Saline Joniche is a town in Calabria, administratively part of the municipality of Montebello Jonico, with approximately 2,460 inhabitants. It lies in the extreme southern tip of the Italian Peninsula.Dati geografici - Saline Ioniche
This frazione is the birthplace of the Italian immigrant Salvatore Alati, later known as Samuel A. Alito Sr., the father of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.Interview with Justice Alito: «It's very, it's very, very, very hard to get things enacted by Congress, therefore Presidents are extending their powers to the limit», Corriere della Sera, December 25, 2025..
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