The Oldest Greek Town in Italy Where People Still Speak Greek

The Oldest Greek Town in Italy Where People Still Speak Greek

Castrignano dei Greci, a town in southern Italy, is in an area that has been inhabited since the 8th century BC. Photo of Piazza Castello. Credit: Freddyballo Wikimedia Commons CC By-SA 4.0 The inhabitants of Castrignano dei Greci, a town in southern Italy, speak a Greek dialect that reflects the area’s settlement by ancient Greeks dating back to the 8th century BC. Castrignano dei Greci (meaning “the castle of the Greeks”) is a municipality in …