San Costantino Albanese

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San Costantino Albanese
Comune
Comune di San Costantino Albanese Bashkia Shën Kostandinit i Arbëreshëvet
Church of San Costantino il Grande, San Costantino Albanese
Location of San Costantino Albanese
San Costantino Albanese Location of San Costantino Albanese in Italy Show map of Italy San Costantino Albanese San Costantino Albanese (Basilicata) Show map of Basilicata
Coordinates: 40°2′N 16°18′E / 40.033°N 16.300°E / 40.033; 16.300
Country	Italy
Region	Basilicata
Province	Potenza (PZ)
Frazioni	Conserva, Farneta, Martorino, Venticalia
Government
• Mayor	Renato Iannibelli
Area [1]
• Total	37 km2 (14 sq mi)
Elevation	650 m (2,130 ft)
Population  (31 March 2015)[2]
• Total	738
• Density	20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Demonym	Sancostantinesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	85030
Dialing code	0973
Patron saint	St. Constantine the Great
Saint day	21 May

San Costantino Albanese (Arbëreshë Albanian: Shën Kostandinit i Arbëreshëvet) is an Arbëreshë^[3] town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.

San Costantino Albanese sits on a hilltop overlooking the Sarmento Valley and is located across the valley from San Paolo Albanese. The Sarmento River is a dry rock-strewn riverbed during the summer but can be a torrent during the winter rains. The two towns are 3 kilometres (2 mi) apart but the path through the river valley by road is about 8 kilometres (5 mi).^[4]

The village is bordered by the towns of Alessandria del Carretto, Cersosimo, Noepoli, San Paolo Albanese and Terranova di Pollino.

It is also adjacent to Pollino National Park.

San Costantino Albanese was founded in approximately 1534 by ethnic Albanians refugees or Arbëreshë, from Corone, Morea in Greece which was occupied by the Ottoman Turks. Surnames such as Scutari, reflect this connection with the Albanian heritage.

In the early 20th century, the town, like much of Southern Italy, saw a wave of emigration to the United States and South America. Immigrants initially clustered in the New York Metropolitan Area but later distributed throughout the USA.

Venticalia is a village located approximately 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) from San Costantino.

Since the end of the 17th century, it has been the feudal rustic retreat of the Pace family of St. Constantine Albanese. In the seventeenth century. the Pace family built a small votive chapel dedicated to the cult of Saint Helena mother of the Emperor Constantine, of which today only a few remnants remain visible.

Today the village is the site of a compressed wood pellet factory.

Martorino is one of the concessions granted by the Pignatelli feudal family in the late 17th century to the Pace family.

Local businesses include agriculture and agritourism.

• Liborio Liguori (born 1950), football player.

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