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Country
  
Province / Metropolitan city
  
Potenza (PZ)

Demonym(s)
  
Sancostantinesi

Local time
  
Saturday 3:40 PM

Postal code
  
85030

Dialling code
  
0973

Region
  
Elevation
  
650 m (2,130 ft)

Area
  
37 km²

Province
  
Province of Potenza

Patron saint
  
Constantine the Great

San Costantino Albanese

Frazioni
  
Conserva, Farneta, Martorino, Venticalia

Weather
  
18°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 49% Humidity

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San Costantino Albanese (Arbëresh language: Shën Kostandinit i Arbëreshëvet) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.

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Map of 85030 San Costantino Albanese Province of Potenza, Italy

San costantino albanese


Geography

San Costantino Albanese sits on a hilltop overlooking the Sarmento Valley and is located across the valley from San Paolo Albanese. The Sarmento River is a dry rock-strewn riverbed during the summer but can be a torrent during the winter rains. The two towns are 3 kilometres (2 mi) apart but the path through the river valley by road is about 8 kilometres (5 mi).

The village is bordered by the towns of Alessandria del Carretto, Cersosimo, Noepoli, San Paolo Albanese and Terranova di Pollino.

It is also adjacent to Pollino National Park.

History

San Costantino Albanese was founded in approximately 1534 by ethnic Albanians refugees or Arbëreshë, from Corone, Morea in Greece which was occupied by the Ottoman Turks. Surnames such as Scutari, reflect this connection with the Albanian heritage.

In the early 1900s, the town and much of Southern Italy saw a wave of emigration to the United States and South America. Immigrants initially clustered in the New York Metropolitan Area but can be found distributed throughout the US.

Venticalia

Venticalia is a village located approximately 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) from San Costantino.

Since the end of the 17th century, it has been the feudal rustic retreat of the Pace family of St. Constantine Albanese. In the seventeenth century. the Pace family built a small votive chapel dedicated to the cult of Saint Helena mother of the Emperor Constantine, of which today only a few remnants remain visible.

Today the village is the site of a compressed wood pellet factory.

Martorino

Martorino is one of the concessions granted by the Pignatelli feudal family in the late 17th century to the Pace family.

Local businesses include agriculture and agritourism.

References

San Costantino Albanese Wikipedia


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