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The Arbëreshë (pronounced [aɾbəˈɾɛʃ]; Albanian: Arbëreshët e Italisë; Italian: Albanesi d'Italia), also known as Albanians of Italy or Italo-Albanians, are an Albanian ethnolinguistic group minority historically settled in Southern and Insular Italy (in the regions of Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania, and Molise, but mostly concentrated in the regions of Calabria and Sicily).
Sal Albanese – Politician; Mario Tanassi – Italian politician, who was several times Minister of the Italian Republic; Richard Caliguiri – Politician; Basilio Giordano – Italian and Canadian politician and journalist; Gennaro Placco – poet and prominent activist of the Risorgimento; Stefano Rodotà – jurist and politician
The Albanians in Italy (Italian: Albanesi in Italia; Albanian: Shqiptarët në Itali) refers to the Albanian migrants in Italy and their descendants. They mostly trace their origins to Albania, Greece and since recently to a lesser extent to Kosovo, North Macedonia and other Albanian-speaking territories in the Balkan Peninsula.
Albanese and Albanesi is an Italian surname meaning "Albanian", in reference to the Arbëreshë people (Italo-Albanians) of southern Italy. [61] Among people who have the surname it is common in southern Italy and rare elsewhere in the country. [ 61 ]
Abruzzo is the 16th most productive region in the country, and is the 15th for GRP per capita among Italian regions. As of 2003, Abruzzo's per capita GDP was €19,506 or 84% of the national average of €23,181, compared to the average value for Southern Italy of €15,808. [48]
Nowadays, they reside primarily in Southern Italy (Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria) and in Sicily, as well as in Central Italy, where they are present only in the Monastery of Grottaferrata in the Lazio region. The Church also operates among the Italo-Albanian diaspora in North and South America. It has about 80,000 faithful.
1 Abruzzo. 2 Molise. 3 Campania. 4 Puglia. 5 Basilicata. 6 Calabria. 7 Sicily. 8 References. 9 External links. Toggle the table of contents. List of Arbëresh ...
Enrico Cuccia – Banker, founder of Mediobanca and important figure in Italian post-war industrial reconstruction [14]; Nicolas Berggruen – Philanthropist and investor ...