Who was the Prince. Between history, art and lifestyle

Romanazzi Carducci Grand'Uff. Guglielmo, Prince of Santo Mauro, (1881-1968).

Last descendant of a very noble Putignano family that has expressed illustrious personalities over the centuries.

Son of Giovanni Antonio Romanazzi Carducci (who was several times Municipal Councilor and Provincial and died 1926 when he was already a Senator of the Kingdom) and of Baroness Maria d'Amely Melodia, he studied in Cava dei Tirreni, Naples and Florence.

Brilliant Cavalry Officer, in 1904 he married Donna Giulia Countess Saluzzo of Corigliano Princess of Santo Mauro. The Prince in Putignano participated in World War I.

                              Before and after the war he devoted himself passionately to the work of land transformation in his fief of Palagiano. He also participated in political life: he was Municipal Councilor of Palagiano, Provincial Councilor of Taranto; Podestà of Putignano. He was interested in artistic events: in Naples he promoted and directed the Autonomous Body of San Carlo Theater; in Bari he managed the Petruzzelli for four years, offering memorable shows.

Shortly before his death, Don Guglielmo Romanazzi - Carducci donated to the Municipality of Putignano the Palace in Plebiscito Square (see page 91) and the Villa of San Pietro Piturno, the first because it was a city museum, the second by to allocate to a nursing home. This is "a noble gesture of magnificent munificence and princely patronage, which did not have the same in the history of our town", as stated in the minutes of the solemn meeting of the City Council on 16 January 1967, in the which one accepted the donation.