Potenza
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Potenza is a comune in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.
Left: A view of Mario Pagano Square, Stabile Theater, Potenza Province Office, Musmeci Bridge, Right: Potenza San Gerardo Cathedral, Reale Palace, San Gerardo Temple (from top to bottom)
Cathedral Square
Panoramic overview of Potenza
View of Potenza
Charles I of Anjou
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Charles I, commonly called Charles of Anjou or Charles d'Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou. He was Count of Provence (1246–1285) and Forcalquier in the Holy Roman Empire, Count of Anjou and Maine (1246–1285) in France; he was also King of Sicily (1266–1285) and Prince of Achaea (1278–1285). In 1272, he was proclaimed King of Albania, and in 1277 he purchased a claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
![Head from portrait statue [fr; it; nl] by Arnolfo di Cambio, c. 1277](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Some_Old_Guy_2_%285642308121%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-Some_Old_Guy_2_%285642308121%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
The crusaders' defeat in the Battle of Al Mansurah, forcing them to abandon the invasion of Egypt. During the withdrawal, the Egyptians captured Charles and his two brothers, Louis IX of France and Alphonse of Poitiers.
Salt crystals in a puddle in Camargue. Salt pans at the delta of the Rhone significantly increased Charles's revenues in Provence.
Charles is crowned King of Sicily in Rome (1266), illustration from the next century