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From the Col de Vizzavona, the route winds southwards for 6km before reaching the ochre cottages of BOCOGNANO (Bucugnanu). Set on a plateau amidst a chestnut forest, the village gives a perfect panorama of Monte d'Oro's pale grey domes, and is well placed for walks to the Cascade du Voile de la Mariee , where the River Gravona crashes from a height of 150m in a series of cascades. The best approach to the falls is a thirty-minute walk south from the main road 3km south of Bocognano. Bocognano is indissolubly associated with Antoine and Jacques Bellacoscia, born here in 1817 and 1832 respectively. Antoine, the elder son, took to the maquis in 1848, having killed the mayor of the village after an argument over some land. With his brother he went on to commit several more murders in full view of the hapless gendarmes , yet remained at liberty thanks to the support of the local population. In 1871, Jacques and Antoine managed to gain a safe pass into Ajaccio to organize an expedition to fight for the French in the war with Prussia. They returned from the war with their reputations restored, and took up residence in the family home, from where they continued to flout the law. In 1888, the police finally succeeded in ousting them from their house, which was converted into a prison. Antoine eventually surrendered at Vizzavona station on June 25, 1892, whereupon he was acquitted and exiled to Marseille in true Corsican tradition. The fate of Jacques is unknown.
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