Skip to content
Roccaforzata

File:Roccaforzata01.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ52034· pop 46· linked from 110 articles

Roccaforzata

Sign in to save

Roccaforzata is a town and comune in the province of Taranto, Apulia, southeastern Italy. Roccaforzata was historically an Arbëreshë settlement. After the inhabitants abandoned the Albanian Greek Orthodox faith they assimilated into the local population.

Key facts

Italian comune.name
Roccaforzata
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Roccaforzata
Italian comune.image_skyline
Roccaforzata01.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption
View of Roccaforzata
Italian comune.image_shield
Roccaforzata-Stemma.png
Italian comune.shield_alt
Coat of arms
Italian comune.pushpin_label_position
left
Italian comune.region
Apulia
Italian comune.province
Taranto (TA)
Italian comune.frazioni
Chianche, Paretone
Italian comune.mayor
Vincenzo Pastore
Italian comune.area_total_km2
6.15
Italian comune.population_total
1819
Italian comune.population_as_of
31 December 2017
Italian comune.population_demonym
Rocchesi
Italian comune.elevation_m
145
Italian comune.saint
Madonna della Camera, S.Elia
Italian comune.day
Thursday after Easter, 20 July

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Comune di Roccaforzata - Portale istituzionale

Comune di Colleferro - Portale Istituzionale

comune.roccaforzata.ta.it

Link to the official site · 7,261 chars · not written by Vinony

Wikidata facts

Official name
Roccaforzata
Demonym
rocchesi
Population
1762
Area
6.15
Elevation
145
Image
Roccaforzata01.jpg
Dialing code
099
Licence plate code
TA
Show 4 more facts
Commons category
Roccaforzata
postal code
74020
P11012
Émeraude
P12749
Irminsul
Sources (5)

via Wikidata · CC0

~1 min read

Article

2 sections
Contents
  • Notable people
  • References

Roccaforzata is a town and comune in the province of Taranto, Apulia, southeastern Italy. Roccaforzata was historically an Arbëreshë settlement. After the inhabitants abandoned the Albanian Greek Orthodox faith they assimilated into the local population.

==Notable people== Gjergj Basta, 16th century Albanian Arbëreshë Stratiot. His father Demetrius Basta settled here from Epirus.

Gallery (2)

On the map

2 mapped locations

Connections

Categories