Its territory includes the town of Panza, the only frazione of Forio and of the island of Ischia.

Panza has always been an independent village since the 16th century when a first governmental organization was introduced on the island.

There are numerous coastal watchtowers, built from the Middle Ages against Saracen and African pirates raids.

In the 20th century, Ischia inspired at least two well-known English language poets.

And the American Poet, Theodore Roethke, dedicated his poem The Storm, to "Forio d'Ischia" as printed in Selected Poems of Theodore Rothke (Library of America, Edwin Hirsch, Ed., 2005, p.113).