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cessors continued the business under the name of “Pedro Russo Sucesores” until 1912, when it was absorbed

by “Miguel B. Perellada y Ca.,” with his widow, Gertrudis (Tula) Perellada, as a limited partner

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but who left

for Banes, Cuba, with his children in 1913.

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Grisolía, Cino & Cía., which appeared as a novelty establishment in 1904,

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ceased operations in No-

vember 1905; its establishment was occupied by D.T. Russo y Ca.

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The operations in Puerto Plata were

dissolved in 1908, due to the death of its partner Carlos Grisolía; the company “Cino Hermanos,”

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owned

by Francisco y Angel Cino, took over the company’s assets and liabilities. In Santiago, the new house oper-

ated for some time in the Central Casino, until the Cino brothers decided to move to Puerto Plata,

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closing

their operations in January 1909.

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Another prominent establishment was Campagna Hermanos, owned

by the brothers Alberto, Luis and Aquiles Campagna Pezzotti, natives of Santa Domenica Talao; founded

around 1906, the company, which was located on the corner of Calle Comercio (today España) and Calle

Exconvento (General Cabrera),

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supplied retailers in Tamboril, Moca, Salcedo, Mao, Jánico, and San José

de Las Matas.

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The latter company sold—and possibly produced—Campagna rum, one of the best and

most popular rums in the city,

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as well as Plá rum,

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produced by Divanna, Grisolía and Plá, from Puerto

Plata.

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Other noteworthy businesses include the shop of Domingo Francisco Russo Dipuglia, brother of

Pedro Russo, opened in 1905 on the corner of Calle Libertad and Calle Comercio

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(today Máximo Gómez

and España), and which later moved to Calle Del Sol;

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and the Hotel Garibaldi, established in 1907 by Luis

Schiffino

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Perrone, also from Santa Domenica Talao, and which formed a regional hotel complex with the

Hotel Europa in Puerto Plata,

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the Hotel Marconi in Moca (owned by the Schiffino brothers and which

opened its doors in 1909

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), and the Hotel Italia in La Vega, across from the railway station and next to

the national post and telegraph office,

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and owned by one of the brothers Peruccio,

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who purchased the

Hotel Inglaterra in San Pedro de Macorís in 1913.

Also worth mentioning is a café-restaurant that would become iconic during an entire era in the city’s

history: El Edén, owned by Aquiles Campagna Pezzotti, who would also become the owner of the Hotel Gar-

ibaldi as a result of its acquisition from Luis Schiffino

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before he left for Italy in mid-1915 to enroll in military

service with his brother Petruccio,

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who lived in San Pedro de Macoris.

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Campagna Pezzotti commissioned

Sarnelli Bakery of

Flor and Vicente

Sarnelli on the

corner of the Del Sol

Street and Benito

Monción Street in

Santiago.

© Edwin Espinal

THE ITALIAN PRESENCE IN THE CIBAO REGION AND IN SANTIAGO DE LOS CABALLEROS