Talk:Rota Greca

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Rota Greca has origins dating back to the fifteenth century when some groups of families arbereshe (Grecis et albanensibus) who resisted the incursions of the Ottoman army in their native land and inspired by the famous leader Skanderbeg, gave birth to a number of settlements in many areas of 'Southern Italy and Sicily. "Santa Maria della Rota" with "Mangalavita" formed the nucleus of the community. The first documented evidence of the Albanian presence in Rota dates back to 8th March 1507 when Nicholas Macza, Albanian hamlet of Santa Maria della Rota, had license of familiarity and permission to shoot armed to the feuds of Bisignano, from Prince Bernardino Sanseverino . The religious rite in use until the second half of the seventeenth century in Rota was the greek-byzantine (as in most of the communities of origin arbereshe), but during the pontificate of Pope Urban VIII on December 14, 1634 is contained in the Summary Vatican decree the Propagation of the Faith with which you give license to be in Rota and to other neighboring communities to switch to the Latin rite. The ethnonym "Greek" was added to the municipality with the unification of Italy, precisely in 1863, to bring the religious use typical. The architecture of Rota Greca is structured in the form of "Gijtonia" (neighborhood, group of houses side by side) divided into circular paths and is particularly noticeable in the neighborhood called "Babylon." Other districts are: Real Estate, Migliani and Magnocavallo. Use of arbereshe language and ethnic identity have been lost to time, however, there are evidences of Albanian origin nell'onomastica and place names, as well as in the traditions of the community. A papal bull of 1089 shows the presence of a Benedictine monastery in the place, but not a trace remains. The patron saint of Rota Greca is Santa Maria Assunta, which is celebrated August 15 saying the Torchie Partena (Ave Maria in greek still widespread in the countries of arbereshe greek-Byzantine rite), and which is preserved in the homonymous fine wooden statue of the Mother Church '600. The patron saint is St. Francis of Paola, which is celebrated on the night of 7 and 8 September with a procession through the streets of the country in memory of the narrow escape during the earthquake of 1905 and culminating with a huge fireworks display. Casale is located in the suburb of the Doge's Palace, which has about 50 rooms and a garden, now owned by the Ricci family, once the summer residence of the Prince of Bisignano Sanseverino. Other important monuments that are dedicated to the war dead, the Piazzetta named "Mother Teresa of Calcutta" (Ward Babylon) and "The Garden of the Righteous" (Ward-Migliani Magnocavallo), a work dedicated to the former assistant chief Angelo de Fiore in Rome originally from Rota Greca, who, in World War II, saved several Jews from extermination and that's why his name appears in the Garden of the Righteous of the Nations in Jerusalem. The fairs of the country are October 24 in honor of St. Raphael the Archangel and February 5 the fair "Santarieddi."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.185.217.217 (talk) 08:18, 6 November 2014 (UTC)