 Up until 1927, when by order of the Fascist Regime the edict that established the borders of the provinces in Campania was suppressed and substituted with a new one, the town of Santa Maria a Vico was a province of Naples.The new edict, passed under the name of "Terra di Lavoro", has its roots in the project of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies, who in 1818 wanted to give more importance to the area of Caserta, which had been chosen as location to build the new Royal Palace.Starting from 1861, many towns and cities stopped being under the influence of Naples, to be redistributed into new districts.