QUI VISSE
LUCINO NICASTRO
1815 - 1869
NEGLI ANNI DECISIVI DEL RISORGIMENTO
ARDITO RIVOLUZIONARIO
FECE INSORGERE RAGUSA IL 16 MAGGIO 1860
POCHE ORE DOPO LA BATTAGLIA DI CALATAFIMI
FACENDO SVENTOLARE SUL DUOMO DI SAN GIOVANNI
IL VESSILLO TRICOLORE AL GRIDO:
VIVA VITTORIO EMANUELE
VIVA L’ANNESSIONE RAGUSA

A PERENNE RICORDO DELLA GLORIOSA RIVOLUZIONE POSE
NEL PRIMO CENTENARIO DELL’UNITA D’ITALIA

The sign is on the wall of the house where Lucino Nicastro (1815–1869) lived, a central figure in the Italian liberation movement that worked for the unification of Italy in the mid-19th century. He led the popular uprising in Ragusa in 1860, a few days after Giuseppe Garibaldi’s "Expedition of the Thousand", which dissolved the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. During Nicastro’s rebellion, the Italian flag was raised over the Cathedral of San Giovanni and was considered a sign of support for the annexation of Ragusa to the Kingdom of Italy.

The house was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
Here lived
Lucino Nicastro
1815–1869
In the decisive years of the Italian Risorgimento
A daring revolutionary
He led the uprising in Ragusa on May 16, 1860,
just hours after the Battle of Calatafimi,
raising the Italian tricolor over the Cathedral of San Giovanni
to the cry:
"Long live Vittorio Emanuele!
Long live the annexation of Ragusa!"

In everlasting memory of the glorious revolution,
this plaque was placed on the centenary of Italy’s unification.