Casalvecchio di Puglia
Casalvecchio di Puglia
Kazallveqi | |
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| Comune di Casalvecchio di Puglia | |
 View from Castelnuovo della Daunia | |
Location of Casalvecchio di Puglia  | |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| Postal code | 71030 |
| Dialing code | 0881 |
| Website | Official website |
Casalvecchio (
Arbëreshë Albanian: Kazallveqi) is an Arbëreshë comune and village in the Province of Foggia, Apulia, southern Italy. Mostly originating from a 15th-century migration of Albanians, the residents have subsisted by family farming. Of those native to the area for generations, many have continued to use Arbëresh
, even those of the post–World War II generation.
History
In 1461 near
Apennine mountains, a group of 5000 immigrants from Albania fled the enculturation of the Ottoman Turks and Islam. They were sent by the Albanian leader Skanderbeg. This part of Apulia was granted to the incomers by the king of Naples.[3]
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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- ^ "Casalvecchio di Puglia". Retrieved June 27, 2006.