WE WENT TO GREECE WITHOUT LEAVING ITALY! | GALLICIANÒ, CALABRIA | ITALY TRAVEL GUIDE

Visiting a town full of Greek speakers... in Italy!
Join us as we explore the town of Gallicianò, a mountain town in the Calabria region where people have maintained the Greek language and traditions for centuries. We were lucky enough to have a conversation with a lot of friendly locals to learn more about the history of Gallicianò. We also took a quick town tour with Mimmo, an incredibly knowledgeable guy who knows a lot about the region. You'll see a few highlights from his tour.
We also drank from a "love fountain" and saw an imprisoned chicken!
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[@TravelDialogues]

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[@miastupid7911]

Ειμαστε πολυ συγκινημενοι, αγαπημενε! ΠΟΛΥ! Ευχαριστω!

[@greatalexander404]

80% people's Greeks is ilirians Albanian👍👍✍️✍️🤓🤓s origins # (ARBANITES)

[@user-eh2kt9op8q]

Southern Italians are 60-70% Greeks Naples is a Greek city in Sicily Calabria they stop speaking Greek around the 14th century and Greeks forced to become Italians and catholic

[@fraises5311]

@@user-eh2kt9op8q effectivement , beaucoup d'italiens du sud et de grecs se ressemblent comme des gens d'une même famille

[@fraises5311]

people from galliciano , do they eat generaly greek food or italian food ?

[@georgios_5342]

As a Greek person, I'd love to come to Gallicianò, witness the culture and the history of Magna Graecia myself! Love from Greece 🇬🇷♥️🇮🇹

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you Georgios! We really hope you'll be able to visit Gallicianò very soon. It's such a unique place!

[@utenteanonimo687]

🇮🇹❤️🇬🇷

[@helioslegigantosaure6939]

I see you everywhere bro

[@Theokou]

As a Greek person I agree with my friend

[@Ihatetravelling]

Κοίταξε όλοι μας ονειρευόμαστε να μεγαλώσουμε για να φύγουμε από την Ελλάδα έτσι όπως έχει καταντήσει πλέον 😂Προσωπικά εγώ θέλω να πάω Αγγλία... οπουδήποτε αρκεί να φύγω από δω!

[@Gk-ug6gu]

People in rural Greece and especially older generations are living the same life with the people of Calabria. Same traditions, same nature, food and faces looks alike. You can't distinguished em.

[@TravelDialogues]

Absolutely. We've noticed a lot of these similarities you mentioned pretty much all over the Mediterranean

[@TWG911]

Una faccia una razza!

[@fraises5311]

in calabria people don't eat tzatziki and tarama , they prefer pizza & pasta

[@Gaming__-vc8tg]

And they cook better than any restaurant in Athens that's for sure

[@no-quema-cuh]

Greeks and Italians are the best neighbors Love to italy from a Greek 🥰

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you dear friend! Sending love back to Greece!

[@alexa3322]

Not really!

[@dimitrispvoice133]

In the 2nd World War though.... 🙄

[@user-oh7xo4xl6h]

​@@dimitrispvoice133 οι βόρειοι Ιταλοί και οι Αλβανοί μας πολέμησαν

[@user-xh5pc3wd2m]

@@user-oh7xo4xl6h αν ρωτισεις αλβανο θα σου πει πως οι αλβανοι πολεμησαν τους ιταλους και πως προστατευαν τους ελληνες που δεν θελαν να πολεμησουν χαχααχαχ.. επισης ο κολοκοτρωνης ηταν σιπταριος λενε...

[@thodorisx8875]

Μεγάλη Ελλάδα...magna grecia!!

[@pzg98]

Da una greca che studia italiano all’università a NY, grazie per questo video ragazzi! I dialetti greci del sud Italia sono veramente preziosi.

[@giorgosgeorgopoulos5677]

Magna Grecia !

[@kostaskourkounakis9230]

It's really nice that the Greek language and culture was able to survive for so long in this village. I hope it stays that way.

[@parisstylianou9012]

Watching this from Cyprus ,what it comes throu its familiar faces ,same landscapes ,tradition and Orthodoxy and lastly the cypriot dialect sounds almost the same with Galliciana , especially words like Rocca/Rotsa , fascinating how greeks we are everywhere !!

[@TravelDialogues]

Absolutely! Mediterranean people have so much in common. We share so much history!

[@user-oh7xo4xl6h]

Είναι το θαύμα της Ελληνικής Ιστορίας ❤❤❤❤αρχαίο πνεύμα αθάνατο ❤❤❤

[@bridgetsheehan4725]

Φανταστικό βιδεο. Ελλάδα, Calabria, Σ'αγαπαμε πάντα, Η Ελληνική γλώσσα είναι το κάτι άλλο

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you so much! Yes, Greek language is truly lovely!

[@georgios_5342]

Thank you very much for this trip! You're showing the world a tradition that stretches back to the beginning of history. Magna Graecia salutes you! 🇬🇷♥️🇮🇹

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you Georgios! We're glad you enjoyed the video!

[@Chloe-hu9tf]

Tey speak the Griko language and it is really unique! Great video! The Griko must be preserved. I wish UNESKO , Greece and Italy, the EU to take action

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you Chloe. You're absolutely right!

[@aristotle_4532]

​@@TravelDialoguesI saw an instruction poster for the virus in this language, and it was official, from the Italian government.

[@lalbash7543]

Shut up fucking impostors they speak Albanian Arbresh dialekt Just search you wil see Fucking propaganda

[@BigChef47]

They speak Albanian

[@Gaming__-vc8tg]

​@@BigChef47poor kid without history triggered lol only thing Albanians are known for is Dua lipa And drug mafia 🤡

[@slkonnaris8477]

Wonderful!! I first heard about people in some parts of Italy still speaking Greek a few years ago. It’s amazing, people in Italy speaking Greek since the time of Magna Grecia. Thank you for this fantastic video. You have captured some real living history here!!!!

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you for your comment! Yes, it was truly an incredible experience to hear so many people speaking Greek in Italy... as their first language!

[@JG-ec9sp]

They speak e "mixed " words of modern greek and italian.50% of either language in every sentense.... Not even close to the "koine"... Shouldnt they speak the old greek language instead of the modern greek language they speak for the claim they have of being decendants of "magna grecia" to have a base??? A NICE TURIST TRAP...

[@DeslenEleftheriadi-wj1gg]

❤❤❤ love Italy and all the Italians. Una fatsa Una ratsa ❤ love to Bella Italia from Greece

[@TravelDialogues]

Thanks! Much love to Greece too!

[@user-xk3do3mb6h]

Αχ Ελλάδα μου πόσο μεγαλη ήσουν!! Καλημέρα,πως είστε Magna Grecia!!

[@giorgos5901]

as a greek i love italy!

[@giovanninicolaii]

Io sono nato e cresciuto a reggio calabria, sin da piccoli ci viene insegnata la storia della magna grecia ma secondo me non viene valorizzata adeguatamente ed i vostri video sono molto utili

[@TravelDialogues]

Caro Giovanni, grazie mille di questo commento. Siamo molto contenti di sapere che questi video servano a valorizzare storie meravigliose come questa!

[@Milan1Nikolic]

❤ from Serbia for my dear Greek people all over the globe 🎉

[@Iamjustabirdinthesky]

❤️right back at you Serbian Brother

[@user-lo1cq3mv5g]

🇬🇷❤️🇷🇸

[@kims1912]

Flat, non rotating domed earth.

[@kostaskourkounakis9230]

I am Greek myself and have never heard of the village. This makes me want to come visit Galliciano all the more. 🇬🇷❤️🇮🇹

[@TravelDialogues]

We really hope you'll be able to visit beautiful Gallicianò one day!

[@h.-n.a.6630]

I suggest to all visitors to take the chance to attend the Greek-Orthodox Holly Service in Sunday morning(10:30 winter/09:30summer)in Galiciano. This is a unique experience!

[@TravelDialogues]

Great recommendation!

[@RaniaLiva]

that video was really heart warming!!! as a Greek I really feel Italy so close...we have so many things in common I wish one day I'll be able to visit this amazing place! love you Italy...sending greetings!❤

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you for your kind words! We really hope you'll be able to visit Gallicianò one day! Sending a big hug to beautiful Greece!

[@Hope_Boat]

Love to all Greeks of Magna Graecia from the Cyclades. Na'ste oli kala.

[@Schwenakasven]

its nice to see that greece and italy appreciate as our neighbours in Europe. Thats something that should always be the future of tomorrow. Stay all safe in those hard times that will arrive every year. GALLICIANÒ looks so peaceful!. Thanks for this video I enjoyed watching it.

[@dimitrispvoice133]

As a Cypriot I notice that Calabria's greci is more similar to Cyprus' greek dialect rather than Greece's modern greek. Fascinating!

[@user-nz5wf3qm5y]

ΕΙΜΑΣΤΕ ΟΛΟΙ ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ 🇬🇷🇨🇾🇮🇹

[@Chloe-hu9tf]

To griko then exei tis turkikes lekseis!!!!!!!. Megali diafora!!.Greetings to Sypres

[@petera618]

That's very interesting. Many people have mentioned the similarities with Cypriot Greek. What I find also interesting is that both sides of my family are from the north coast of Sicily and I recently did my DNA test and other than mostly Southern Italian and some northern Italian, my third largest genetic marker is Cypriot.

[@archon3363]

The Greeks who lived in Southern Italy were Doric Spartan , the same goes for Cyprus. The Spartan dialect was very different to the Ionian or Aeolian Greek.

[@perseusarkouda]

@@archon3363To add to that Koine Greek (Hellinistic era common language) was based on Ionian, then it evolved to medieval Greek and now to modern Greek. The other dialects pretty much died out. It's interesting to see about the Tsakonian dialect which is proven to be a descendant of Doric.

[@chrisgioko]

As a Greek, this brought tears to my eyes, truly fascinating. I hope I get the chance to travel southern Italy at some point. Cheers!

[@andy6334]

This is Calabria

[@chrisgioko]

@@andy6334 Yeah, meant to say southern Italy!

[@andy6334]

@@chrisgioko Yes, but Sicily an Calabria are two different regions.

[@chrisgioko]

@@andy6334 Yeah yeah, I know. Still very close though.

[@That_communist_greek]

Νιώθω πολύ χαρούμενος που Έλληνες εξακολουθούν να υπάρχουν στην γιτονική Ιταλία!

[@thodoriskarapanos362]

A really nice tour. As a greek ,after your video guys i want to visit Gallicianò! Thank you !

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you so much! We hope you'll get a chance to visit it soon!

[@Stevo-klo45453]

As a Greek I used to tell all my southern Italian friends about them being related to Greco people then Northern Italy. They all laughed at me- I love history and much love to the southern Italians and all Italians from Greece.

[@LondonPower]

They laughed bucause true make people to laugh 😂😂

[@Stevo-klo45453]

@@LondonPower that’s a good observation brother

[@francisdrake7060]

​@@Stevo-klo45453 It's just your personal experience, we are very well taught about this in school and we study "greco-roman civilization", my grandpa was from Lucania, I have greek blood too, you met very ignorant people because we saw it as a pride not a shame.

[@giulioBonati]

Strange. in Southern Italy we know perfectly well that we are descendants of the Greeks. in my town everything reminds of Greece. We even spell the city name in greek

[@albertlevert2988]

All Europe owes so much to Greeks and Romans.

[@UNr34]

Wow. It's crazy and inspiring that after all these centuries those villages kept their unique language and identity.

[@PerfectBalance21]

Viva Magna Grecia!

[@scoozzibaltimore7513]

My Grandmother was Greek, but also spoke Italian. Only good things to say about them during WWII in Nisyros, Greece. "Una faza, una raza" as she would say, one face, one race, Greeks and Italians

[@dekkstar8452]

I am not surprised at all Italy was from Naples (nea poli) to Sicilly Greek collonys made for Agriculture.... They are basically Greek.

[@zpetraki5015]

They are the vibrant remnants of a great classical past that spoke Hellenic and worshipped Greek gods.

[@rudeboyyy1218]

greece and italy have so many in common all from ww2 i learned so many italian words from my grandmather love to italia from greece una fatsa una ratsa ❤

[@georgiosa.9893]

In modern Greek: -Pos iste? -Kala!

[@maskinisten019]

😂 that is Albanian

[@andc5918]

@@maskinisten019 nothing in this world is Albanian. Not even the people who call themselves Albanian

[@KaterinaFerrara]

Un bel video. Studio Greco moderno adesso. Era bella di imparare che c’è una città così ❤

[@TravelDialogues]

Grazie Katerina! Assolutamente, anche per noi è stato veramente bello visitare una cittadina come Gallicianò. In bocca al lupo con lo studio del Greco moderno!

[@albionrovers6018]

Se studiavi il greco antico toccava parlare in Albanese

[@user-nz5wf3qm5y]

​@@albionrovers6018🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Al-ml3vk]

Rubbish

[@diogeniscruyff1084]

Γειά σας Ελληνες, αδέρφια....

[@user-tj3to6ps9t]

I love Grinco, these Greeks have amazing accent. Love from Greece ❤

[@georgios_5342]

9:43 the sign is bilingual, in Griko and modern Greek. The Griko up top is slightly different from the standard Greek in the bottop. So for example rocca is a word that only exists in Griko, the word you see below it, petra, is how we say it in modern Greek. And then similarly kiazza is from Italian piazza, the Greek word is platia. So there are some small differences in vocabulary.

[@user-yl1wu1xd3n]

Noi siamo la MAGNA GRECIA ! Love to Italy from greece

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you so much! Much love to Greece!

[@albionrovers6018]

Sono Arvanites quelli che vedi non sono greci😂

[@user-nz5wf3qm5y]

​@@albionrovers6018Sono Arvanites Greci Non Albani

[@southepirote7676]

@@user-er3bx8qb1j Greece is a fake country created by European powers to prevent Albanian and Turkish access to Aegean and Ionian sea.

[@southepirote7676]

@@user-nz5wf3qm5y Western Greeks are assimilated orthodox Albanians. Eastern Greeks are TurkoSlavs.

[@SS-yp7jl]

Nice to see different cultures relation, love from turkiye to greece and italy ❤

[@jerometurner8759]

Can't get enough of these Greek communities and speakers of Italy. Amazing.

[@jetjegoesdutch7933]

thank you so much.. loved it so much. i am earning the greek laguage and with that comes learning about culture and history too of course. been to greece many times and it truly feels like i was in greece for a bit. juliette from holland xxx

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you Juliette! Glad to read you enjoyed it. Good luck with your journey - learning another language is always an amazing adventure!

[@jonchrys]

Sounds more Cypriot Greek than modern Greek. Which makes sense as Cypriot Greek is closer to Ancient Greek than modern Greek. Amazing they still speak it.

[@dimitrisk.875]

I just love the combined sound of Italian and my mother language, thank you for this video, happy travels!

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you Dimitris! We're so glad you enjoyed the video!

[@sophiam3923]

When the Roman Empire went to Greece they absolutely loved everything they had. Ruins, food, wine, oil….. Everything. So they took the Greek architects, engineers and builders and developers they had and took them to build Italy as it is today. That is why they have ruins and statues and food almost the same. Greeks had gods, romans created their gods same. Greeks had foods Italians did the same. Oil is not the same because of soil and Greek oil is the best in the world. Southern Italy knows the truth and till this day they call it little Greece. Northern Italy doesn’t say nothing. Doesn’t matter. It shows and history is history. Thank you for the video. Amazing! Italy 🇮🇹 and Greece 🇬🇷 related.

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you so much Sophia, we really appreciate the support!

[@sophiam3923]

@@TravelDialogues love your work. Real and genuine. Love.❤️

[@nikostheofanidis9970]

North Italians are genetically close to France Spanish swiss and very little to balkan (greek and other), so they are mix of Latin and German with little paleobalkan. Central Italians are genetically close to Greeks (to mainland greeks, almost all Greeks are mainland) and Albanians, so they are paleobalkan people (Greeks illyrians Thracians Dacians), south Italians are genetically close to Islander Greeks and to Jews. So as you can see the central Italians is Greeks genetically Paleobalkan People, they are closer to Greeks than the South Italians, but South Italians are close to islander Greeks

[@sophiam3923]

@@nikostheofanidis9970 first of all. Greeks are more close to Spanish people. If you read history Greeks reached to so many countries and was a very large empire. Romans then had a very large empire too. When they went to Greece they saw everything they had and were admired. They took Greek mathematicians , architects, mechanics, philosophers, teachers, cooks, everything they had and told them to show them how to do what they knew. That is why many foods have similarities. Greeks were great sailors and reached to Spain . The similarities between the two countries is like brothers. Greeks are not Balkan and never were. Greeks are Greeks. Balkans are Albanians, Bulgarian, Skopje, Croatian, Montenegro …….. all places that was called Yugoslavia. Greeks thousands and thousands of years B.C. they were already a nation. So when Great Alexander who is Greek concurred so many countries reached till Africa and India Read history. For you to know Greeks were never and are not Balkan. Balkan are only the upper countries from Greece in the Former Yugoslavia.

[@nikostheofanidis9970]

@@sophiam3923 hahahahahahaha

[@George888e]

Kαλησπέρα απο Αθήνα !!!

[@joecutro7318]

What a great video and story. With every visit to Italy, I find so many more reasons to return and explore more. Gallicianò just made the list. There is no end to the gems. Mille grazie!! ❤🇮🇹🙏

[@TravelDialogues]

Joe! Glad to hear you enjoyed it. We hope you'll visit Gallicianò soon. You'll definitely love it!

[@acentialpapd9418]

The locals look very much like my father's origin in Lasithi (Eastern Crete Greece) and the landscape is pretty identical. Now I wanna visit this place so bad . Greetings to you fare thee well and take care on your travels .

[@TravelDialogues]

Crete must also be a magical place to visit. We really hope you'll be able to travel to Gallicianò one day!

[@acentialpapd9418]

@TravelDialogues should you choose to do so I have a couple of airbnb options and I will be happy to host an Italian cousin

[@kostaskourkounakis9230]

I hope that even if fewer and fewer young people from the village can speak Greek fluently and more and more young people leave the village, Greek culture and language will still survive in Gallicianò. 🇬🇷❤️🇮🇹

[@Mitsara21]

Magna grecia ! Kalimèra apo tin ellada! Σας αγαπάμε αδέρφια!

[@user-nz5wf3qm5y]

Aύτοι είναι περισσότερο Έλληνες από ότι εμείς μακάρι μια μέρα να με αξιώσει ο Θεός να επισκεφθώ την Magna Grecia 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@Mitsara21]

@@user-nz5wf3qm5y δεν θα έλεγα ότι είναι περισσότερο από εμάς αλλά ναι όντος έχουν βαθιές ελληνικές ριζες! Έχω πάει Σικελία αλλά ποτέ στην νότια Ιταλία. Η Νεάπολη θέλω να επισκεφτώ...

[@user-nz5wf3qm5y]

@@Mitsara21 αυτοί τουλάχιστον είναι πατριώτες νιώθουν περήφανοι για τις ρίζες τους και γνωρίζουν την ιστορία πολύ καλά όχι σαν εμάς που η δικιά μας νεολαία στην πλειοψηφία της δεν έχει ιδέα από Ελληνική ιστορία και ψηφίζει κάθε φορά στις εκλογές Μητσοτάκη δαγκωτό για ένα εκατοπενηντάρικο γι'αυτό πάμε κατά διαόλου

[@user-nz5wf3qm5y]

@@Mitsara21 Αυτοί ξέρουν τις ελληνικές τους ρίζες και την ελληνική ιστορία πολύ καλύτερα από εμάς και δεν θα ψήφιζαν ποτέ έναν ανθέλληνα διεφθαρμένο προδότη ονόματι Μητσοτάκη

[@perpirak00]

Incredible to see and hear so clear hellinic (greek) in the place! Definetly a place to visit!

[@TravelDialogues]

Absolutely! We hope you'll be able to visit Gallicianò one day!

[@tasosm7x]

love from greece guys wish you the best for you and your channel

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you so much. We really appreciate the support!

[@RedDefender77]

Thank you very much for this tour.

[@TravelDialogues]

We're really glad you enjoyed it! Much love!

[@kritoakm9828]

Σάς αγαπάμε 🇬🇷❤️

[@hugolafhugolaf]

Good lord I love Italy...

[@matthewaugustine2376]

Very nice tour. As myself I'm a Cypriot guy, very nice to see the italians speak greek the same way as I do. But if it was a good fact, those houses could've still be open for citizens to live in them.

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you for watching Matthew! We hope you'll be able to visit Gallicianò one day!

[@Greek_Oak]

Όταν τους λες Ιταλούς είναι σαν να τους βρίζεις,Έλληνες είναι οι άνθρωποι.

[@badseednut]

The language is called Grekanika which is a mixture of Greek and Italian. It's beautiful. There are many beautiful songs like "kalinifta" or "klama tou emigrantou : Κλάμα του Εμιγκράντου. Thanks for the video. Great job.

[@giuseppedelfino8246]

Southern Calabria was largely Greek-speaking until the 13th century. Afterwards, under the pressure of the surrounding (Italo-)Romance-speaking culture of continental Italy and Sicily and the decadence of the Byzantine rite caused by the Catholic authorities, Greek was abandoned in favor of (Calabro-)Sicilian and later also Italian, resisting only in some villages in the mountains of the Aspromonte - such as in Gallicianò - until the 20th century due to isolation.

[@themyth3686]

Thank you for keeping the Greek culture alive 🇬🇷 ♥ 🇮🇹

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@thlias2000]

Great video! Really enjoyed wathing it. Treating people and culture with such politeness and care. It's sounds really close to cypriot. Thanks!

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you so much for your kind words!

[@KonstantinMar]

Non "pos iste te" . é " Πως είστε" ... Pos iste 😊 che buon video!! Avete fatto buon lavoro!

[@flukos79]

τί όμορφο χωριό, θυμίζει αυτά της Ηπείρου που είναι κρεμασμένα στα βουνά

[@TJBEATSAMV]

Great video ! Love to see how they kept speaking the Greek language after all those years !

[@junito2899]

Sicilian and Calabrian have many Greek influences! You can say! The origin of the south of Italy came from Greek origins

[@georgios_5342]

10:00 this sign has 3 languages on it, ancient Greek, Griko (Italiot Greek) and Italian. And it says "The Macedonian people, who are Greek, send greetings to the Italian brothers"

[@Albanesegotti]

Macedonian people and epirote where Albanian who used the alphabet at that time who today Greeks used it so whe lost that alphabet you not !

[@TheButterflyInTheCountryside]

​@@Albanesegotti Instead of thinking that the greeks took your language or whatever(I don't know who wrote this history) try to find the quality and your culture that you have as country guys. They all want to steal greek civilisation. Maybe isn't it enough? We are all people and we have the same problems.

[@nicka.papanikolaou9475]

@@Albanesegotti U r psychopathic in your hatred of the Greeks. Kastri;otis, your "national hero" was GReek too, moron!

[@falenidio9066]

@@Albanesegotti ooga booga

[@bagelishalkias4772]

​@@Albanesegotti😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 You have tempest in your head. You don't know anything

[@iropappa7842]

Siamo stati con la familiar 6 anni fa in Puglia per visitare i paesini grecani. Lì si parla il griko che è diverso dal dialetto greco in Calabria. Il griko si capisce bene se uno conosce l'italiano e il greco moderno. Nel paesino Kalimera c'è un museo piccolo dove il responsabile conosce il griko e ci ha parlato un po. Si prova di salvare il dialetto tranne i giovanni oggi. Vale la pena visitare Kalimera, Sternatia e altri paesini in Puglia.

[@TravelDialogues]

Veramente molto interessante! Abbiamo aggiunto questi paesi alla nostra lista. Magari possiamo visitarli per uno dei prossimi video dall'Italia!

[@TankaNafaka]

Thank you for this. Much love from 🇩🇰

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you so much for watching. More to come!

[@EarlDunn]

The video is breathtaking

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@Eleni_Evripioti]

Your vlog is excellent!!!! Εξαιρετικό!!! Thank you!!! Σας ευχαριστούμε!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@escobar4794]

This is amazing.

[@JS-cj7jf]

Interstate place. Thanks for sharing your travels.

[@ermis1234]

Enjoyed the post very much, memories came back from my visit to Gallicianò in 1997, unfortunately it was very hard back then to get to find a tour guide so had to just wonder around the village and take pictures. We had been more lucky up at Bova. Thanks for the post.

[@elenicarter3615]

Ευχαριστουμε για το βιντεο!

[@chrisrafael99]

So beautiful to see this video from a greek perspective from me !

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you Chris! We really appreciate it!

[@riccardomallardo7779]

Greek is spoken in 25 towns of southern italy (15 in Calabria, 9 in Puglia and 1 in Sicily) by a total of around 20.500 people as motherlanguage, but counting also the people who speak it as a second language it goes up to around 52.500 speakers. There are also 2 local newspapers in greek and until the mid 80s there were also 3 radio stations

[@user-fz2no4lq8o]

Thanks for sharing and congrats on your new channel. You work well together.

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you very much for the support! Many more videos to come!

[@elenicarter3615]

Αρχαιο Πνευμα Αθανατο!😊

[@paulfortomanos8619]

Fantastic video. 💙🤍💚🤍❤

[@user-zh4yj8rq6l]

Great video Great couple Greetings from Greece 🇬🇷

[@JohnTsibidis]

Nice place - nice video! Kalimera!

[@sordmasta6646]

They sound more like the ancient greek we did in school and less like modern greek. I would have to pay close attention to understand them. Sad to see this old dialect die out, from the unification's organic switch to italian, and mussolini's persecution of it, I guess it's only natural. At least our italian cousins didn't genocide/exile/convert them like turkey did. I want to do a road trip in south italy and sicily so badly :)

[@TravelDialogues]

They definitely consider themselves closer to ancient rather than modern Greeks. In fact, some of them who visited Greece said they were able to communicate but that the languages didn't match perfectly. Hopefully the work people are doing in places like Gallicianò, Bova, and other towns in the Calabria Grecanica, will serve to preserve the language and culture of this beautiful region. We hope you'll be able to have your road trip in Southern Italy. It's definitely a dream experience!

[@Hikaeme-od3zq]

It wasn't an organic switch at all, people from all of Italy, and especially the South (and to some extent the Veneto region too) still speak their regional dialect very much so, and italian was imposed on them even before Mussolini. It's very sad and Greek was actually more broadly spoken in Calabria and in Apulia too, there were even significant Orthodox communities that kept the language, the culture and the religion alive, but they were heavily persecuted the same way.

[@andy6334]

Mussolini don’t arrived here…

[@TheChalaros]

I am sad the Greece and Italy did not support this part of history and dialect... it seems that this village has not a lot of people and life

[@epistimonas35]

watching this as a greek speaker and even having the cyprus accend feels nice

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

Incredible! 🤩

[@user-vi9qg5rv5n]

Magna Grecia ❤️🇬🇷

[@electra1920]

Beautiful video, beautiful place...❤

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you so much Electra!

[@user-qe6lk7sv2v]

Incredible

[@kostaskourkounakis9230]

This village is so pretty and the people are so beautiful ❤

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you so much for your kind words Kostas!

[@georgios3113]

What a beautiful village!

[@pvito8570]

The Greek colonies were built all over the Mediterranean from the sixth century and they were autonomous cities. They feel proud as Greek because they're autonomous part of a single unic culture of Greek civilization not with modern meaning of the term "colony". Especially in Sicily the first colonies from greece, made they own colonies in south Italy. All these colonies, were totally independent with their own political and cultural basis and equal relation with mother cities in Greece and Italy. For example Archimedes was born in Syracuse.

[@nikostheofanidis9970]

The greek colonies were all over the black sea, in Caucasus especially. And Greeks go even in Ireland England and Sweden, you can search for this

[@GegTosk]

The Greek came from afrika look skinny colour the are lik India. . Orr check in Google for the black Greek

[@user-nz5wf3qm5y]

​@@GegToskCope Albanians Never Had History And Never Will

[@dimimaiden]

Thank you both for this great clip. Fascinating place.

[@kolovaxata]

Greetings from Greece! ❤️ Na iste oloi kala !

[@stevenpapageorge]

Nice video !!!

[@gracielicastro9731]

Beautiful ❤

[@apostolosmaniscalco3613]

Grazie tanto per in molto bello e interessante video che avete fatto! Siete due molto brave e dolce persone! Un Greco!!

[@TravelDialogues]

Grazie mille per questo bel commento, caro amico! Un abbraccio da un amico italiano e un'amica statunitense!

[@apostolosmaniscalco3613]

@@TravelDialogues Grazie mille! Se mai venissi nel nord della Grecia, dove io e mia moglie viviamo vicino a Salonicco, contattaci e saremo felici di portarti in giro!! Aspetto con ansia il prossimo video!! Stammi bene!

[@ollie876]

Such a nice video! I’m also Greek but I can tell this is not Greek language exactly but a dialect called „Greko“ (I think🤔) and it’s more complex than the Greek language itself. Unfortunately only few people in southern Italy speaking the dialect have remained since the dialect is not protected by the law and not taught to younger generations🥲 Such a precious moment though to see how far our ancestors had come. I wish I’ll reach those villages someday and have the chance to talk to these people 🫶🏻 Thank you for sharing 🙏🏻

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you so much for this comment Ollie!

[@elvishiekios8826]

In Magna Grecia now the schools have books at schools to learn Grico!

[@ollie876]

@@elvishiekios8826 Reallyyy? That sounds amazing! In which places specifically?🤔

[@menelaossavvidis3680]

Εκπληκτικό βίντεο,συγχαρητήρια στους συντελεστές!

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you so much. We really appreciate the support!

[@nnaflessa5469]

I like that you visited these people 🙌 I love Italy, because Italy has beautiful people, good wine, delicious food and very nice Songs. And in general it is a very beautiful country. Thanks for the nice Video Kisses from Greece 😍😘

[@TravelDialogues]

Thank you for your kind words Anna! Kisses from Italy!