Piana degli Albanesi is a town and comune in Sicily, Italy. The town is situated on a mountainous plateau and encircled by high mountains, on the eastern side of the imposing Mount Pizzuta, the city,
A view of Piana degli Albanesi
Municipality of Piana degli Albanesi (Bashkia)
10 September 1911 - "Pro Albania" demonstration (In the center, the Poet Giuseppe Schirò; behind him Papàs Gaetano Petrotta
Luca Matranga was an Arbëresh writer and Catholic priest of Byzantine rite in the Albanian community of Sicily. He is regarded as one of the most important authors of Old Albanian literature, as his w
E Mbësuame e Krështerë / La Dottrina Cristiana Albanese (The Albanian Christian Doctrine), Piana degli Albanesi – Rome 1592.
The College of St. Athanasius in Rome (1583), established for the training of the Arbëreshë Byzantine-Catholic clergy, where Matranga was educated.
Cathedral of St. Demetrius the Great Martyr in Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily
Posta Shqiptare, 2018, commemorative stamp for the 400th anniversary of the publication of E Mbësuame e Krështerë