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Montemitro

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Country
  
Italy

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Campobasso (CB)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
16 km²

Postal code
  
86030

Region
  
Molise

Elevation
  
508 m (1,667 ft)

Dialing code
  
0874

Local time
  
Saturday 2:44 AM

Province
  
Province of Campobasso

Montemitro

Weather
  
11°C, Wind SW at 19 km/h, 55% Humidity

Montemitro (also called Mundimitar) is a small town and comune in the province of Campobasso in the Molise region of Italy, near the Trigno river.

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Map of 86030 Montemitro Province of Campobasso, Italy

Like Acquaviva Collecroce and San Felice del Molise, Montemitro is home to a community of Molisian Croats, most of whom speak a particular Croatian dialect (they call it simply naš jezik, or "our language") as well as Italian.

Culture

  • Granted an Honorary Consulate by Croatia.
  • The patron saint of Montemitro is Saint Lucia; the church dedicated to her is the church of Santa Lucia Vergine e Martire.
  • However, the town does not celebrate the feast of Saint Lucia on its customary date (December 13), but rather on the first and last Fridays of May. This honors the crossing of the Adriatic Sea to Italy in the 15th century by the town's ancestors; they are believed to have carried a statue of Saint Lucia with them, arriving in Italy on a Friday in May.
  • The language of the three cities is considered an endangered diaspora language.

    • References

    Montemitro Wikipedia
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