Picture of Saddles in the Museo Etnico Arbëresch in Civita

The Albanian-Italian Ethnographic Museum in Civita is worth a trip

Here's where you learn all about the Albanian settlements in Calabria, which started during the Ottoman invasions in the 1400s, right after Albanian national hero Skanderbeg died in 1468. These are saddles made by the Albanians in Italy, one for the woman to ride sidesaddle in her long skirts, one for the man.