Ms. Domitilla Macchia vid. Taranto of Bowral, New South Wales (AUS) sadly passed away on 24 March 2026, aged 108.
She was born on 2 January 1918 in Spadafora, Messina, Sicily Region (ITA).
At the time of her death, she was the 5th oldest living italian emigrant.
Rest in peace.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
R.I.P. Ms. Macchia.
ESO Correspondent for Portugal (since 2026)
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When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
-One Hundred Years of Solitude