Ricci Curbastro: ancient roots

A Noble family from Lugo di Romagna (Ravenna), the Ricci Curbastro moved there in the thirteenth century after being driven out of Florence during the Guelph-Ghibelline wars.
Their coat of arms is light blue with a red band accompanied on top by a comet placed between two gold stars, with a natural oak at the point terraced by greenery (Curbastro probably derives from the Latin, “quercus”), flanked by two facing hedgehogs ( ricci in Italian).

Dr. Gualberto Ricci Curbastro
Dr. Riccardo Ricci Curbastro
Dr. Gualberto jr. Ricci Curbastro
Enol. Filippo Ricci Curbastro
Colonel Riccardo Ricci Curbastro
Cav. Lorenzo Ricci Curbastro
Tenente Gian Gualberto Ricci Curbastro
Mother Margherita Ricci Curbastro
Gregorio Ricci Curbastro
The shield of Captain Francesco Bernardo
Telegramma di Garibaldi a Lorenzo Ricci Curbastro