ILLUSTRIOUS MEN
Aurelio Costantino Panajia
Placanica was born in April 3, 1883, primary school teacher with an enviable cultural heritage, enriched with humanity and honesty.
It had to be a priest and, in fact, completed primary school, he entered the seminary of Gerace and arrived to take minor orders, but, realizing that it had a significant vocation, laid aside the dress and went into the secular life.
Already in the seminary was known for his classical studies which he cultivated with great passion and interest in and began to write verses found acclaim and appreciation. An ode published in the Corriere Calabrese, "earned him a scholarship from the Ministry of Education
He published several collections of poems ("Flowers & Leaves," "Lacryma", "Harvest," a collection of poems, "Where Campanella became Brother Thomas"), and left many unpublished works. He was among the founders of the paper "Truth" that was published in Catanzaro.
He died in his hometown Nov. 6, 1968.
Attilio Rucano
Born in Placanica February 29, 1904, he left his country a little more than that kid with the dream of becoming a master conductor. In Milan, he perfected his studies under the guidance of distinguished teachers. In 1936 he won the competition for master holder of the Band of the 8th Infantry Regiment, then one of the most prestigious military bands. He became famous worldwide with his music, thanks to its partnership with RAI and other great composers. His songs were often among the finalists for Song Festival in Naples, Viareggio, Turin, Trieste. Among the 150 pieces of symphonic, band, many brilliant and sacred pieces will dedicate them to his homeland, where he loved to come back every year in September. The City of Placanica has set up a room in the historical museum where they kept the piano, sheet music, books, art awards Placanica of this musician, who died at ninety years old Monza May 14th 1999.
Gerardo Brundy
Born in Placanica September 16, 1847 by wealthy family had graduated in law from Naples, the city where it was formed not only professionally and culturally, but also on the political, embracing the faith of the United Socialist and espousing the cause of the labor movement.
We would like to see in her native country has promoted the establishment of a Workers' Mutual Aid Society, but it is doubtful. There are no documents in this regard and the hypothesis is the existence of a statute and one of his inaugural address that does not prove the foundation, there is no conclusive evidence. There is no doubt, however, about its commitment to redeem the working class and his faith in socialism, as demonstrated, if proof were needed, its participation, its initiative, its actions on several occasions and in various places.
Gerardo Brundy valued professionalism exercised at the exercise Forenza Gerace and was also sensitive poet and writer. The published works ("Essay on pedagogy," "Education before birth", "From the Sebeto Guadiana", "Folk Songs", "Workers"), such as unpublished, are permeated by his deep feeling of political and social issues that characterized his efforts in defense of the working class and the development and empowerment of the people of his land. He died on April 6, 1925 Camini.
Tito Minniti
Born in Placanica July 31, 1909 - (Dagabur, December 26, 1935) was an Italian aviator and military, the Royal Air Force second lieutenant and hero of the war in Ethiopia was awarded the gold medal for military valor. During the war in Ethiopia Lieutenant Minniti departed from the scope of Gorrahei Zannoni with the sergeant to a survey on Dagabur. During the flight, his plane was hit and forced to land on enemy lines. Minniti though wounded, he defended himself with a machine gun against the armed men who ran the equipment but to surround him and Zannoni were overwhelmed. Zannoni died immediately, Minniti was captured and taken to the village of Bolali and after horrendous torture that led him to death, he was beheaded. The severed head was stuffed into a spear and carried in triumph into a macabre procession to the governor of Harrar, which clapped his men and made their compliments on his work.
In memory of Tito Minniti Airport has been named Reggio Calabria, an elementary school in the town of Pompei (NA), at Three Bridges School Sprit and other institutions, as well as several streets in Italian cities.
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Placanica, or anciently 'Motta', it rose to work of the friats basiliani , which considered the coast a little sure places for their conventual installations. Around 1000 theyclimbed along the course of the fiumara Precariti and they builttwo monasteries tenkilometers from the coast. The first onewas built around 1283 on top of the ridge among the valley of the fiumara Titi Convento , fraction of Placanica. Around theSt. Leonardo Suburb . But not too much remains of the primitive style of the monastery. The building, for its pleasant and dominant position, was turned into the castle Caracciolo (1513-1572s); De Licandro (1572-1637); Daragona of Ajerbe (1637); Passarelli (1637-1645); Dominican friats of Soriano (1645-1654) and Musitano . At the end of the XVII century both the castle and the church of S. Basilio, contemporarily erected by
