The town was called Salvia. In 1878 one of its citizens, the anarchist cook Giovanni Passannante, attempted the life of Umberto I in Naples and failed; in 1879 the name was changed to Savoia di Lucania, as an act of reparation towards the dynasty. The inhabitants, though, still call themselves salviani.
Passannante was tortured for years and ended his days in an asylum. Since the two-thousands there have been two committees in the town: one wants to go back to Salvia, the other to keep Savoia. The old name, they say, comes from the sage that grows wild in the fields around, or from the Latin Saulia, place of willows. There are 1,148 residents.
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📅 Every year, on 16 August; on 13 August mass at Monte Costa la Serra, on 16 May the procession
Savoia di Lucania celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August; the patronal calendar also includes a procession on 16 May and, on 13 August, a mass at Monte Costa la Serra, at the foot of the imposing statue of the saint overlooking the town.
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Outside Savoia di Lucania, but an easy day trip away.
