Editing Corleone (section)

===Contemporary history===
Corleone contributed to the events of the [[Unification of Italy]] through [[Francesco Bentivegna]] who, after participating in the riots of 1848, captained an insurrection against the Bourbons in the surrounding cities until he was arrested and then shot in Mezzojuso on December 20, 1856.  On May 27, 1860, the city was the scene of a fierce battle between followers of [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]], led by Colonel [[Vincenzo Giordano Orsini]], and the bulk of the Bourbon army led by General Von Meckel, which had been diverted from Palermo via a ploy hatched by the same Garibaldi. On that occasion, a team of volunteers (''Picciotti'', [[Sicilian language|Sicilian]] for "boys"), led by [[Ferdinando Firmaturi]], joined the march of Garibaldi in Palermo. {{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

The nineteenth century ended with the social action by [[Bernardino Verro]], a leader of the social movement ''Fasci Siciliani''. After founding the Fascio of Corleone on April 3, 1893, he founded the new Farm Lease that was entered into between farmers and agricultural Sicilian ''gabelloti'' in Congress on July 30, 1893, held in Corleone—so much so that the city began to assume the title of "peasant capital". Corleone contributed to [[World War I]] with 105 deaths and numerous injuries on the field. After [[World War II]], a peasant movement occupied vacant lands, led by trade unionist [[Placido Rizzotto]], who was killed by the Mafia.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

In 1943, the [[Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta|Duke of Aosta]] created the title of Count of Corleone, awarded to Arturo Faini for his valour during the [[Italy|Italian]] occupation of [[Ethiopia]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

Since [[World War II]], Corleone has become notorious for being home to several dangerous bandits and mobsters (including: [[Michele Navarra]], [[Luciano Leggio]], [[Bernardo Provenzano]], [[Salvatore Riina]] and his brothers-in-law [[Calogero Bagarella|Calogero]] and [[Leoluca Bagarella]]) who became the protagonists of a violent and bloody mafia power struggle. The mayor of Palermo, [[Vito Ciancimino]], was also born in Corleone and linked to the Corleone clan.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}