Calabrian Greeks: Pocket of Hellenism in Italy Has Survived Millennia

Calabrian Greeks: Pocket of Hellenism in Italy Has Survived Millennia

Gallicianò, Calabria: The only remaining original Greko-speaking settlement in Italy’s Aspromonte Mountains. Locals have not been forced to move or resettle on the coast like other Greko settlements. Credit: John Kazaklis There exists today a tiny enclave of Calabrian Greeks, Greek-speaking people in the Aspromonte Mountain region of Reggio Calabria, Italy, that seems to have survived millennia…perhaps since the Ancient Greeks began colonizing S…

In the south of Italy, a few hundred Calabria still speak the "Grecanico", inherited from the Greek colonies founded between the eighth and fourth centuries B.C.E.. Long despised, this language is today a symbol of identity. Meeting with the last speakers of the Calabria Greek. Articles / Courier of the Balkans, Greece, Culture and Education, History, Populations, Minorities and Migration, One - Slideshow, One - Slideshow - First