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Master Terrisio of Atina

The education of Terrisio di Atina Terrisio di Atina lived in the late 12th and early 13th century. His education took place in the school of rhetoric in Capua, where the famous Pier delle Vigne, poet and chancellor of Emperor Frederick II of Swabia, taught. His studies in Bologna and entry into the imperial court The [...]

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The Visocchi of Atina in the “Biographical Dictionary of Southern Italy”.”

A social and political rise similar to that of the Bosco family was achieved within a few decades in the province by the Visocchi family from Atina. Pasquale Visocchi Pasquale Visocchi (1817-1908) belonged to a rich and influential family of landowners in the province. A wealthy landowner, in 1845 he opened a medium-sized paper mill in Atina, which in 1870 occupied 160 [...].