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  Il Presidente è nominato con decreto del Ministro dell'Ambiente d'intesa con i Presidenti delle Regioni o delle Province autonome di Trento e di Bolzano nel cui territorio ricada in tutto o in parte il Parco Nazionale.  Il Presidente ha la legale rappresentanza dell'Ente Parco, ne coordina l'attività, esplica le funzioni che gli sono delegate dal Consiglio direttivo, adotta i provvedimenti urgenti ed indifferibili che sottopone alla ratifica del Consiglio direttivo nella seduta successiva. Presiede il Consiglio direttivo e la Giunta esecutiva coordinandone l'attività, ed emana gli atti a lui espressamente demandati dalle leggi, dai regolamenti e dallo statuto. Inoltre, il Presidente impartisce al Direttore le direttive generali per l'azione amministrativa e la gestione, e verifica la rispondenza dei risultati della gestione amministrativa alle direttive generali impartite.
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Between 1470 and 1540 a few Albanian communities arrived in the area. They were driven out of their homes by the Turkish militia, therefore they took refuge here.

When the military commander Giorgio Castriota Skanderbeg died, they founded towns in order to preserve their history and customs: Acquaformosa, Civita, S. Basile, Lungro, Plataci, Frascineto, S. Costantino Albanese and S. Paolo Albanese.

The Albanian community that lives in the area is the most conspicuous one in Italy: places like Civita and S. Paolo Albanese, which still maintain the same agro-pastoral values, have museums that are specifically dedicated to the arbërëshe culture, where several goods, such as tools and clothes, have been gathered.

The Greek-Byzantine ceremonies, especially the wedding one, are pretty interesting. In some places, people still work broom fibers to make beautiful fabrics. The technique to woven the fabric and all is passed on from mother to daughter, from one generation to another, same as the beautiful dresses, the customs, the feasts, the chants and the Vallje, namely the dance the Arbërëshe people do, tied together with a napkin, as a symbol of the traditions they strive to keep alive.

The Arbëreshë Culture Communities of the Park:
• Acquaformosa (Firmoza) (CS)
• Civita (Çifti) (CS)
• Frascineto (Frasnita) (CS)
• Lungro (Ungra) (CS)
• Plataci (Pllatani) (CS)
• San Basile (Shën Vasili) (CS)
• San Costantino Albanese (Shën Kostandini) (PZ)
• San Paolo Albanese (Shën Pali) (PZ)

The Greek-Byzantine rite of the Arbëreshë

The parishes to which the Arbërëshe communities of the Pollino area belong follow Greek-Byzantine rituals and are dependent on the Italian-Albanian Eparchy that is based in Lungro, which was founded as autonomous district in 1919. The solemn mass, charged with the intensity that is typical of eastern cults, is celebrated following S. Giovanni Crisostomo’s Byzantine liturgy, the same as the Orthodox Church. The main rituals are the consecration of bread and wine, and the liturgical use of the icon; Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist are carried out altogether in one day. The most important feast is Easter. In churches can be seen the baptismal "font," for baptism by immersion, and the iconostasis, which separates the faithful from the priest at the altar.

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