Rota Greca

Rota Greca
Country	Italy
region	Calabria
province	Cosenza (CS)
Coordinates	39 ° 28 ′ N , 16 ° 7 ′ E Coordinates: 39 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ N , 16 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ E
surface	12 km²
Residents	1,060 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	88 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	87010
prefix	0984
ISTAT number	078109

Rota Greca (in Arbëresh , IPA : [ar'bəreʃ] : Rrota ) is an Italian commune with 1060 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region .

Location and dates

Rota Greca is 38 km north of Cosenza .

The neighboring municipalities are: Fuscaldo , Lattarico and the Cerzeto and the Arbëresh -Orte San Martino di Finita .

history

The first documentary evidence of the Albanian presence in Rrota dates from March 8th 1507, when Nicola Macza, Albanian of the “Casale” Santa Maria della Rota, received a license and permission from Prince Berardino Sanseverino to stay armed in the fiefdom of Bisignano .

Remarks

↑ (plural of Casale) is the Italian name for a house or a group of houses in the country.

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
↑ Guida d'Italia - Basilicata, Calabria . Touring Club Italiano, 1980, ISBN 88-365-0021-8 , pp. 126 (Italian, online version in Google Book Search [accessed May 25, 2017]).

[2] (plural of Casale) is the Italian name for a house or a group of houses in the country.

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

[3] Guida d'Italia - Basilicata, Calabria . Touring Club Italiano, 1980, ISBN 88-365-0021-8 , pp. 126 (Italian, online version in Google Book Search [accessed May 25, 2017]).