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The Croats of Italy are the ethnic group of Croats living in Italy. In 2010 people with Croatian citizenship in Italy numbered about 21,079,[1] but the Croats of Italy include also an autochthonous community, the Molise Croats.
Molise Croats
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Molise CroatsMolise Croats, who were the first Croats to settle in Italy, at the time of the Ottoman expansion in the Balkans, are one of the linguistic minority officially recognised by the Italian Republic.[2] They got protection as a minority on 5 November 1996 by an agreement signed between Croatia and Italy.[2] According to 2001 census, there were 2,801 Molise Croats, of which 813 lived in San Felice del Molise (Croatian: Štifilić; Filić), 800 in Acquaviva Collecroce (Croatian: Kruč) and 468 in Montemitro (Croatian: Mundimitar).[2] The number of Molise Croats is in decline.[2]
Associations, publications and media
In the region of Molise there is the Federation of Croatian-Molise Cultural Associations which unifies the Association "Luigi Zara", the Foundation "Agostina Piccoli", the Association "Naš život" (English: Our Life) and the Association "Naš grad" (English: Our Town).[2] The main association of all Croats of Italy is the Alliance of Croatian Associations founded in 2001; this association consists of the Croatian-Italian Association of Rome, the Croatian Union of Milano, the Croatian Union of Trieste, the Croatian Union of Venetia, the Croatian-Italian Association of Udine and the Association "Luigi Zara".[2] Also, the Club of Friends of Croatia is active in Milano.[2]
A Croatian organization that has a longer history in Italy is the Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome, a Catholic college. Another Croatian Catholic organizations in Italy is the Domus Croata "Dr. Ivan Merz", an organization of Croatian pilgrims.[2]
The Foundation "Agostina Piccoli" and the Association "Naš život" are issuing the bilingual magazine "Riča živa/Parola viva" (English: Living Word), while the Alliance of Croatian Associations prints also the bilingual magazine "Insieme" (Croatian: Zajedno, English: Together).[2]
Famous Croats of Italy and Italians with Croatian ancestry
- Andrea de Adamich, Italian racing driver
- Saša Bjelanović, Croatian footballer
- Giulio Clovio, Italian-Croatian painter
- Gino Gardassanich, American footballer
- Giovanni Martinolich, Italian chess master
- Predrag Matvejević, Croatian writer
- Abdon Pamich, Italian race walker
- Nikola Radulović, Italian basketball player
- Giani Stuparich, Italian writer
- Fulvio Tomizza, Italian writer
- Pope Sixtus V
- Uros Vico, Italian tennis player
- Antonio Vojak, Italian footballer
- Oliviero Vojak, Italian footballer
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