Magna Grecia

Nine villages in southern Italy collectively known as La Grecia Salentina (Salentine Greece) or, in the local dialect, Griko have maintained aspects of the Greek language and culture that have survived for centuries. Greek diasporas have been a constant in...

  The ancient city-state of Syracuse (Συράκουσαι), was a Greek colony established on the eastern coast of Sicily. The city rose to prominence as a metropolis, a powerful center of trade and Greek culture. Syracuse was declared by the Roman...

Archaeologists recently found two more houses in Pompei containing frescoes of Greek gods and human remains. The eruption of the volcano in 79 A.D. destroyed the cities of Pompei and Herculaneum, but the area continued to be inhabited over the...

The Greek-speaking communities of southern Italy are set to restore their cultural bonds with Greece, following a new agreement.

Italy's Crotone football team has legions of dedicated fans who proudly hail the team's Greek origins in their chants and banners.

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou visited a number of Greek-speaking villages in Southern Italy this weekend. Sakellaropoulou visited villages in Salento, Italy, where the Greek dialect of Griko is still spoken by thousands of people. The Greek President was welcomed to the...

In Calabria, southern Italy, archaeology students while excavating came across the largest Greek mosaic, dating between 320 and 150 B.C. that depicts dragons and dolphins. The mosaic from Magna Grecia has been unearthed in Monasterace Marina, ancient Kaulonia. It is...

Italian mayors Marco Galdi and Giovanni Boscatiello, founders of the solidarity movement “Magna Grecia”, will visit Athens on February 29. As has already been publicized, the mayors from the towns of Cava de’ Tirreni and Baronissi in the Campania region...