Roccaforzata
Comune in Apulia, Italy
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Coat of arms
Location of Roccaforzata
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40°26′N 17°24′E / 40.433°N 17.400°E / 40.433; 17.400
(31 December 2017)[2]
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Roccaforzata is a town and comune in the province of Taranto, Apulia, southeastern Italy. Roccaforzata was historically an Arbëreshë settlement. After the inhabitants abandoned the Albanian Greek Orthodox faith they assimilated into the local population.[3]
Notable People
- Gjergj Basta, 16th century Albanian Arbëreshë Stratiot.
References
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- Avetrana
- Carosino
- Castellaneta
- Crispiano
- Faggiano
- Fragagnano
- Ginosa
- Grottaglie
- Laterza
- Leporano
- Lizzano
- Manduria
- Martina Franca
- Maruggio
- Massafra
- Monteiasi
- Montemesola
- Monteparano
- Mottola
- Palagianello
- Palagiano
- Pulsano
- Roccaforzata
- San Giorgio Ionico
- San Marzano di San Giuseppe
- Sava
- Statte
- Taranto
- Torricella
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