Montemitro (also called Mundimitar ) is a small town and comune in the province of Campobasso in the Molise region of Italy , near the Trigno river.
6-437: Like Acquaviva Collecroce and San Felice del Molise , Montemitro is home to a community of Molisian Croats , most of whom speak a particular Croatian dialect (they call it simply naš jezik , or " our language ") as well as Italian . Montemitro was granted an Honorary Consulate by Croatia . The patron saint of Montemitro is Saint Lucia ; the church dedicated to her is the church of Santa Lucia Vergine e Martire. However,
12-578: A location in Molise is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Acquaviva Collecroce Acquaviva Collecroce (also called Živavoda Kruč or, usually, just Kruč ) is a small town and comune in the province of Campobasso , in the Molise region of southern Italy, between the Biferno and Trigno rivers. Like the smaller towns of Montemitro and San Felice del Molise , Acquaviva Collecroce
18-459: Is home to a community of Molisian Croats , most of whom speak a particular Croatian dialect (known as simply na-našo or naš jezik , meaning "our language") as well as Italian. There are differences in the dialects of the three towns, but they all descend from the Shtokavian - Ikavian dialect of Dalmatia . The language is considered an endangered diaspora language . Acquaviva is known for
24-520: The Balkans . Numerous inhabitants emigrated in two flows during the 20th century, and population is currently still decreasing (there were some 2,500 inhabitants in 1951, compared to the c. 730 of 2007). The first emigration took place between, roughly, 1900–1920, the emigres heading towards the United States and Argentina . The second major flow took place in the 1950s, chiefly to Australia. Every 1 May,
30-485: The cultivation of small, dark, zerniza figs , as well as fennel and white celery . In the 12th century, Acquaviva was a base for the Knights of Malta . Though there is evidence of an earlier Slavic settlement in 1297, it is believed that the current inhabitants are not their descendants, but rather come from later migrations in the 15th and 16th centuries. These migrations may have been caused by Ottoman incursions into
36-610: The town does not celebrate the feast of Saint Lucia on its customary date (December 13), but rather on the first and last Fridays of May. This honors the crossing of the Adriatic Sea to Italy in the 15th century by the town's ancestors; they are believed to have carried a statue of Saint Lucia with them, arriving in Italy on a Friday in May. The language of the three cities is considered an endangered diaspora language . This article on
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