Frascineto

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Frascineto
coat of arms
Frascineto (Italy)
Frascineto
Country Italy
region Calabria
province Cosenza  (CS)
Coordinates 39 ° 50 ′  N , 16 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 39 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  E
height 486  m slm
surface 28.78 km²
Residents 1,979 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 69 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 87010
prefix 0981
ISTAT number 078057
Popular name Frascinoti ( Arbëresh : Frasnjotë)
Patron saint Assumption of the Virgin Mary (December 9th)
Website Frascineto
Panorama of Frasineto
Panorama of Frasineto

Frascineto (in Arbëresh : Frasnita ) is one of Arbëresh ( IPA : [⁠ ar'bəreʃ ⁠] ), founded Italian municipality in the province of Cosenza in Calabria with 1,979 inhabitants (December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Frascineto is about 71 km north of Cosenza on the southern side of the Pollino National Park . Fraction of Frascineto is the Ejanina founded by Arbëresh (in Arbëresh: Purçilli ). The neighboring communities are Cassano allo Ionio , Castrovillari and the Arbëresh place Civita (in Arbëresh: Çifti ).

The community is located directly on the A3 / E 45 motorway . The exit is called Castrovillari - Frascineto.

Seismic activity

According to the Italian classification for seismic activity , Frascineto was assigned to zone 2 (on a scale from 1 to 4).

history

The place was founded by Arbëresh in 1490 .

The religion

The parish church, which is dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta (Greek Kìmisis = Dormition of the Theotokos, Mary) belongs to the Italo-Albanian church in the Lungro eparchy and is therefore directly subordinate to the Holy See . The sacred liturgy and the spiritual songs are in Greek and in Arbëresh.

traffic

The place had a train station on the Lagonegro – Spezzano Albanese line .

Attractions

  • The Italian-Albanian Catholic parish church of Santa Maria Assunta with a Greek-Byzantine rite was built in the Baroque style and has an iconostasis from the Russian school.World icon
  • The Basilian basilica San Pietro (in Arbëresh: Ka Shën Pjetri) from the 10th century. The church was restored in the 16th century.World icon
  • The Chiesa di Santa Lucia from the 16th century is located in the center of the historic old town World icon
  • Museo Comunale delle Icone e della Tradizione Bizantina (Municipal Museum of Icons and Byzantine Tradition) The museum houses the private collection of the Archimandrite Paolo Lombardo. After reopening on April 19, 2017, the collection has around 600 Greek and Russian icons written between the 18th and 20th centuries.World icon
  • Museo delle Bambole e del Costume Tradizionale Albanese (Museum of Dolls and Albanian Costume) in Via Della Montagna, 50World icon

Regular events

  • On the Tuesday after Easter, the Vallet tradition (folkloric representation of one's own linguistic and cultural identity) renews the victory of the Albanian general and national hero Georg Kastrioti, known as Skanderbeg, over the Ottomans .

  • Typical Arbëresh costume from Frascineto

  • Frascineto Arbëreshë costume03.jpg

  • The Vallet

  • Frascineto Arbëreshë costume07.jpg
  • Frascineto Arbëreshë costume06.jpg

Sons and daughters

Memorial plaque to the Archpriest and Papas of Ejanina, Emanuele Giordano
  • Lino Bellizzi (1922–2002), dad in the Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Villa Badessa
  • Emanuele Giordano (* 1920–2015), archpriest and papas of Ejanina (1946–2009)
  • Antonio Bellusci (1934-), papas, journalist and writer.

People related to the place

  • Gabriel Sebastian Otvos, dad in the Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Frascineto since March 2, 2014

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ Seismic Classification of Frascineto , accessed February 19, 2017
  3. ↑ Ordinanza PCM n.3274 of 03/20/2003
  4. ↑ General Seismic Classification for Italy , accessed January 19, 2017
  5. ↑ Museo Comunale delle Icone e della Tradizione Bizantina , accessed on February 18, 2017
  6. ↑ Museo delle Icone e della Tradizione bizantina (Museum of Icons and Byzantine Tradition). Retrieved April 21, 2017 (Italian).
  7. ↑ Museo delle Bambole e del Costume Tradizionale Albanese. Retrieved February 1, 2017 (Italian).
  8. ↑ The Vallet of Frascineto on YouTube , accessed on February 19, 2017
  9. ^ Giuseppe De Micheli: La comunità arbëreshë di Villa Badessa oggi : Le eredità del passato come risorsa per il futuro . Università degli Studi “G. d'Annunzio ”Chieti - Pescara, 2011, p. 28 (Italian).
  10. ^ Antonio Bellusci. Retrieved May 20, 2017 (Italian).

Remarks

  1. ↑ Secular clergyman in the Orthodox Church

Web links

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