Piana degli Albanesi

Piana degli Albanesi is the largest Albanian-speaking community in Sicily and one of the largest in Italy.

The Eparchy of the Byzantine rite to which they refer is based there all the faithful of the rite who reside in Sicily and insular Italy.

The language still spoken today is Arbëresh which is the linguistic evolution of ancient Albanian which retains some contamination of Greek.

Piana degli Albanesi, whose territories were granted in 1488, is commonly called Hora as it is still done today in Greece to indicate city more important than a territory or an island. 

With its language and its ritual, with its very rich monumental and naturalistic heritage and with its tradition in the production of excellent products, Piana degli Albanesi is a unique identity waiting to be discovered, so much so that it is defined as the island within the island .