Rosciano

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Rosciano
coat of arms
Rosciano (Italy)
Rosciano
Country Italy
region Abruzzo
province Pescara  (PE)
Coordinates 42 ° 19 '  N , 14 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 19 '22 "  N , 14 ° 2' 46"  E
height 253  m slm
surface 27 km²
Residents 3,998 (December 31, 2019)
Population density 148 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 65020
prefix 085
ISTAT number 068035
Popular name roscianesi
Patron saint Sant'Eurosia di Jaca
Website Rosciano
View of Rosciano
View of Rosciano
Palazzo De Felice

Rosciano is an Italian commune with 3998 inhabitants in the province of Pescara in the Abruzzo region and is part of the Città del Vino d'Italia (Wine Towns of Italy) association.

geography

The municipality near Nocciano and Cepagatti extends over approx. 27 km².

The districts ( fractions ) include Villa Oliveti, Villa San Giovanni, Villa Badessa , Piano Fara and Piano del Ciero.

The neighboring municipalities are: Alanno , Cepagatti , Chieti , Manoppello , Nocciano and Pianella .

history

The area has been inhabited since the Neolithic Age and artifacts from this period have been found. A settlement was built here in Roman times. During excavations, various objects such as sarcophagi, furniture and weapons were found.

Villa Badessa, lithograph by Edward Lear , 1846

In the 18th century, Albanians immigrated mainly from Piqeras in southern Albania . These Arbëresh settle in Rosciano in the Villa Badessa fraction. By the beginning of the 20th century, the place had essentially kept its identity as an ethnic island almost intact. Mixed marriages with “Latins” ( Italians ), the spread of the mass media and increasing mobility within Italy made families forget the legacy of the Albanian language . In schools and by institutions and authorities, the language was excluded, which means that it has practically disappeared today, although the official “death” cannot be prescribed.

Ecclesiastically they belong to the Eparchy Lungro of the Italo-Albanian Church with Byzantine rite .

Viticulture

In the municipality are vines of varieties Montepulciano for the DOC - wine Montepulciano d'Abruzzo grown. A lot of olive oil is also produced in Rosciano .

Web links

Commons : Rosciano  - 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.
  2. ^ National Association of Città del Vino d'Italia , accessed on February 14, 2017
  3. ^ Giuseppe De Micheli: La comunità arbëreshë di Villa Badessa oggi : Le eredità del passato come risorsa per il futuro (diploma thesis) . Università degli Studi “G. d'Annunzio ”Chieti - Pescara, 2011, p. 25 (Italian).