San Demetrio Corone Provincia di Cosenza Calabria Italy
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San Demetrio Corone
San Demetrio Corone (Arbëreshë: Shën Mitri) is a town and municipality in the Calabria region of Italy, at an altitude of 521 meters and with 3,387 inhabitants. The town is among the most important cultural centers of the Albanian communities in Italy and preserves the Albanian language, the Byzantine rites, customs, culture and ethnic identity of its origin. It is home to the Collegio of Sant'Adriano, a boarding school which produced many patriots and theorists/revolutionaries in the Italian Independence wars and is an important religious and cultural organism for the conservation of the oriental rite and of the Albanian traditions.
It is part of the district of the Italo-Albanian Church of the Eparchy of Lungro.
In the Macchia Albanese hamlet, located at 418 meters above sea level, Girolamo De Rada was born, supreme vate arbëresh, father of modern Albanian literature.
For years the music, singing and new sounds of the Albanians of Italy have been grouped here in "The Festival of the Arbëreshe Song".
Distance between:
Rome to San Demetrio Corone260 Miles / 418 Kms Milan to San Demetrio Corone549 Miles / 884 Kms Venice to San Demetrio Corone457 Miles / 735 Kms
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