It represents a strong linguistic and cultural identity highly appreciated as a real connection between Mediterranean Culture and Southern Italy. Locals still speak Griko, a dialect of Greek that is mutually comprehensible with modern standard Greek. Naples (from Neapolis meaning “New City”), Syracuse, Acragas, Sybaris, Tarentum (Taras), Croton, and Bari (Barion) to name a few. Some major cities that still exist to this day were founded by the Greeks. The Greeks first began to colonize Southern Italy in the 8th and 7th centuries BC. The Griko territory is reduced to a fraction of its ancient size but includes the southern portion of the Province of Reggio Calabria and the small municipality of Rosarno, some kilometers north of the capital. They derive from the Southern Italian group who migrated to Greece between the 15th and 17th centuries, most notably during the Venetian period of occupation of the territory. The Griko people, sometimes spelled Griko, or Grecanici, are a Greek community in southern Italy who speak Griko. And it endures today, with Greek communities in cities across Italy. The relationship between Greece and Italy goes back a long way, to the colonization of the Magna Graecia (meaning "Greater Greece") area by ancient Greeks.
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