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Roccaforzata
Sign in to saveRoccaforzata 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
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Roccaforzata
- Demonym
- rocchesi
- Population
- 1762
- Area
- 6.15
- Elevation
- 145
- Official website
- www.comune.roccaforzata.ta.it
- Image
- Roccaforzata01.jpg
- Dialing code
- 099
- Licence plate code
- TA
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- Notable people
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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.
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