Roccaforzata
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.
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- Italian comune.name
- Roccaforzata
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Roccaforzata
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Roccaforzata01.jpg
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- View of Roccaforzata
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- Roccaforzata-Stemma.png
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- Coat of arms
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- 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
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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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