Sardinian Banditry Museum

The Banditry Museum built in Aggius because it was the epicenter of Gallura brigandage for about three centuries: from the mid-sixteenth century, to the height of the Spaniards in the mid-nineteenth century, under the dominion of the House of Savoy.

During this long and troubled period in the difficult and then wider territory of Aggius, murders, ambushes and theft of livestock and damage were the order of the day.

Along the coasts of the "Cussorge" hordes of smugglers and abigeatari thrived, so much so that in 1726 a very detailed report by the local authorities attributes Aggius to the role of leading country in the smuggling of cereals.

A few days later the viceroy, Count Pallavicini of Saint Remy, issues a decree that begins: "Having learned that the inhabitants of Villa Agius, almost all engaged in smuggling, usually take wheat and other types of business that are smuggled from the villages and from the Anglona cities the way we organize ourselves in quadrille. "

The current Museum is housed in the historic building of the former Magistrate's Court, the Banditry Museum is divided into 4 rooms and offers a particular review of judicial dossiers, acts and documents of criminal enterprise trials, the description of the life of some famous fugitives , the weapons used by the carabinieri to hunt down brigands and period costumes.

Map: Sardinian Banditry Museum

vCard Info:

Address: Via Pretura, 1, 07020
Aggius (SS) Sardegna
Latitude: 40.92945053239983
Longitude: 9.065689444541931
Site: http://www.museodiaggius.it/mu...

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Type: Palace
Function: Museum
Creation date: 03-03-2021 02:35
Last update: 17/02/2022