• Vaccarizzo Albanian, or Calabria Arbëresh, is a subdialect of the Arbëresh dialect of the Albanian language. Spoken in the villages of Vaccarizzo Albanese...
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    variant of the Albanian language and derives from the Tosk Albanian spoken in central-southern Albania and Epirus. In Italy the Albanian Arbëresh language...
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  • Arbërisht) is the variety of Albanian spoken by the Arbëreshë people of Italy. It is derived from the Albanian Tosk spoken in Albania, in Epirus and is also...
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    Giorgio Albanese. Vaccarizzo Albanian, the Arbëresh dialect of the Albanian language that is spoken in the villages of Vaccarizzo Albanese and San Giorgio...
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    The Albanian-Ottoman Wars (1432–1479) were a series of wars and revolts against the rising Ottoman Empire by Albanian feudal lords. The wars and revolts...
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    Bronte, Sicily (category Articles containing Arbëreshë Albanian-language text)
    Bronte (Arbëreshë Albanian: Brontë) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Catania, in Sicily, southern Italy. The town is situated approximately...
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    most beautiful villages of Italy"). It was founded in the 15th century by Albanian refugees from the Ottoman invasion. The Civitesi are part of an ethnic...
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  • San Nicola dell'Alto (category Articles containing Arbëreshë Albanian-language text)
    San Nicola dell'Alto (Arbëreshë Albanian: Shën Koll) is a village and comune (municipality) in the province of Crotone, in the Calabria region of southern...
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    of Campobasso. Ururi developed in the late 16th century settlement when Albanian military captain Teodoro Crescia gained a feud for the annual sum of 300...
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    Rionero in Vulture (category Articles containing Arbëreshë Albanian-language text)
    Rionero in Vulture (Arbëreshë Albanian: Arrionero) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is...
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    Santa Cristina Gela Mezzojuso Palazzo Adriano Sant'Angelo Muxaro San Michele di Ganzaria See also Arbëreshë people Arbëresh language Vaccarizzo Albanian...
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    Maschito (category Articles containing Arbëreshë Albanian-language text)
    in the Vulture area, Maschito was repopulated by Albanian refugees after the occupation of Albania by the Ottoman Empire. Located Northeast of Basilicata...
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    Santa Cristina Gela Mezzojuso Palazzo Adriano Sant'Angelo Muxaro San Michele di Ganzaria See also Arbëreshë people Arbëresh language Vaccarizzo Albanian...
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    In 1467, the daughter of the Albanian leader Skanderbeg, who was the wife of the Prince of Bisignano, invited many Albanian families to this region, and...
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    Spezzano Albanese (category Articles with Albanian-language sources (sq))
    commanding the plain of Sibari and the Esaro river valley. It originated from Albanian emigration in the 15th century. Sights include the archaeological site...
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    Barile (category Articles containing Arbëreshë Albanian-language text)
    Albanian. The locals managed to preserve Albanian language and culture over the centuries, as the village was founded by groups of Greek and Albanian...
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  • however, no longer use the Albanian language. San Paolo was founded in the mid-15th century, mostly as a colony of Albanians. Nearby had existed since...
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    Biancavilla (category Articles containing Arbëreshë Albanian-language text)
    Biancavilla (Arbëreshë Albanian: Callìcari) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. It is located between the...
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  • among the most important cultural centers of the Albanian communities in Italy and preserves the Albanian language, the Byzantine rites, customs, culture...
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  • inhabitants abandoned the Albanian Greek Orthodox faith they assimilated into the local population. Gjergj Basta, 16th century Albanian Arbëreshë Stratiot....
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  • Firmo (category Articles containing Arbëreshë Albanian-language text)
    Firmo (Arbëreshë Albanian: Ferme; Calabrian: Fìrmu) is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy, housing a...
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    San Giorgio Albanese (category Articles containing Arbëreshë Albanian-language text)
    San Giorgio Albanese (Arbëreshë Albanian: Mbuzati) is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is one...
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    Pallagorio (category Articles containing Albanian-language text)
    Pallagorio (Albanian: Puhëriu, Calabrese: Paragùriu ) is a comune and town in the province of Crotone, in Calabria, Italy. The village and the surrounding...
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    Castroregio (category Articles containing Arbëreshë Albanian-language text)
    Castroregio (Arbëreshë Albanian: Kastërnexhi; Calabrian: Castrurìgiu) is an Arbëreshë town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region...
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    Santa Cristina Gela Mezzojuso Palazzo Adriano Sant'Angelo Muxaro San Michele di Ganzaria See also Arbëreshë people Arbëresh language Vaccarizzo Albanian...
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  • Piana degli Albanesi (category Articles containing Albanian-language text)
    (Italo-Albanian or Albanians of Italy) and it is the episcopal see of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi, constituency of the Italo-Albanian Church whose...
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    Santa Cristina Gela (category CS1 Albanian-language sources (sq))
    Union of Albanian Municipalities of Sicily "BESA". Its inhabitants call themselves Sëndahstinarë and have maintained the Arbëreshë Albanian identity....
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  • granted settlement to 48 families of Albanian soldiers, under the command of Demetrius Reres. The first Albanians who settled there were the said Reres...
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    historically an Arbëreshë settlement. After the inhabitants abandoned the Albanian Greek Orthodox faith they assimilated into the local population. The town...
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  • Caraffa di Catanzaro (category Articles containing Arbëreshë Albanian-language text)
    Caraffa di Catanzaro (Arbëreshë Albanian: Garrafë) is an Arbëreshë town and comune in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of southern Italy...
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