San Paolo Albanese

San Paolo Albanese
Country	Italy
region	Basilicata
province	Potenza  (PZ)
Coordinates	40 ° 2 '  N , 16 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 2 '14 "  N , 16 ° 20' 3"  E
height	800  m slm
surface	29.9 km²
Residents	228 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	8 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	85030
prefix	0973
ISTAT number	076020
Popular name	Sanpaolesi
Patron saint	Rochus de Montpellier (August 16)
Website	San Paolo Albanese
San Paolo Albanese

Welcome sign in Italian and Arbëresh

San Paolo Albanese (in Arbëresh , IPA : [ar'bəreʃ] : Shën Pali Arbëreshë , called Casalnuovo Lucano from 1936 to 1962 ) is a southern Italian municipality founded by Arbëresh ( IPA : [ar'bəreʃ] ) in the province of Potenza in the region Basilicata and has 228 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

location

The municipality is located about 80.5 kilometers southeast of Potenza in the Pollino National Park , belongs to the Comunità montana Val Sarmento and borders directly on the province of Cosenza in Calabria .

The political groups include Cornalita and Felicita. The neighboring municipalities are Alessandria del Carretto , Cersosimo , Noepoli , San Costantino Albanese and Terranova di Pollino .

history

San Paolo Albanese was founded around 1534 by Albanian immigrants ( Arbëresh ).

San Paolo Albanese today

Today the Albanian language of the ancestors is still spoken fluently in San Paolo Albanese and its inhabitants belong to the Albanian ethnic and linguistic minority of Italy, which by law 482 “For the protection of historical language minorities” of December 15, 1999 Legge 15 Dicembre 1999, n. 482 - Norms in materia di tutela delle minoranze linguistiche storiche (German: regulations on the protection of historical linguistic minorities). In: Camera.it. Retrieved September 11, 2017 (Italian).  to be protected.

San Paolo Albanese has the “Sportello Linguistico Comunale” (communal linguistic counter) provided for by Law 482/99 for the protection and development of the ethnolinguistic heritage.

Attractions

• The Italian-Albanian church Chiesa Esaltazione della Santa Croce from 1721 in Piazza Vittorio Veneto
• Chiesa San Rocco from 1614 in Piazza San Rocco
• Cappella di San Francesco in Contrada San Francesco
• Piazza Skanderbeg
• Palazzi Smilaro in Piazza Vittorio Veneto
• Museo della cultura Arbëreshë in Via Regina Margherita, 15

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The location of San Paolo

Here the Strada Statale 481 della Valle del Ferro from Noepoli to Amendolara meets the former Strada Statale 92 dell'Appennino Meridionale from Potenza to Villapiana .

Web links

Commons : San Paolo Albanese  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Museo delle cultura arbëreshë. In: Museoarbereshe.it. Retrieved September 5, 2017 (Italian). 
• San Paolo Albanese. In: Guzzardi.it. Retrieved September 5, 2017 (Italian). 
• San Paolo Albanese. In: Massimilianoalbanese.net. Retrieved September 5, 2017 (Italian). 
• San Paolo Albanese. In: Basilicataturistica.it. Retrieved September 5, 2017 (Italian). 
• San Paolo Albanese (PZ) Shën Pali. In: Arbitalia.it. Retrieved September 9, 2017 (Italian). 

• Polifonia arbëreshe della Basilicata. In: Vatrarberesh.it. Retrieved September 9, 2017 (Italian). 

Individual evidence

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