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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).
Donato Oliverio – Bishop of the Eparchy of Lungro, a diocese of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church in Calabria, Italy [26] Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro – Bishop of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi, a diocese of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church in Sicily, Italy; Nikollë Filja – Arbëreshë Byzantine rite priest, and writer of the 18th ...
The Albanian population of Italy, only the Albanians with Albanian nationality, has noted a steady increase in the recent years especially during the fall of communism in the 1990s and the beginnings of the 21st century. [13] [14] [4] It has doubled between 2003 and 2009 from 216,582 to 441,396 constituting a total increase of 103,8%. [15]
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 ...
Albania was the last nation in southeastern Europe to claim independence from the Ottoman Empire, on 28 November 1912. Many Albanians emigrated to Turkey between 1950 and 1970. In that period, Islam in Yugoslavia was repressed, and both Albanians and Muslim Slavs were encouraged to declare themselves Turkish and emigrate to Turkey.
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]
The settled Albanians practiced a nomadic lifestyle based on pastoralism, and spread out into small villages. [32] Identified Albanian settlements in the Peloponnese, according to the Ottoman taxation cadastre of 1460–1463. Many of these settlements have since been abandoned, while others have been renamed. [33]
Hadji Alia – Albanian pirate lord [21] [22] Theodore Bua – Albanian captain of stradioti regiments of the Republic of Venice; Demetrio Reres – Calabrian nobleman [23] Graitzas Palaiologos – Commander of the Byzantine garrison; Gjon Markagjoni – Albanian Catholic clan chieftain; Khoja Zufar – Captain, governor, merchant and General ...