Ururi

The Locality: The village, which rises on a small hill along the border with Apulia, was founded in the 16th century by one of the earliest groups of Croatian peoples from Albania, and still preserves the language and traditions they brought with them. At the time it was a fiefdom of Countess Normanna Loritello. Mostly based on an agrarian economy, in the summer keeps a typical peasant tradition, the "race of wagons" ("Corsa dei Carri"), an important event in the local folklore.

Being highly dependent on agriculture and on the transhumance economy based on the seasonal migrations of shepherds, the village underwent a deep crisis from the late 19th century, and large communities of emigrants were formed in Canada and Northern Italy. They keep very strong, community relations and solidarity with one another, being twice emigrants, once from Albania and a second time from Molise, and it is common to hear from them, when they meet, the traditional Albanian salute "Ghjaku Shprjshur" meaning "our dispersed blood".