In Arbëresh colony of Horace in Palermo, on 23 April 1682, was born Gjergj Guxeta, the church leader and mental health of Sicily arberesh migrants. With his name is associated the establishment of Arbresh Seminary of Palermo in 1784. He founded even the Institute and other Albanian religious schools. With the establishment of the Palermo Seminar were created the opportunities for the preparation of Orthodox rite priests, among the arberesh of Italy, a ritual which, is also alive today in those parts. With this ritual, is closely linked the preservation of the Albanian language in Arbëresh colonies. In this place they began their career prominent figures of Arbëresh culture as: Kamarda, Dara, Skiroi, Petrota, etc.
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8 May 1926, was concluded the agreement between the Albanian Government and the Serbian-Albanian Bank
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8 May 1937, King Zog I decreed the Law on Changing the Names of Some Cities, Villages, Wards, Rivers, etc