- In
Sicily and Malta, a
gabellotto (Maltese: gabillott) or
arbitriante was a
person who
rented farmland for short-term use. They were
rural entrepreneurs...
-
subsequently as
estate guard (campiere),
before becoming a
lease holder (
gabelloto) of the
estate at the age of 20, the
youngest ever. When
Leggio murdered...
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rural areas where many
mafiosi started as
caretakers and lease-holders (
gabelloto or bailiff) for
absentee landlords. In the 1890s, some people, including...
- estate. The idea was to
replace the old
model of a
single lease holder (a
gabelloto,
often a
Mafia boss) with a "collective
lease holder"
through a peasant...
-
Giuseppe Greco, also
known as "Piddu u tinenti" (Piddu the lieutenant), was
gabelloto of I Giardini, an
estate of
about 300
hectares of
citrus orchards, in...
- Cristina's
grandfather Giuseppe Di
Cristina was a
giant strong man and a
gabelloto – a
leaseholder of an
estate subletting land. When it was time to show...
-
cooperatives and
agricultural banks, to
reduce dependence on the
leaseholders (
gabelloto) of the
large rural estates.
After the
murders of
Panepinto in 1911 and...
-
cooperatives and
agricultural banks, to
reduce dependence on the
leaseholders (
gabelloto) of the
large rural estates. In 1907 he
traveled to the
United States...
