In this region of Basilicata there are several villages that have taken upon themselves to decorate and let some local artists have a blank canvas so to speak with their village walls, the three towns of Satriano di Lucania, Sant’Angelo alle Fratte and Savoia di Lucania make up the mural villages. Savoia di Lucania is the least known of three mural villages its focus of subject matter though is very specific first with the life of City Saint San Rocco followed by the infamous son the anarchist cook Giovanni Passannante.
After his failed bombing attempt in 1878 Passannante was jailed tortured and sentenced to death, his family was also arrested they were later freed and his sentence reduced to life imprisonment. The prison that the anarchist was sent to was Elba and his confinement was solitary he remained a prisoner there until he went insane in 1910 and was sent to an asylum where he died very shortly after but this was not the last to heard from Passannante.
On May 11th 2007 97 years after his death Giovanni Passannante was again causing quite a stir this time as he was being sent back to Savoia di Lucania to be buried or at least his head after having been on display for the past 95 years or so in the Museum of Criminology in Rome. Apparently Giovanni’s skull and brain were displayed as part of 19th century eugenicists theory that criminality is inherited and that certain characteristics could be observed, the anarchist was the main display a fate possibly engineered by offended parties.
I took this on Sept 24, 2018 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 Lens at 28mm 1/30s f`11 ISO 100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
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