In September 1943 a popular anti-fascist rising broke out at Maschito, and for a few weeks the town gave itself a name of its own: the Republic of Maschito, one of the first partisan republics born of the Resistance.
The town had been made by Albanians, who arrived after the fall of Kruja and then from Koroni in 1533, and Arbëreshë is still spoken here. The Byzantine rite lasted until 1628, when the bishop of Melfi forbade it. In the church of the Caroseno there is a fresco of the Madonna of 1558, brought back to light in 1930 during restoration work. There are 1,730 residents.
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📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of August (three days); the «small feast» on 20 July
On the second Sunday of August Maschito, a municipality of 1,730 inhabitants in the province of Potenza, celebrates for three days the great feast of Saint Elijah the Prophet; on 20 July there is the «small feast».
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Outside Maschito, but an easy day trip away.
