Piana degli Albanesi

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Piana degli Albanesi is an Italian comune in the Province of Palermo, Sicily. It has 6,227 inhabitants as of 2001.

The town is known for being principally an Arbëreshë community, and is called Hora e Arbëreshëvet in the resident's own dialect of Albanian. The town was founded by refugees from Himarë, Albania between the 16th to 18th centuries. The town is famous for the Klisha e Shën Mitrit (church of St. Demiter) and the Klisha e Shën Gjergjit (Church of St. George), which have Byzantine Catholic rites, unique to Arberesh villages. It also has a Latin Rite church which dates to 1514.

Piana degli Albanesi is also officially bilingual, as the official town documents are written in both Albanian and Italian and its citizens are still today proficient in both languages. It is also known for its typical and popular variety of cannoli, much bigger than average.

External links

• ()[Website of the Byzantine Church of Piana]
• ()[Official site]

 

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