He purchased the Masseria Fragneto from Orazio Pietro Semerari’s heirs (Donato Piccoli and Paolo Basile) for 4,565 ducats (which is equal to about 200 millions of Italian Lire) and 63 hectars.The purchase was signed by Stefano Carucci, a land surveyor who designed the CABREO, that is to say, a sort of cadastral map. YELLOW= arable landGREEN=scrubsRED=the Masseria, and the scale, along with the compass.It consisted in two distinct parts: PARCO FRAGNETO, an isolated arable land(2,737 ducats)ALTRA PARTE (another part) with different neighbouring vineyards, buildings, the southern barnyard (1,828 ducats).Alberico "Domenico" Motolesewas born to Figlio di Paolo Marino (1790-1853) andMaria Giovanna Casavola (1783-1828)He married Antonia Amati (1834-1895) from CisterninoThey had 11 sons, 7 of them died at an early age, before reaching the age of 9 (most of them died of pneumonia, Ettore died of rheumatic heart disease).Those who survived were:Rosa Maria 1862-1904Anna Maria 1869-1946Paolo Maria 1872-1922 Elisabetta Maria 1884-19151853 Alberico was among the members of the Reale Beneficenza del Comune, established in 1809.1864 he became the President of the Congregazione della Carità (in Martina Franca, in 1507, there was the Antico Ospedale, the Old Hospital: it helped the poor and the foreigners. It was closed, thus becoming the Congregazione della Carità).1889 he became council member.1892 he was elected as Mayor of Martina Franca, but he resigned because of health reasons.1885 He became board member of the Banca Popolare Cooperativa At the end of his career, his assets consisted in 13 masserie.