Greci, Campania

Greci (Arbëreshë Albanian: Katundi) (literally meaning village/settlement) is an Arbëreshë town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy, located about 100 km northeast of Naples and about 50 km southwest of Foggia. It is a mountain agricultural village lying astride the Apennines and represents the only existing linguistic minority in Campania;^[4] Arbereshe people have settled in Greci since the 15th century.^[5]

Its territory borders the following municipalities: Ariano Irpino, Castelfranco in Miscano, Faeto, Orsara di Puglia, Montaguto, Savignano Irpino.

People

Filomena Boscia, mother of American showman Regis Philbin. He showed his family-tree on an episode of the show Live with Regis and Kelly.^[6]
Joseph J. DioGuardi Sr., father of Joseph J. DioGuardi.

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Greci". Tuttitalia (in Italian).
^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat); Dati - Popolazione residente all'1/5/2009
^ "Legge regionale n. 14 del 20 dicembre 2004. Tutela della minoranza alloglotta e del patrimonio storico, culturale e folcloristico della comunità albanofona del comune di Greci in provincia di Avellino" (PDF). Regione Campania (in Italian).
^ "Storia" [History]. Comune di Greci (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2020-01-19.
^ AACL: Albanian American Civic League (2009-11-13), Kara DioGuardi & Regis Philbin, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2018-03-22

Sources

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Greci (comune, Italy).

Mazzarella, John. "Greci Cousins". Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2015-08-22.