The village was called Villa Aragona, after the duke of Montalto who founded it in the mid sixteenth century for the Albanians who had come to Calabria. In a treasurer's account of 1579 it is taxed for twelve Albanian hearths, which paid half the tax of the others.
Of Arbëresh only a few words remain today, in the mouths of a few, and the Byzantine rite ended long ago. The comune has twice lost a piece of itself: Cerva in 1850 and Botricello in 1957, which was the part that gave it the sea. From 1961 to today the population has fallen to a third. In 2019 a wind farm was put up on the hills.
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📅 Every year, on 7 October
On 7 October Andali celebrates Our Lady of the Rosary, known as Shën Mëri e Rruzarit in Arbëresh; the town is in fact an Arbëresh municipality, founded by refugees of Albanian origin.
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Outside Andali, but an easy day trip away.
