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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, Molise, mostly concentrated in the region of Calabria and Sicily).
Abruzzo (US: / ɑː ˈ b r uː t s oʊ, ə ˈ-/, [3] [4] UK: / æ ˈ b r ʊ t s oʊ /; [5] Italian:; Abruzzese Neapolitan: Abbrùzze [abˈbruttsə], Abbrìzze [abˈbrittsə] or Abbrèzze [abˈbrɛttsə]; Aquilano: Abbrùzzu), historically known as Abruzzi, is a region of Southern Italy with an area of 10,763 square km (4,156 sq mi) and a population of 1.3 million.
People of Abruzzese descent (48 P) People from the Province of Pescara (6 C, 16 P) Politicians of Abruzzo (5 C, 6 P) S. Sportspeople from Abruzzo (6 C) T.
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Attica (Greek: Αττική, Ancient Greek Attikḗ or Attikī́, Ancient Greek: [atːikɛ̌ː] or Modern:), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, which consists of the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and the core city of the metropolitan area, as well as its surrounding suburban cities and towns.
The whole Hellenic stock was then small, and the last of all its branches and the least regarded was the Ionian; for it had no considerable city except Athens. The Ionians spread from Athens to other places in the Aegean Sea: Sifnos and Serifos, [38] Naxos, [39] Kea [40] and Samos. [41] But they were not just from Athens: [42]
The six northern islands are off the west coast of Greece, in the Ionian Sea. The seventh island, Kythira, is off the southern tip of the Peloponnese, the southern part of the Greek mainland. Kythira is not part of the region of the Ionian Islands, as it is included in the region of Attica.
From his hometown Nauplia, he seized Argos and Corinth, and attacked Athens, although he failed to take the Acropolis of Athens. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] By early 1205, Sgouros had advanced into Boeotia and Thessaly , but was forced to abandon his conquests in the face of the Crusaders under Boniface of Montferrat , who advanced south from Thessalonica .