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Brancaccio
is a neighbourhood in the municipality of
Palermo
, Sicily, in Italy. It is a semi-traditional area of the working class. It was important in the history of the
Cosa Nostra
.
Antimafia priest
Pino Puglisi
worked in the neighbourhood. He was the pastor of San Gaetano's Parish and spoke out against the Mafia. He was killed on September 15, 1993, on the orders of the local Mafia bosses, the brothers Filippo and
Giuseppe Graviano
.
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