Faeto ( frp, Fayéte, ) is a town and ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...

'' 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 located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. It is a mountain village lying astride the

Apennines The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (; grc-gre, links=no, Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; la, Appenninus or – a singular with plural meaning;''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an adjective, which wou ...

and renowned for its

prosciutto ''Prosciutto crudo'', in English often shortened to prosciutto ( , ), is Italian uncooked, unsmoked, and dry-cured ham. ''Prosciutto crudo'' is usually served thinly sliced. Several regions in Italy have their own variations of ''prosciutto cru ...

, an Italian dry-cured ham known as . Residents of Faeto and neighbouring Celle di San Vito are speakers of

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 Tor ...

, a daughter language of the

Franco-Provençal language Franco-Provençal (also Francoprovençal, Patois or Arpitan) is a language within Gallo-Romance originally spoken in east-central France, western Switzerland and northwestern Italy. Franco-Provençal has several distinct dialects and is sep ...

, which is found in an Alpine

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spanning northwestern Italy, southeastern France and southwestern Switzerland. Faeto was also historically inhabited by Arbëreshë community, but these have since assimilated.Gjovalin Shkurtaj, ''Shpirti i arbrit rron''
/ref> Faeto borders the following municipalities: Biccari, Castelfranco in Miscano, Celle di San Vito, Greci,

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 Orsa ...

, Roseto Valfortore.

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Arbëresh settlements Cities and towns in Apulia {{Puglia-geo-stub