Roseto Valfortore
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Roseto Valfortore is a town and comune
of the province of Foggia
in the Apulia
region of southeast Italy
.
running through the town. Hence the name Valfortore (valley of the Fortore). The hills surrounding Roseto are populated with new electric power windmills.
of Pennsylvania
and created the settlement of Roseto
, that was eventually incorporated in 1912. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s more than 3,000 Rosetani migrated to Toronto, Ontario and its surrounding areas. In the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s it was been recorded that many migrated to Youngstown, Ohio and surrounding areas. Many migrants worked in the steel mills around Ohio.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
of the province of Foggia
Province of Foggia
The Province of Foggia is a province in the Apulia region of Italy.This province is also known as Capitanata, originally Catapanata, because during the Middle Ages it was governed by a catapan, as part of the Catapanate of Italy...
in the Apulia
Apulia
Apulia is a region in Southern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Òtranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its most southern portion, known as Salento peninsula, forms a high heel on the "boot" of Italy. The region comprises , and...
region of southeast Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
Geography
The area surrounding Roseto is mountainous with the river FortoreFortore
The Fortore is a river which flows through the provinces of Benevento, Campobasso and Foggia in southern Italy. It has a length of 110 km....
running through the town. Hence the name Valfortore (valley of the Fortore). The hills surrounding Roseto are populated with new electric power windmills.
History
There have been numerous waves of migrations from the town of Roseto Valfortore over the past century. One of the first waves of immigrants to settle in the United States of America was in the early 1880s. They settled in the Lehigh ValleyLehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley, known officially by the United States Census Bureau as the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area and referred to locally as The Valley and A-B-E, is a metropolitan region consisting of Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, and Carbon counties in eastern Pennsylvania and...
of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
and created the settlement of Roseto
Roseto, Pennsylvania
Roseto is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Roseto is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. It is part of Pennsylvania's Slate Belt.The population of Roseto was 1,653 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
, that was eventually incorporated in 1912. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s more than 3,000 Rosetani migrated to Toronto, Ontario and its surrounding areas. In the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s it was been recorded that many migrated to Youngstown, Ohio and surrounding areas. Many migrants worked in the steel mills around Ohio.