Southern Action League municipal election of Taranto, when Mario Cito, son of Giancarlo, won 20.2% of the votes as candidate for Mayor. In the 2009 provincial election of Taranto, the party won 10.6% of the vote, while supporting the candidate for President of The People of Freedom (PdL). In the 2012 municipal election of Taranto, Mario Cito won 18.9% in the first round and 30.3% in the run-off, losing to incumbent Mayor Ippazio Stefano. In 2014 the party joined Forza Italia, but later re-gained its autonomy. In the 2017 municipal election in Taranto the party won 10.8% of the vote and its candidate,
Charles of Taranto corpse of Charles of Taranto. Bartholomew of Lucca helped arrange the retrieval of Charles' body from the Pisans after the battle. Remigio dei Girolami, a Dominican supporter of Charles' uncle, Robert, King of Naples, preached a sermon on Charles' death. Charles of Taranto Charles of Taranto (1296 – 29 August 1315) was the eldest son of Philip I, Prince of Taranto and titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople, and his wife, Thamar Angelina Komnene, daughter of the Despot of Epirus, Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas. Charles' father, Philip, was invested with the Principality of Achaea in southern Greece in 1307. However, there