Maschito.
This village used to be a Roman ‘castrum’.
Its inhabitants abandoned it in the XIV for reasons
still unknown. In 1467 in was occupied by some Albanian
refugees, who specialised in cropping vines. This
centre still keeps Albanian costumes and traditions.
In the Church of the Caroseno there are a fresco
of 1558, representing the ‘Madonna col Bambino’,
and two canvases of the XVIII century, representing
the ‘Pentecoste’ and the ‘Presentazione
di Gesù al Tempio’.
The Church of Sant’Elia is all decorated with
stuccoes and inside it there are two canvases of the
XVI century, a wooden carved choir of 1508, a painting
representing the ‘Sacra Famiglia’ and
a painting representing the ‘Madonna dei 7 Veli’.
Worth seeing is the monumental fountain in white
stone, of the XVI century, dedicated to the Albanian
hero Scanderberg.
