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Mezzojuso (Sicilian: Menzijusu or Menziuso, [3] Arbëreshë: Munxifsi [4]) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) southeast of Palermo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,003 and an area of 49.4 square kilometres (19.1 sq mi).
The Arbëreshë (pronounced [aɾbəˈɾɛʃ]; Albanian: Arbëreshët e Italisë; Italian: Albanesi d'Italia), also known as Albanians of Italy or Italo-Albanians, are an Albanian ethnolinguistic group minority historically settled in Southern and Insular Italy (in the regions of Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania, and Molise, but mostly concentrated in the regions of Calabria and Sicily).
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Piazza is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adeodato Giovanni Piazza (1884–1957), Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church; Alberto Piazza (1941–2024), Italian human geneticist; Antonio Piazza (born 1970), Italian screenwriter and director; Callisto Piazza (1500–1561), Italian painter
Massa is a surname of Italian origin. Notable people with the surname include: Baebius Massa (c. 40-45 – after 93 AD), Roman governor; Chancel Massa (born 1985), Congolese footballer; Davide Massa (born 1981), Italian football referee; Edgardo Massa (born 1981), former Argentine tennis player; Elsa Massa (1923–2018), Argentine human rights ...
The earliest mention of the Muzaka family, as a loyal commander of Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081-1118) circa 1090, was in the work of Byzantine historian Anna Komnene. [9] One of the first notable members of the family was Andrea I Muzaki who was, like some other members of the Albanian nobility, given impressive Byzantine-like title like sebastokrator by Charles of Anjou in order to subdue them ...
The Massimo family is sometimes referred to as one of the oldest noble families in Europe. [3] According to the Augustinian historian Onofrio Panvinio (1529-1568) in his work "De gente Maxima" of 1556, the family descends in the male line from the ancient Gens Fabia or "Maximi" of republican Rome and from Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (c. 275 BC – 203 BC), called Cunctator ("the Delayer").
Brescia or da Brescia is a surname derived from the city of Brescia in Italy. Notable people with the surname include: Alfonso Brescia (1930–2001), film director; Domenico Brescia (1866–1939), composer; Fortunato Brescia Tassano (d. 1951), Italian-born Peruvian businessman; Georgia Brescia (born 1996), Italian tennis player