 From 1626 until 1806 the town was also a fief of the Caracciolo di SantoBuono
a branch the Caracciolo clan of Naples, and administered from San Buono, a town away.From 1816 to 1861, Schiavi was part of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, then becoming part of the Kingdom of Italy, until 1946 when Italy became a democracy.Between 1917 and 1919 Portfolio paid 300,000 Lira ($1.5 million in 2006 US dollars) to install the first electric service in his home town of Schiavi di Abruzzo, Italy.