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Mezzojuso

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Mezzojuso, Italy
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Founded around 1444 by Albanian stradioti soldiers sent by George Castriot Skanderbeg to aid the King of Aragon, Mezzojuso is a Sicilian hill village southeast of Palermo that still carries its Albanian-Arbëreshë heritage in its Byzantine-rite churches and traditional festivals. Known historically as the "Athens of the Albanian colonies," it sits on the eastern slope of Rocca Busambra and retains several historic churches for a settlement of its size, alongside vineyards in the surrounding countryside.

  • Population2,624
  • Nearest water from center1.5 km
  • Nearest mountain from center6.0 km
  • UNESCO within 50 km8
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