fuocatico

Updated: June 13, 2025

This went on for a long time, swelling at moments into a roar of frenzied rage, then sinking to an uneven growl, broken by spasmodic yells. On asking what it meant, I was told that a crowd of poor folk had gathered before the Municipio to demonstrate against an oppressive tax called the fuocatico.

George Gissing - By the Ionian Sea : Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy