915,13.2906581 / 37.8206861,13.290691 / 37.8207554,13.2907162
1208, a Muslim uprising succeeded in retaking the town from Christian rule.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8211065 / Gps Link 37.8212528 / Gps Link 37.8213283
Gps Coordinates / 37.8211065,13.2908315 / 37.8212528,13.2908804 / 37.8213283,13.2909217
1222, while speaking with the pope, Frederick II of Sicily cited the need to fight the Muslims of Corleone as a reason for his inability to send a large crusader army to Jerusalem.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8213283 / Gps Link 37.8210244 / Gps Link 37.8156722
Gps Coordinates / 37.8213283,13.2909217 / 37.8210244,13.2908227 / 37.8156722,13.2943409
1180 Nearly a century later, it was enfeoffed (deeded) to the new diocese of Monreale.
1220 Sant'Antonio Abate Gothic-style Roman Catholic parish church ruin
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8171748 / Gps Link 37.8171859 / Gps Link 37.8164088
Gps Coordinates / 37.8171748,13.2934795 / 37.8171859,13.2937997 / 37.8164088,13.2977799
In this period, Corleone was largely repopulated by Ghibellines from Alessandria (modern Piedmont), Brescia and elsewhere - "Lombards" led by Oddone de Camerana.
Hells Angels insignia on the motorbikers featured here somesay are organized crime
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8165019 / Gps Link 37.8170755 / Gps Link 37.8141532
Gps Coordinates / 37.8165019,13.2977713 / 37.8170755,13.2973207 / 37.8141532,13.2985214
The migrations were encouraged by Emperor Frederick II of Sicily, to strengthen his position against the Guelphs division secular rulers.
Hells Angels is alleged organized crime club driving past local Corleone garlic sales men
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8140836 / Gps Link 37.8140957 / Gps Link 37.8138784
Gps Coordinates / 37.8140836,13.2986117 / 37.8140957,13.2985792 / 37.8138784,13.2988739
1355 During the reign of Frederick IV of Sicily, called The Simple, the city successfully rebelled against the crown but was recaptured in 1355.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8134504 / Gps Link 37.8131325 / Gps Link 37.8118724
Gps Coordinates / 37.8134504,13.3000632 / 37.8131325,13.3005644 / 37.8118724,13.3017781
1391 Corleone was donated by Mary Queen of Sicily to Berardo Queralt, canon of Lerida, but he never took possession.
1358 Corleone was besieged from Ventimiglia
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8118661 / Gps Link 37.8119557 / Gps Link 37.8118681
Gps Coordinates / 37.8118661,13.3016733 / 37.8119557,13.3016723 / 37.8118681,13.3018083
Instead, it was occupied by Nicholas Peralta, vicar William's son, but King Martin the Younger returned it to the royal property, confirming its privileges in 1397 and giving it some tax relief.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8118398 / Gps Link 37.8109936 / Gps Link 37.8161964
Gps Coordinates / 37.8118398,13.3015629 / 37.8109936,13.301767 / 37.8161964,13.2943772
1434 March, King Alfonso the Magnanimous went to Corleone and conceded some tolls to the city with the aim of restoring the walls and to meet other needs, promising also the inalienability of the city to which he gave the title of Animosa Civitas (brave city).
1440 Corleone was sold to Federico Ventimiglia for 19,000 florins.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8161964 / Gps Link 37.8117752 / Gps Link 37.8144319
Gps Coordinates / 37.8161964,13.2943772 / 37.8117752,13.2987457 / 37.8144319,13.2968057
1516 revolt was violently repressed by the viceroy's troops led by the Vicar General Gerardo Bonanno.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8113908 / Gps Link 37.810511 / Gps Link 37.8106369
Gps Coordinates / 37.8113908,13.3018933 / 37.810511,13.299421 / 37.8106369,13.2993667
1516, Corleone joined the revolutionary movements of Palermo against the Viceroy Moncada. The revolt of Corleone, led by Fabio La Porta, received popular support as its purpose was the request for tax relief.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8109567 / Gps Link 37.8108935 / Gps Link 37.8123937
Gps Coordinates / 37.8109567,13.2994643 / 37.8108935,13.2994225 / 37.8123937,13.298613
16th century tale end, social conditions in the city worsened further because of the plague of 1575-77 and the famine of 1592. On June 3, 1625, Corleone was sold, with other cities, to some Genoese merchants from whom Corleone redeemed itself upon payment of 15,200 florins.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8124001 / Gps Link 37.8123216 / Gps Link 37.8126414
Gps Coordinates / 37.8124001,13.2983628 / 37.8123216,13.298485 / 37.8126414,13.3008582
1648, the city was sold to the jurist Joseph Sgarlata, who then accepted the heresy redemption upon payment.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8127287 / Gps Link 37.8127331 / Gps Link 37.8142695
Gps Coordinates / 37.8127287,13.3008958 / 37.8127331,13.301106 / 37.8142695,13.2953953
Thereafter remarkable demographic growth was reported in the 15th and 16th centuries, following the arrival of several religious orders restoring civility from under the black plague of the 16th century.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8142654 / Gps Link 37.8140001 / Gps Link 37.8143401
Gps Coordinates / 37.8142654,13.2953856 / 37.8140001,13.2957042 / 37.8143401,13.2961077
1848 riots, captained an insurrection against the Bourbons in the surrounding cities until he was arrested and then shot in Mezzojuso on December 20, 1856.
Tree house with dog just lying out on an unsafe part of the road, both tree house and laying spot look unsafe.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.814413 / Gps Link 37.8150428 / Gps Link 37.8149499
Gps Coordinates / 37.814413,13.2960128 / 37.8150428,13.2964558 / 37.8149499,13.2964824
1860 May 27, the city was the scene of a fierce battle between followers of Garibaldi, led by Colonel Vincenzo Giordano Orsini, and the bulk of the Bourbon army led by General Von Meckel, which had been diverted from Palermo via a ploy hatched by the same Garibaldi.
Dog just remains lying in an unsafe position as the car drives past, hope he stays safe.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.814863 / Gps Link 37.8147411 / Gps Link 37.814672
Gps Coordinates / 37.814863,13.296508 / 37.8147411,13.2965109 / 37.814672,13.2965384
Corleone contributed to the Great War with 105 deaths and numerous injuries on the field.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8129796 / Gps Link 37.8129856 / Gps Link 37.8129869
Gps Coordinates / 37.8129796,13.289626 / 37.8129856,13.2897479 / 37.8129869,13.2898595
After World War II, a peasant movement occupied vacant lands, led by trade unionist Placido Rizzotto, who was killed by the Mafia.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8129851 / Gps Link 37.8129768 / Gps Link 37.8129654
Gps Coordinates / 37.8129851,13.2899926 / 37.8129768,13.2901249 / 37.8129654,13.2903373
Since World War II, Corleone has become notorious for being home to several dangerous bandits and mobsters including serious prominent mobsters suchs as Michele Navarra, Luciano Leggio, Bernardo Provenzano, Salvatore Riina and his brothers-in-law Calogero and Leoluca Bagarella).
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8129512 / Gps Link 37.8145599 / Gps Link 37.814677
Gps Coordinates / 37.8129512,13.2905971 / 37.8145599,13.2995882 / 37.814677,13.2983903
The local mafia clan, the Corleonesi, led the Mafia in the 1980s and 1990s, and were the most violent and ruthless group ever to take control of the organization.
School children appear here as if they eat really good restaurant food regularly or being sterotyped by me, not the worst stereotype
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8145776 / Gps Link 37.8103739 / Gps Link 37.8101679
Gps Coordinates / 37.8145776,13.2983905 / 37.8103739,13.303674 / 37.8101679,13.3017617
Several Mafia bosses have come from Corleone, including Tommy Gagliano, Gaetano Reina, Jack Dragna, Giuseppe Morello, Michele Navarra, Luciano Leggio, Leoluca Bagarella, Salvatore Riina and Bernardo Provenzano.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8103239 / Gps Link 37.8092924 / Gps Link 37.8086263
Gps Coordinates / 37.8103239,13.3016542 / 37.8092924,13.3018811 / 37.8086263,13.3020695
1893 Founding the Fascio of Corleone on April 3rd between farmers and agricultural Sicilian gabelloti in Congress on July 30, 1893, held in Corleone - so much so that the city began to assume the title of "peasant capital".
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8073563 / Gps Link 37.8074477 / Gps Link 37.8076253 / Gps Link 37.8077105
Gps Coordinates / 37.8073563,13.2969721 / 37.8074477,13.2969532 / 37.8076253,13.2969197 / 37.8077105,13.2969023
To this day the rock formation Castello Soprano, has a Saracen lookout tower on top of it dating from literal Medieval middle age muslim occupations.
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The territory of Corleone has been inhabited since prehistoric times, approximately 600 metres (2,000 feet) above sea level with materials relating to the 323 BCE Hellenistic period found.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8075371 / Gps Link 37.8088396 / Gps Link 37.8129776
Gps Coordinates / 37.8075371,13.2969367 / 37.8088396,13.2980127 / 37.8129776,13.3081414
The mayor of Palermo, Vito Ciancimino, was also born in Corleone and linked to the Corleone clan. In October 1970 caused an uproar. The Italian Parliament's Antimafia Commission expressed reservations about his election and he was soon under investigation for embezzlement of city funds, as well as for his apparent links with the mafia.
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The lookout vantage points around here are from ancient almost prehestoric religious war.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8129073 / Gps Link 37.8142641 / Gps Link 37.8134402
Gps Coordinates / 37.8129073,13.308079 / 37.8142641 / 37.8134402,13.3060337
Many could claim this city was once the epicenter that became the protagonists of a famous violent and bloody mafia power struggle. Ironically mafia epicenters can at times contradict the local crime levels as being safer places to stay as regular professional criminal tourists stay away as even the rumour of being in the area could have serious wide reaching implications on safety.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 37.8149463 / Gps Link 37.8191656
Gps Coordinates / 37.8149463,13.3008476 / 37.8191656,13.2955036
Today the upheaval of the past is a long distant memory and a great safe tourist destination today with great sights and historic tourism to seek and absorb with your stay. I left some tourist brochures below i highly recommend, if you visit Corleone contact us and let us know how you got along on the comments.
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