| Pizzo Alzasca | |
|---|---|
  Pizzo Alzasca Location in Switzerland | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,262 m (7,421 ft) |
| Prominence | 226 m (741 ft) [1] |
| Parent peak | Rosso di Ribia |
| Coordinates | 46°16′38.8″N8°34′34″E / 46.277444°N 8.57611°E Coordinates: 46°16′38.8″N8°34′34″E / 46.277444°N 8.57611°E |
| Geography | |
| Location | Ticino, Switzerland |
| Parent range | Lepontine Alps |
Pizzo Alzasca is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Cevio in the canton of Ticino.
On the south side lies the lake of Alzasca.
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Addiopizzo is a grassroots movement established in Sicily to build a community of businesses and consumers who refuse to pay "pizzo"—Mafia extortion money. It is a grassroots social-conscience motivated consumer movement analogous to Fair Trade. The group, led by a generation whose adolescence was characterized by the murders of anti-Mafia judges, journalists and businessmen, operates in the Palermo and Catania metropolitan areas, traditionally Mafia strongholds.
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Pizzo Stella or Pizzo Sterla is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy, located north of Chiavenna. On its northern side it overlooks the Valle di Lei and the lake Lago di Lei.
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Manuela Pizzo is an Argentine handball player for BM Bera Bera and the Argentina women's national handball team.
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