In 1851 he went to Paris, and studied under Couture and Palizzi; thence to Italy, and home to Berlin in 1853, completing his studies under Carl Steffeck.
During the 19th century it was lost in some villages like Pentedattilo, Africo, Brancaleone, Motta San Giovanni, Montebello, and San Lorenzo, on the Ionic side of Aspromonte; and in the first years of the 20th century this spread to the towns of Palizzi, Staiti, Cardeto, Roccaforte del Greco, Amendolea and Condofuri.
For instance, when rapper Kanye West released the song On Sight, which contains a lyric about Parkinson's disease that many perceived as insensitive, Tom Palizzi, chairman of the PPAC, spoke out through the media about the need for greater education about the disease.
He married Lucia Palizzi, daughter of the count of Novara.