Panni is a village and comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

in the province of Foggia

Province of Foggia

The Province of Foggia is a province in the Apulia region of Italy.This province is also known as Capitanata, originally Catapanata, because during the Middle Ages it was governed by a catapan, as part of the Catapanate of Italy...

 in the Apulia

Apulia

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 region of southeast Italy

Italy

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Geography

Panni stands over the valley of the Cervaro river. The neighbouring comuni are Accadia

Accadia

Accadia is a town and comune in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. Until the mid-20th century it was just within the eastern frontier of the region of Campania in the province of Avellino....

, Bovino, Montaguto

Montaguto

Montaguto is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy....

 (AV), Monteleone di Puglia

Monteleone di Puglia

Monteleone di Puglia is a hill town and comune of the province of Foggia in the Puglia region of southern Italy.-History:In 1942, southern Italy was on the verge of social, economic, and political collapse. Many men were sent to fight in World War II for the Italian army, and the wives of those...

, Orsara di Puglia

Orsara di Puglia

Orsara di Puglia is a city and comune in the province of Foggia, Puglia,. southern Italy. The city has approximately 3,000 inhabitants.-External links:*...

 and Savignano Irpino

Savignano Irpino

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History

Locally, the name is associated with Pan.

The first mention of Panni is in land registry documents of 1406. In 1494, the short-lived Alfonso II of Naples

Alfonso II of Naples

Alfonso II of Naples , also called Alfonso II d'Aragon, was King of Naples from 25 January 1494 to 22 February 1495 with the title King of Naples and Jerusalem...

gave it to Parretto de Ponte and Giovanna de Orenga.

Half the population died in the plague of 1656.