Domenico Tiburzi was a famous outlaw of the Maremma, loved by the poor and hunted by the authorities for decades in the second half of the 19th century. He and his gang stole from rich nobles, charged wealthy landowners a protection tax, and gave money to peasants, poor artisans, and the families of associates who had been arrested or killed by the police.

He escaped from jail twice, but was finally caught and killed by soldiers in 1896 after 24 years in hiding in the hills and forests near Capalbio. The local priest refused an honorable burial but the townspeople rioted, and as a compromise he was buried half in and half out of the Capalbio cemetery by the old gate, with his legs and hips inside, but his head and torso (and therefore his soul) outside.