Celle di San Vito ( frp, Cèles de Sant Vuite, ) is a town and ''
comune'' in the
province of Foggia of the
Apulia region in southern
Italy.
Located upon the
Daunian Mountains
Daunian Mountains (in Italian Monti della Daunia or Monti Dauni, or also improperly Subappennino Dauno) are a mountain range in southern Italy, constituting the eastern appendix of the Campanian Apennines. They occupy the western fringe of Capit ...
, Celle di San Vito is by far the smallest municipality in Apulia.
Unlike the residents of many bordering towns (
Biccari
Biccari ( Pugliese: ) is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy.
Main sights
* Historic centre
* Byzantine tower of Biccari
* Tower Tertiveri
* Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin M ...
,
Castelluccio Valmaggiore
Castelluccio Valmaggiore is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is l ...
,
Orsara di Puglia
Orsara di Puglia is a small town and ''comune'' in the province of Foggia, Apulia, southern Italy.
Named as ''Orsara Dauno-Irpina'' between 1861 and 1884, the town was part of the province of Avellino until 1927.
History
The origins of Orsara ...
and
Troia), people of Celle di San Vito and the neighboring village of
Faeto
Faeto ( frp, Fayéte, ) is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy.
It is a mountain village lying astride the Apennines and renowned for its prosciutto, an Italian dry-cured ham known as . Resident ...
speak
Faetar
Faetar, fully known as Faetar-Cigliàje ( Italian: ) is a Franco-Provençal language that is spoken in two small communities in Foggia, Italy: Faeto and Celle di San Vito, as well as émigré communities in Ontario, Canada (primarily Toronto ...
, a rare daughter language of the
Franco-Provençal language which has fewer than 1,400 known speakers. The town's language is also represented in
Brantford, Ontario
Brantford ( 2021 population: 104,688) is a city in Ontario, Canada, founded on the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. It is surrounded by Brant County, but is politically separate with a municipal government of its own that is fully independe ...
, Canada, which received many immigrants from Celle di San Vito beginning in the early 1950s. At its peak several hundred daily speakers used the language in Brantford. As of 2012, the daily speakers have dwindled to fewer than 50 spread over three generations.
References
External links
Official site of the municipalityColonia Francoprovenzale Celle di San Vito Franco-Provençal cultural association of Puglia in Piemonte, Franco-Provençal orthography guide, history, and local information. (Italian and Franco-Provençal)
Cities and towns in Apulia
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