Savoia di Lucania is a town 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 Potenza

Province of Potenza

The Province of Potenza is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Potenza.-Geography:It has an area of 6,545 km² and a total population of 387,107 . There are 100 comuni in the province .-History:In 272 B.C. the province was conquered by the Greek army...

, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata

Basilicata

Basilicata , also known as Lucania, is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south, having one short southwestern coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea between Campania in the northwest and Calabria in the southwest, and a...

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It is bounded by the comuni of Caggiano

Caggiano

Caggiano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy....

, Picerno

Picerno

Picerno is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Balvano, Baragiano, Potenza, Ruoti, Savoia di Lucania, Tito, Vietri di Potenza....

, Sant'Angelo Le Fratte

Sant'Angelo Le Fratte

Sant'Angelo Le Fratte is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata....

, Satriano di Lucania

Satriano di Lucania

Satriano di Lucania is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata....

, Tito, Vietri di Potenza

Vietri di Potenza

Vietri di Potenza is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Basilicata region of southern Italy.-Geography:The town is bordered by Balvano, Caggiano, Picerno, Romagnano al Monte, Salvitelle and Savoia di Lucania.-Notes and references:...

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History

The original name of the village was Salvia, but it was altered at the end of the 19th century to Savoia di Lucania after a local resident and anarchist

Anarchy

Anarchy , has more than one colloquial definition. In the United States, the term "anarchy" typically is meant to refer to a society which lacks publicly recognized government or violently enforced political authority...

, Giovanni Passannante, attempted to the life of King Humbert I di Savoia on November 17, 1878.

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