Maschito

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Maschito
coat of arms
Maschito (Italy)
Maschito
Country Italy
region Basilicata
province Potenza  (PZ)
Coordinates 40 ° 55 ′  N , 15 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  E
height 594  m slm
surface 45 km²
Residents 1,570 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 35 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 85020
prefix 0972
ISTAT number 076047
Popular name maschitani
Patron saint San Elia Profeta
Website Maschito

Maschito ( Albanian  Mashqitë ) is an Italian municipality in the Vulture area in the province of Potenza in Basilicata .

location

The village rises in the transition zone between the Lucan Apennines and the Apulian coastal plain on the Mustafà hill . The highest point in the urban area is Monte Caruso (800 m). The territory is predominantly agricultural, mainly wine ( Aglianico del Vulture ), olives and wheat are grown . There are also small forest areas. Some streams run through Maschito.

The neighboring municipalities are: Forenza , Ginestra , Palazzo San Gervasio and Venosa .

population

Maschito has 1570 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

The population of Maschito is largely Italianized today, only members of the older generation still speak Albanian . However, various customs and rites of the Arbëresh have survived in the folk race .

history

In the area of ​​Maschitos there was a castrum in Roman times . The village, which has existed there since then, was completely abandoned by its inhabitants after an earthquake in the 14th century.

The repopulation of Maschito began around 1467 under the Napoletan King Ferdinand II , when Skanderbeg sent him troops against the Anjou . After the complete conquest of Albania by the Ottomans in 1478/79, many Albanians fled to southern Italy and found refuge in Maschito, among other places. Another wave of immigration resulted from a contract between Charles V and Suleyman I in 1533, as a result of which many Greeks and Albanians were allowed to leave the fortress town of Koroni, which was given to the Ottoman Empire, with a ship provided by Charles V and were also allowed to move into the area of Maschito settled. At that time the territory of Maschitos belonged to the Archdiocese of Venosa and the Priory of Santo Sepolcro in Bari . In 1539 it was given as a fief by the Napoletan viceroy to Don Giovanni de Icis , whose family subsequently ruled over Maschito. The Greek Orthodox rite was preserved in Maschito for about two hundred years , until the congregation changed to the Latin rite under Bishop Deodato Scaglia .

In September 1943, Maschito was the scene of one of the earliest uprisings against National Socialism.

Attractions

House of the municipal administration
  • Chiesa Matrice Sant'Elia Profeta
This single-nave, stucco-adorned church was consecrated in 1653 to the city patron Maschitos, the prophet Elias . In 1698 it was consecrated to the Trinity Church. In 1909 it had to be closed due to dilapidation, but it was reopened in 1950 after extensive restoration work. Its furnishings include several 17th century paintings, including a Madonna of the Seven Veils .
  • Church Madonna del Caroseno
The church was built by the Albanians from Koroni . In 1930 a fresco of a Madonna and Child from 1556 was discovered there during restoration work. It also contains two tapestries from the 18th century.
  • The Fontana Scanderbeg is a renaissance fountain made of white stone in memory of the Albanian hero Skanderbeg.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Maschito  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.