List of settlement areas of the Arbëresh

This list of settlements of Arbëresh ( Arbëria ) contains 41 Arbëresh - municipalities and nine fractions in seven Italian regions in Central and Southern Italy , where the Arbëresh next to the Italian , the original language of their ancestors in the variant arbereshe speak and by Act No. 482nd "For the protection of the historical linguistic minorities" of December 15, 1999.

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Many of the communities where Arbëresh is still spoken have lost the Byzantine rite over the centuries. This came under pressure from the religious and civil authorities at the local level. Around half of the Arbëresh communities converted to the Latin rite in the first two centuries . The Byzantine rite is mainly held in the Arbëresh communities in the province of Cosenza , in Calabria and in those around Piana degli Albanesi in Sicily.

Complete list of parliamentary groups and municipalities in Italy where Arbëresh is still spoken today and thus come under Law No. 482
“For the protection of historical linguistic minorities” of December 15, 1999.
(from North to south)

region	Province or Metropolitan City	Parliamentary group or municipality	Arbëresh dialect	founding year	further immigrations	Religion: catholic; Rite:	photo
Abruzzo	Pescara	Villa Badessa	Badhesa	1743	1748	Greco-Byzantine
Molise	Campobasso Province	Campomarino	Këmarini	after 1456	after 1458	Roman Catholic
		Montecilfone	Munxhufuni	after 1456		Roman Catholic
		Portocannons	Portkanuni	after 1456	after 1458	Roman Catholic
		Ururi	Ruri	after 1456		Roman Catholic
Campania	Avellino Province	Greci	Katundi	1461		Roman Catholic
Apulia	Foggia Province	Casalvecchio di Puglia	Kazallveqi	after 1464		Roman Catholic
		Chieuti	Qefti	around 1468		Roman Catholic	Albanian costume around 1816
	Taranto Province	San Marzano di San Giuseppe	Shën Marcani	1530		Roman Catholic
Basilicata	Potenza Province	Barile	Barilli	1478	1534, 1647	Roman Catholic
		Ginestra	Zhura	1478	1534	Roman Catholic
		Maschito	Mashqiti	1478,	1534, 1647	Roman Catholic
		San Costantino Albanese	Shën Kostandini	1534		Greco-Byzantine
		San Paolo Albanese	Shën Pali	1534		Greco-Byzantine
Calabria	Catanzaro Province	Andali	Andalli	1542-1574		Roman Catholic
		Caraffa di Catanzaro	Garrafë	1550	after 1663	Roman Catholic
		Gizzeria	Jacarise	1504 approx.		Roman Catholic
		Marcedusa	Marçëdhuza	prima del 1541		Roman Catholic
		Vena di Maida ( Maida )	Vjna	1468 approx.		Roman Catholic
		Zangarona	Xingarona	seconda metà del XV secolo		Roman Catholic
	Cosenza Province	Acquaformosa	Firmoza	prima del 1501		Greco-Byzantine
		Cantinella ( Corigliano Calabro )	Kantinela	19 ??		Greco-Byzantine
		Castroregio	Kastërnexhi	between 1510 and 1515	1534	Greco-Byzantine
		Cavallerizzo ( Cerzeto )	Kajverici	around 1470		Roman Catholic
		Cervicati	Çervikat	1468	1506	Roman Catholic
		Cerzeto	Qana	around 1478		Roman Catholic
		Civita	Çifti	between 1470 and 1492		Greco-Byzantine	Arbëresh during the traditional Vallet dances
		Ejanina ( Frascineto )	Purçìll	1470		Greco-Byzantine
		Falconara Albanese	Fullkunara	after 1539		Greco-Byzantine	Byzantine altar of the San Salvatore Church in Falconara Albanese
		Farneta ( Castroregio )	Farneta	1560 approx.		Greco-Byzantine
		Firmo	Ferma	around 1540		Greco-Byzantine
		Frascineto	Frasnita	before 1552		Greco-Byzantine
		Lungro	Ungra	around 1486		Greco-Byzantine
		Macchia Albanese ( San Demetrio Corone )	Maqi	1471		Greco-Byzantine
		Marri ( San Benedetto Ullano )	Allimarri			Greco-Byzantine
		Mongrassano	Mungrasana	around 1470		Roman Catholic
		Plataci	Pllatëni	around 1476		Greco-Byzantine
		Rota Greca	Rrota			Roman Catholic
		San Basile	Shen Vasili	1475-1480		Greco-Byzantine
		San Benedetto Ullano	Shën Benedhiti	around 1478		Greco-Byzantine
		Santa Caterina Albanese	Picilia	around 1478		Roman Catholic
		San Cosmo Albanese	Strihàri	1470		Greco-Byzantine
		San Demetrio Corone	Shën Mitri	1471		Greco-Byzantine
		San Giorgio Albanese	Mbuzati	around 1470		Greco-Byzantine
		San Giacomo di Cerzeto ( Cerzeto )	Shën Japku	around 1478		Roman Catholic
		San Martino di Finita	Shën Mërtiri	before 1503		Roman Catholic
		Santa Sofia d'Epiro	Shën Sofia	1472		Greco-Byzantine
		Spezzano Albanese	Spixana	around 1478		Roman Catholic
		Vaccarizzo Albanese	Vakarici	around 1470		Greco-Byzantine
	Crotone Province	Carfizzi	Karfici	1530 approx.		Roman Catholic
		Pallagorio	Puhëriu	1596		Roman Catholic
		San Nicola dell'Alto	Shën Kolli	1480		Roman Catholic
Sicily	Metropolitan City of Catania	Biancavilla	Callicari	around 1488		Roman Catholic
	Metropolitan city of Palermo	Contessa Entellina	Kundisa	1450		Greco-Byzantine Roman Catholic
		Mezzojuso	Munxifsit	1490		Greco-Byzantine
		Palazzo Adriano	Pallaci	1481		Greco-Byzantine Roman Catholic
		Piana degli Albanesi (formerly Piana dei Greci)	Hora e Arbëreshëvet	1488		Greco-Byzantine
		Santa Cristina Gela	Sëndahstina	1691		Greco-Byzantine

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Pietro Pompilio Rodotà: Dell'Origine, Progresso e Stato presente del Rito Greco in Italia, osservato dai greci, monaci basiliani e albanesi, Libro III, Capo. III . Biblioteca Vaticana, Rome 1763, p. 59 (Italian, online version in Google Book Search).
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4. ↑ ^{a b c} Storia del Comune. Retrieved September 20, 2019 (Italian). 
5. ↑ Giuseppe Fiorilli: Ururi si trova in Italia I, Profilo storico . Ururi 2002, p. 26 (Italian).
6. ^ Greci, cenni storici. Retrieved September 20, 2019 (Italian). 
7. ^ Gli Arbëreshë di Casalvecchio, a cura di Maro Massaro, Giovanna Fratta e Rosa Ferrucci . Malatesta Editrice, Apricena 2016, ISBN 978-88-95939-53-7 , pp. 57 (Italian).
8. ↑ Mario Massaro, Imri Badallaj: Chieuti e la sua parlata Arbereshe . Malatesta Editrice, Apricena 2011, ISBN 978-88-95939-26-1 , pp. 91 (Italian).
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11. ↑ Ginestra - Zhura. Retrieved September 20, 2019 (Italian). 
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14. ↑ Maschito - cenni Sorici. Retrieved September 20, 2019 (Italian). 
15. ^ San Costantino Albanese. Retrieved October 5, 2019 (Italian). 
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25. ↑ Acquaformosa: Comunità bizantina arbëreshe. Retrieved October 8, 2019 (Italian). 
26. ↑ Pina Cecere Roma: Profilo storico di Castroregio dalle origini all'Unità d'Italia . Tipografia Jonico, Trebisacce 1978, p. 9 (Italian).
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28. ↑ Le origini di Civita. Retrieved October 10, 2019 (Italian). 
29. ↑ Antonio Trupo: Farneta (CS) - Catasto Onciario (1742-1743) . Farneta 2019, p. 5 (Italian).
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32. ↑ Francesco Tajani: Le istorie albanesi . Tipi dei Fratelli Jovane, Palermo 1886, p. 478 (Italian, archive.org , Capo III., 2nd).