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unusual facts about Genovese


Margarita Maza

She was born in Oaxaca, Oaxaca to the Genovese agriculturist Antonio Maza and his wife Petra Parada Sigüenza.


Anthony Strollo

After a secret meeting with Gambino crime family boss Carlo Gambino, Strollo allegedly participated in a plot to set up Genovese on a drug trafficking conviction.

Barbato

John Barbato (born May 15, 1934 is a New York City mobster and reputed captain in the Genovese crime family.

Benso

Giulio Benso (1592–1668), Genovese painter of the early Baroque

Dominick Cirillo

Dominick started out as a boxer with future Genovese crime family boss Thomas Eboli ("Tommy Ryan") as his manager and world heavyweight champion Tommy Ryan worked as his trainer.

Farinata

In Sassari, Sardinia, due to the historical ties with Genoa, la fainé genovese (genoese fainé), is a typical dish.

Genovese Drug Stores

Genovese was founded in 1924 by Joseph Genovese, in Astoria, Queens.

Giovanni Battista Chiappe

He was born in Novi, Italy and trained in Rome with a Genovese, Giuseppe Paravagna.

Guanche language

The first reliable account of Guanche language was provided by Genovese explorer Nicoloso da Recco in 1341, with a list of the numbers 1–16, possibly from Fuerteventura.

Michael Coppola

Mikey Coppola (born 1946), Michael "Mikey Cigars" Coppola, member of the Genovese crime family

Michael James Genovese

Under Genovese's reign, the Pittsburgh family dominated illegal gambling in Western Pennsylvania, the West Virginia Panhandle, and Eastern Ohio.

Micheli

Jacques-Barthélemy Micheli du Crest (1690–1766), Genovese politician, physicist, and cartographer

Middle Village, Queens

St. John's Cemetery, Queens, a cemetery located in Middle Village, holds many famed mobsters, including John Gotti, Lucky Luciano, Joe Gallo, Carlo Gambino, Joseph Profaci, Joe Colombo, Vito Genovese and Carmine Galante.

Mike Miranda

Michele Miranda (1896–1973), longtime member and eventual consigliere of the Genovese crime family

Rosario Gangi

On February 17, 1998, Gangi, Genovese associate John Albert, and Gambino crime family soldier Vincent DiModica were indicted for extorting contractors and scheming to defraud the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates Newark International Airport.

Tortosa

The siege of Tortosa was narrated by the Genovese chronicler and diplomat Caffaro.

Victor Amuso

The Gambino, Colombo, Genovese and Lucchese families had together created a cartel in 1978, which eventually controlled over $150 million in contracts from the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).

Vito Spatafore

The Iaccuzzo character was based on real-life Genovese Crime Family capo Matthew Ianniello, who was known to extort and own several nightclubs in New York City that catered to homosexual clientele.


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