HOME THE WATER THE COMPANY NEWS STORE CUSTOMER AREA CONTACTS The garibaldino and the virtuous water The first to bottle Mangiatorella was a general of the hero of the two worlds If the legend postpones the discovery of the Mangiatorella water and its virtuous effects on health to more than two hundred years ago, the first to enhance it was a genius and sui generis, the Calabrian Garibaldi general Achille Fazzari, who in 1904 had the idea to bottle it after having been cured of some ailments that afflicted him. Until that moment, the water came out of a crack between submerged boulders and surrounded by wild vegetation, traveled about half a meter in the open, ending up in a valley and mixing with a stream. To eliminate all traces of pollution, the grasses and the soil were removed, until the granite was discovered and, underneath it, a large compact rock wall, in the center of which, making its way through the cracks, clear and fresh, gushed the 'water. General Fazzari built a bottling room in an ancient building near the spring and in the following years, thanks to his excellent relationships, he managed to make known and appreciate the virtues of mineral water to many illustrious personalities. In 1926 the SIC of Milan acquired the enormous wooded heritage that guarded and surrounded the source, about 7,000 hectares including the splendid territory of Ferdinandea, in the Calabrian greenhouses, and in 1958 it established the Fonte della Mangiatorella joint stock company, obtaining from the Ministry of Health recognition and authorization for the bottling of water. In 1968 the SIC transferred the entire share package of the company, and the new shareholders built a glass bottling plant in Mangiatorella, starting its marketing just when in Italy the consumption of mineral water began to increase, hitherto characterized by mostly for therapeutic purposes. From the 1980s on, Acqua Mangiatorella and its charitable gifts have been increasingly appreciated, and the company has grown exponentially, also thanks to the commitment and competence of the Calabrian entrepreneurs who still guide it today. In November 1903 I visited him in Ferdinanda. He (the Garibaldi general Achille Fazzari, ed) was in very serious conditions: impressive deterioration, pimples, amaurosis, severe phenomena of diabetic intoxication. I rigorously prescribed him the dietetic cure, but he, to the Vichy water prescribed by me, substituted the Mangiatorella water only because much had been boasted to him. Well ... when he went to Rome in the following January, the Doctors found him in such good condition as to question the existence of diabetes. Dr. Antonio Romano, from the book L'Acqua Mangiatorella, 1904 Mangiatorella SpA is one of the most important entrepreneurial realities in Southern Italy, and Aqua Mangiatorella is the most appreciated in Calabria and Sicily, for its history, for its lightness, for its beneficial effects on the body. LAST NEWS Mangiatorella at PMI day 2021 The Mangiatorella group in Taormina with the excellence of taste Also in 2021/22 with Orlandina Basket CONTACT MANGIATORELLA Customer Service from Monday to Friday, h. 9/13 Copyright © 2021 Mangiatorella SpA PI 00132190802 - All rights reserved | Privacy Policy - Cookie Policy | Disclaimer | Credits | General conditions of online sale Facebook Instagram YouTube Disclosure We and selected third parties use cookies or similar technologies for technical purposes and, with your consent, also for other purposes as specified in the cookie policy . You can consent to the use of these technologies by closing this information, continuing to browse this page, interacting with a link or button outside this information or continuing to browse in any other way. ×