L 'ARPA of an Italian-Albanian, L. De Martino, Venice, form of the' still, 1881.
_ "GREEK"
Pages 119 to 122:
"Greeks Irpini place in the mountains, is the first Albanian settlers who emigrated to Italy in the second half of the fifteenth century. Somewhat segregated, far from 'other municipalities more or less scattered over abuzz, in Puglia, in Basilicata or Lucania, in Calabria and Sicily, which all together give the hefty sum of over one hundred thousand Albanians (who, after a long interval of four and a half centuries, we still grow and indeed with great interest the mother tongue, and tenacious preserve the ancient customs, customs, traditional or glorious hours ominous memories of 'abandoned Albania, the ancient primitive vices and virtues, and ardent love to bring their indigenous brothers and sisters still groaning in slavery and barbarism: people' s mind fair, but generous, full of 'intelligence, with a biblical and ancient poetry, d' images elected and care; illustrated by esteemed writers, linguists, poets, historical, political, crying away our homeland, and still sing of Skanderbeg, a legendary hero who picked up somewhat in name and in deeds, the fame of Alexander the Great), the Greeks, as if to attest to the fact the rear is leased precisely in the vicinity of Orsara el 'ancient city of Troy in Puglia, where the' Albanian immortal hero, who rushed to Italy to defend his trusted friend and close ally of 'siege in Barletta, after d' have defeated there and beating the first fight the French, with their wisdom and concurred with his strong arm to signal victory, that of August 18 '1462 year its small but brave troops, combined with those operated by Francis and Alexander Sforza, Duke of Urbino and Federico, reported on the powerful army of Sir John Franco d 'Anjou, who, encouraged by the conspiracy of' Neapolitan barons, aspired, and was about to succeed in ousting Ferrante d 'Aragon, King of Naples , and gird him the crown of the whole realm. And 'from this memorable and bloody battle for a place Tenimento the Greeks, which was its drama, is called nowadays still pool of blood, perhaps as a memorial of' old Albanian worship on Mount Gargano, a 'steep hill and pleasant sheltered by Greeks, however, is called the gargling. "
P. Leonardo De Martino
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