
Campolongo Maggiore
    
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        Campolongo Maggiore is a town in the province of Venice
, Veneto
, Italy
. It is northeast of SS516.
Campolongo Maggiore is governed by a centre-left political party.
It has been unhappily popular in recent years for being the hometown of Felice Maniero
, head of the defeated criminal organization Mala del Brenta
.
Province of Venice
The Province of Venice  is a province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Venice.It has an area of 2,467 km², and a total population of 829,418 . There are 44 comuni  in the province . As of 2005, the main comuni by population are:-External links:* *  : photos of...
, Veneto
Veneto
Veneto  is one of the 20 regions of Italy.  Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...
, Italy
Italy
Italy  , officially the Italian Republic  languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. It is northeast of SS516.
Campolongo Maggiore is governed by a centre-left political party.
It has been unhappily popular in recent years for being the hometown of Felice Maniero
Felice Maniero
Felice Maniero  is a former Italian crime boss who was the head of the Mala del Brenta, a criminal organisation based in the region of Veneto throughout the 1980s and 1990s. His nickname is Faccia d'Angelo , which he shares with the Milanese mobster Francis Turatello and Camorra boss Edoardo Contini...
, head of the defeated criminal organization Mala del Brenta
Mala del Brenta
The Mala del Brenta is a criminal organisation based in the Veneto, north-eastern Italy.The criminal organization's structure is believed to be based upon some elements of the Cosa Nostra and Camorra model...
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