Riccardo Moizo
Riccardo Moizo (22 August 1877 – 27 February 1962) was an Italian aviation pioneer in the early part of the 20th century (in which he was one of the founders of the Regia Aeronautica) and a general during World War II. He was Commander-General of the Carabinieri from 1935 to 1940 and the last High Commissioner of the Province of Ljubljana in 1943; from 1939 to 1943 he was also a member of the Italian Senate. Biography Early years He was born in Saliceto, province of Cuneo, on 22 August 1877, the son of Francesco Moizo and Ermenegilda Barberis. He enlisted in the Royal Italian Army on 14 October 1894, entering the Royal Military Academy of Artillery and Engineers in Turin, graduating on 4 July 1897 with the rank of artillery second lieutenant, after which he attended the School of Application of Artillery and Engineers. He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 September 1899, and at the end of the courses he was assigned to the 7th Coastal Artillery Brigade. Between October 1905 a ...
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Saliceto, Piedmont
Saliceto ( pms, Sarzèj) is a communes of Italy, commune in the province of Cuneo, and the region of Piedmont, Italy, located about southeast of Turin and about east of Cuneo. Saliceto borders the following municipalities: Cairo Montenotte, Camerana, Cengio, Gottasecca, and Montezemolo. Historically Saliceto was a possession of the Del Carretto Marquisses of Finale, marquisses of Finale Ligure, who built here a castle in 1588. The castle was besieged in 1689 by Spanish troops. Twin towns * Saliceto, Haute-Corse, Saliceto, France References

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