* The island in the 'island * Piana degli Albanesi (in "Arbërisht" Hora and Arbëreshëvet In "Siciliano" Chiana) 30klm is far from Palermo. You
the most important and populous communities Arbëreshë of Sicily and the Byzantine Eparchy bishopric. The municipal government used in official documents also Albanian.
Founded in 1488 by a group of exiles
greek-Albanians, led by George Kastriota Skanderberg, fleeing from Albania '(Morea) where there was an invasion by the Muslim Ottoman Empire turkish. Over the centuries the people of Piana of the Albanians were able to jealously preserve their cultural roots, such as the Byzantine rite, greek, which need to be fair, the precious language, traditions, and women's costumes richly embroidered.
dynamic and vital, is conscious of having to defend
Albanians as their ancestors, with patient and dogged perseverance, have managed to pass in more than five centuries. * Represents, with other countries Arbëreshe 's southern Italy, a unique heritage.
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