Why Is There a Scottish Village In Italy? 🇮🇹

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  • čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
  • The Italian Alps, home to countless quintessential Italian villages…and one not-so traditional. Welcome to Gurro, the Scottish village in Italy.
    So what actually makes this village Scottish? Legend has it that the population descended from Scottish soldiers, who stumbled across the area whilst fleeing a battle 500 years ago. But it’s not just their supposed ancestors flying the Scottish flag - the inhabitants today wear traditional tartan, grab drinks in their local Scottish bar and they even mix Scottish into their language…Ay, can you believe it!
    These are the Italian locals keeping this delightfully unexpected Scottish tradition alive.
    #Scotland #Italy #Travel
    00:00 Intro
    00:51 Meet Rosa Patritti
    01:09 Folklore
    01:54 Traditional Dress
    02:18 Language
    03:01 Music
    04:00 Food
    Lead Producer - Jacob Harrell
    Executive Producer - Gen Ingham
    Assistant Producer - Giulia Ausani
    Editor: Jacob Harrell
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Komentáře • 749

  • @GreatBigStory
    @GreatBigStory  Před 2 měsíci +89

    Another place to add to your travel list! 😯 What's at the top of your bucket list? Tell us 👇

  • @alexahenderson1044
    @alexahenderson1044 Před měsícem +70

    I’m from Scotland. And this makes me so proud and it literally brought a tear to my eye. My great uncle was in WW2 as a pilot and he was transferring food etc to a small village in Italy called Ostana but unfortunately my great uncles planet crashed due to poor weather conditions. The Italian villagers gathered up the remains and made a grave for him and his crew members. They marked them as hero’s and for many years my grandad didn’t know what happened to his brother that night and in 2001 they discovered this. It’s such a beautiful story. God bless the Italians 🩷🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @davis70140
      @davis70140 Před měsícem +3

      Much more better than Scotland it's self much more better much more better

    • @alexahenderson1044
      @alexahenderson1044 Před měsícem +3

      @@davis70140 what ? You’ve clearly never really went to Scotland haha

    • @Vacant36
      @Vacant36 Před měsícem

      He is a bot stooge​@@alexahenderson1044

    • @ChrisM541
      @ChrisM541 Před měsícem

      @@davis70140 STOP spamming these posts with that racist sh#t !!!

    • @davis70140
      @davis70140 Před měsícem +2

      aye yee your you bell end their is to much racism in Scotland my parents disowned me because I fell in love with my Jamaican child hood sweet my scotish parents spit at my child hood sweet heart at school when she was 5 years old and she would become my future wife and I don't even want know parents any more they just up set I remember holding my twin daughter and sun in front of them they just took no notice and my heart just sunk and in itlay its about being big loving happy family with lots of food and you don't know me my mum put a 2 barrel shot gun under my sisters chin when she found out sister was dating the brother of my child hood sweet heart in life you get some good apples and some bad apples

  • @intersezioni
    @intersezioni Před 2 měsíci +478

    As an Italian, thank you for not including the mandolin in your musical column!

    • @QuestLink
      @QuestLink Před 2 měsíci +16

      occhio all'inglisc

    • @intersezioni
      @intersezioni Před 2 měsíci +30

      @@QuestLink dont vuorri

    • @laurencedarabia2000
      @laurencedarabia2000 Před 2 měsíci +9

      Naa, when we don't speak Scottish in those parts we speak the "alt deutsch" of the Walser. In the Cannobina valley, when they see a mandolin they ask what it is for..... Comunque grazie di averci evitato i mandolini 🤣

    • @e.fontanot3809
      @e.fontanot3809 Před 2 měsíci

      Il mandolino non c'entra un cazzo con il Piemonte

    • @aggrolad3118
      @aggrolad3118 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Bro bastava dire soundtrack o background music

  • @WeeWalks
    @WeeWalks Před 2 měsíci +299

    In Scotland there are many Italian families who opened cafes. There are also a number of Scottish people with Italian family backgrounds who became famous like Paulo Nutini, Lewis Capaldi, Peter Capaldi and Nicola Benedetti.

    • @hondacbrification
      @hondacbrification Před 2 měsíci +6

      Scottish traced they origins from Hungarian-MacAr-Scythian whom as such lived and live in a much larger area.For western Scythians where a Finno-Ugric meaning Finnish-Hungarian alliance from which Hungarian-Macar-Scythian where a Gál-Gaelic-Gaul while Eastern Scythians where more Turkic .
      Gál-Gaelic-Gaul appeared and moved between Portugal,BenGal and Mongolia and so have connected Iberian Peninsula with Caucasian Iberian Kingdom and Siberia which is why Scottish-Irish genetics appears in this Scythian region like Hindu-Kush,Iran,Middle East....and Italy for they where a Hun-Han which is a name and so a identity just as title of nobility with its religious significance.

    • @Logies_right_hand
      @Logies_right_hand Před 2 měsíci +17

      Dario Franchitti, Paul Di Resta, Ken Stott, Sharleen Spiteri….

    • @EdoardoMartino-tj9np
      @EdoardoMartino-tj9np Před 2 měsíci +6

      Sir Eduardo Paolozzi!

    • @cdifff643
      @cdifff643 Před 2 měsíci +22

      About 80% of chip shops in glasgow are owned by people of italian origin

    • @johngreenhorn8853
      @johngreenhorn8853 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Giovanni ( Johnny ) Moscardini,born in Falkirk,Scotland,but played football for Italy 9 times scoring 7 goals.

  • @michellemcmanus2729
    @michellemcmanus2729 Před měsícem +124

    As a Scottish lass myself I can hear our accent in her voice and she even looks like a wee Scottish granny, historically we used songs to pass legends on down through time so it seems plausible... i would love to visit this place ❤

  • @JacobHarrell
    @JacobHarrell Před 2 měsíci +379

    I can confirm Rosa made me (an Englishman) wear a kilt whilst filming this! Sorry to all my Scottish friends! 😅

    • @Mark723
      @Mark723 Před 2 měsíci +18

      And why we not treated to such a lusty sight at any point in the video...? Thanks to Rosa, to Great Big Story, and to Jacob for bringing us this interesting tale. Ciao!

    • @JacobHarrell
      @JacobHarrell Před 2 měsíci +17

      @@Mark723 I have a feeling it might be posted on Instagram at some point 😂

    • @Mark723
      @Mark723 Před 2 měsíci +6

      @@JacobHarrell That is almost enough of a reason to register for an Instagram account. Jacob, so good to hear your voice! I am very much looking forward to your next adventure, though you'll have to come up with something extraordinary to compete with your kayak adventure...or, should that be escape? My best to the missus.

    • @robertyorga
      @robertyorga Před 2 měsíci +4

      @JacobHarrell Welcome back, Jacob! Great to hear your voice again! Looking forward to more fascinating tales on Great Big Story!

    • @cdifff643
      @cdifff643 Před 2 měsíci

      Why are you sorry? Stick it back in next time you are at a wedding. Surprisingly good for pulling

  • @alexispaterson814
    @alexispaterson814 Před 2 měsíci +110

    Sending warm greetings from Scotland and thank you for looking after our wandering sons.

    • @davis70140
      @davis70140 Před měsícem +3

      Much more better than Scotland it's self much more better much more better

    • @DWLADS
      @DWLADS Před měsícem +4

      @@davis70140no one asked.

    • @davis70140
      @davis70140 Před měsícem

      @@DWLADS so you know a dead secret behind peanuts 🥜 and ducks ride moter bikes at night time

    • @DWLADS
      @DWLADS Před měsícem

      @@davis70140 you’ve done your nut son

  • @TheAwillz
    @TheAwillz Před 2 měsíci +52

    Celts and Italians are brothers.
    We have massive Italian community’s in Wales.
    Lovely people and even more lovely food!

    • @dan-ee3we
      @dan-ee3we Před měsícem

      Scots language is Germanic. Gaelic is Celtic. Scottish people are not Celtic people

    • @TheAwillz
      @TheAwillz Před měsícem +4

      @@dan-ee3we I’m not talking about the language I’m talking about the people.
      Ask a Scot if they are Celtic

    • @wullaballoo2642
      @wullaballoo2642 Před měsícem +4

      @@TheAwillz Just make sure he isn't wearing a blue and white footy shirt first

    • @TheAwillz
      @TheAwillz Před měsícem +1

      @@wullaballoo2642 😂very true

    • @dan-ee3we
      @dan-ee3we Před měsícem

      I'm Scottish. I'm not Celtic@@TheAwillz

  • @geridelbello4480
    @geridelbello4480 Před 2 měsíci +171

    In my hometown, Piacenza, there is a neighborhood dedicated to Saint Brigid of Ireland, where the city's Scota (gaels) community lived.
    The most important historical figure of Piacenza is Alberto Scotti, lord of the city between the end of the 1200s and the beginning of the 1300s, and he was of Gaelic origins.
    Near Piacenza there is the sanctuary with the tomb of Saint Columbanus, and during the Middle Ages it was a pilgrimage destination for all the Gaels who traveled the Via Francigena

    • @marinarassin4231
      @marinarassin4231 Před 2 měsíci +14

      So much history we don't know , it needs added in schools, local history is as important , normal folk history

    • @geridelbello4480
      @geridelbello4480 Před 2 měsíci +9

      @@marinarassin4231 I agree with you.
      I also like the history of names... you have a beautiful name, Marina in Latin means "daughter of the sea"

    • @marinarassin4231
      @marinarassin4231 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@geridelbello4480 thank you, I was told it's safe haven , the name came from the famous hitsong by rocco granata

    • @giovannimoriggi5833
      @giovannimoriggi5833 Před 2 měsíci

      @@geridelbello4480like many other Italian songs, Marina by Rocco Granata went ugly popular over the world

    • @anthonyhind1308
      @anthonyhind1308 Před 2 měsíci +3

      I visited the tomb of Saint Colombanus in Bobbio a few years ago.I'm Irish living near Milan.I didn't know about the St.Brigid neighbourhood in Piacenza though.I must visit.

  • @eccoeco3454
    @eccoeco3454 Před 2 měsíci +204

    As an italian, sentence construction and some elements of pronounciation in the lady's speech actually remembers me of how english (or scottish in this case I suppose) speaking people tend to speak when they speak italian as foreigners

    • @emiliacavallo76
      @emiliacavallo76 Před 2 měsíci +5

      la signora parla molto bene e si sente molto i suoi accenti britannici, comunque ha fatto un buon lavoro il creatore del video per tradurlo

    • @abritandhisbikeinpoland6802
      @abritandhisbikeinpoland6802 Před 2 měsíci +8

      I hear Italian words with Scottish accent, I am English!

    • @FourFourTwo123
      @FourFourTwo123 Před měsícem

      Am no arsed

    • @jhnfjhh7037
      @jhnfjhh7037 Před měsícem +2

      Their ancestors would have spoke Gaelic not English

    • @eccoeco3454
      @eccoeco3454 Před měsícem

      @@jhnfjhh7037 I have no idea how different a gaelic Person trying speak italian would sound so

  • @e-bikecustom
    @e-bikecustom Před 2 měsíci +26

    i'm italian and i don't knew this history,thanks very much for this

  • @margaretdundas680
    @margaretdundas680 Před 2 měsíci +25

    Blessings from Scotland ❤❤

    • @davis70140
      @davis70140 Před měsícem +3

      This place Much more better than Scotland it's self much more better much more better

  • @lovepeace4065
    @lovepeace4065 Před měsícem +12

    As a Brit with parents from Naples we have always been close to the Irish and Scots, we find them similar to us culturally. Forza Napoli 🙏🙏

  • @CME1994
    @CME1994 Před měsícem +87

    As a Scotsman,
    This is fantastico 👏🏼🤌🏼 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇹 ❤️

    • @dasbose4962
      @dasbose4962 Před měsícem

      I am not far from Gurro and this just a story, like any children book.

    • @CME1994
      @CME1994 Před měsícem +2

      @@dasbose4962 Still a true story though.

    • @dasbose4962
      @dasbose4962 Před měsícem

      @@CME1994 no is not.

    • @CME1994
      @CME1994 Před měsícem +2

      @@dasbose4962 how?
      So this whole video is all made up? 😂 why

    • @Ajemone
      @Ajemone Před měsícem +2

      @@CME1994 Even us Nord and Central Italians are Celtics (more like a mix of Italics and Celtics) but we descendts from the same Bell Beakers ancestors with the Indoeuropean haplogroup R1b ( I’m R1b U-152)

  • @jameshudson169
    @jameshudson169 Před 2 měsíci +13

    her italian is really good. she translated your subtitles prefectly.

  • @RingerLuca651
    @RingerLuca651 Před měsícem +14

    GURRO!!!!!!!! In my area, the makestic VALLE CANNOBINA!!!! I have been and noticed the scottish flags but never really questioned it! Amazing to see this gem of a village in my region get some recognition!!!

  • @sinistrodellamorte
    @sinistrodellamorte Před 2 měsíci +23

    This summer I will move back to Italy after 5 years of living in Edinburgh. Definitely gonna visit Gurro!

    • @davis70140
      @davis70140 Před měsícem +3

      This place Much more better than Scotland it's self much more better much more better

  • @gargantuanclaymore6824
    @gargantuanclaymore6824 Před 2 měsíci +25

    Never heard about this until now! Love to our Scottish/Italian brothers and sisters!

  • @isaacjones5687
    @isaacjones5687 Před měsícem +9

    There’s an Italian village in North Wales that was built between the 20s and 70s, Portmeirion, just outside Porthmadog

  • @lillianlopez2691
    @lillianlopez2691 Před 2 měsíci +60

    What a wonderful and GREAT "Big Story!" I love stories of people from around the world, and this one is purely FANTASTIC. Thank you for the time, effort, and funding for this story. I LOVED IT!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

  • @eloquentlyemma
    @eloquentlyemma Před 2 měsíci +95

    Here in Scotland, people eat pizza more often than haggis.

  • @alexsyed1530
    @alexsyed1530 Před 2 měsíci +14

    Mi ricordo di aver sentito una storia del genere ma vederla é tutta un'altra esperienza! Grazie per questo video❤

  • @fhugheveleigh2
    @fhugheveleigh2 Před měsícem +14

    Another 'Scottish' influenced village/town in Italy is to be found in the Garfagnana in the mountains of northern Tuscany. It is Barga.

    • @keltyk
      @keltyk Před měsícem +1

      I heard there's an annual Fish & Chips festival in Barga

  • @jamsjars9505
    @jamsjars9505 Před 2 měsíci +35

    I love this channel. Glad it's back.

  • @Frillar
    @Frillar Před měsícem +10

    I think the local italian women must have really liked the scottish warriors, for them to have such a lasting impact 😄

  • @seanculligan8592
    @seanculligan8592 Před 2 měsíci +58

    Barga in Toscany is really scottish too.

    • @rodserling6955
      @rodserling6955 Před 2 měsíci

      How is Barga Scotish...?

    • @seanculligan8592
      @seanculligan8592 Před 2 měsíci +13

      @@rodserling6955 Loads of people from there moved to the Glasgow and Greenock area in the 50's and 60's. For example, Paolo Nutini's family come from there. I know a few people from Glasgow who have families there.

    • @Euroscot9155
      @Euroscot9155 Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@rodserling6955Itinerant workers from the area with many connections brought cultural gifts between both places over many years.

    • @hondacbrification
      @hondacbrification Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@rodserling6955A Vár nobility is from which Varangian,Vardarian,Bavarian..just as more Western variant Burg-Berg derived from which is why Edinburgh is called as such.
      Scottish traced they origins from Hungarian-MacAr-Scythian whom as such lived and live in a much larger area.For western Scythians where a Finno-Ugric meaning Finnish-Hungarian alliance from which Hungarian-Macar-Scythian where a Gál-Gaelic-Gaul while Eastern Scythians where more Turkic .
      Gál-Gaelic-Gaul appeared and moved between Portugal,BenGal and Mongolia and so have connected Iberian Peninsula with Caucasian Iberian Kingdom and Siberia which is why Scottish-Irish genetics appears in this Scythian region like Hindu-Kush,Iran,Middle East....and Italy for they where a Hun-Han which is a name and so a identity just as title of nobility with its religious significance.

    • @sowgrowandcook
      @sowgrowandcook Před měsícem +3

      @seanculligan8592 Thank you for mentioning Barga! It’s another beautiful hill town nestled in northern Tuscany where many of the locals speak Italian with a Scottish accent and where some shops sell Irn-Bru and Tunnocks Caramel wafers ( made in Glasgow).

  • @Craig_whyte
    @Craig_whyte Před měsícem +9

    When i was younger most chip shops and ice cream vans were Italian owned and many still are. Quite a few Italian people at my school aswell.
    Always thought it was weird that someone would leave Italy for Glasgow and Ayrshire 😂

  • @alin98
    @alin98 Před měsícem

    Thanks for coming back BigStory ❤

  • @johnnewton3335
    @johnnewton3335 Před 2 měsíci +1

    i love out of place stories like this, great work. thanks

  • @HibeeMcbee
    @HibeeMcbee Před 2 měsíci +23

    As a Scotsman, I never knew this! I love the Italy, my favourite country outside of my own.

    • @giuseppebruscu3031
      @giuseppebruscu3031 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Il popolo scozzese e' quello che più si avvicina alla mentalità italiana ❤

    • @iainfraser7588
      @iainfraser7588 Před měsícem +2

      @@giuseppebruscu3031 credi?
      Sono scozzese e sto imparando l’Italiano.
      Io sempre amato l’Italia e gli italiani.
      È bello vedere gli italiani pensiamo bene di noi.
      Molto respect e grazie.

    • @iainfraser7588
      @iainfraser7588 Před měsícem +3

      It’s a good country. I don’t know why so many Scottish folk are so fond of Italy. I’m the same.
      I think Italians are easy to get on with and they have that no shit, straight to the point attitude, too.

    • @Ajemone
      @Ajemone Před měsícem

      @@iainfraser7588 Lo sapevi che discendiamo dagli stessi Antenati i Bell Beakers con l’aplogruppo R1b Indo-Europei e oggi è l’aplogruppo dominante sia in Italia (50+) che in Scozia (altamente dominante) (io sono R1b U-152) e le ingue Italiche e Celtiche derivano da dallo stesso ramo linguistico Italo-Celtico

    • @iainfraser7588
      @iainfraser7588 Před měsícem +1

      @@Ajemone sapevo, ma solo non fino questo punto.
      Sapevo del collegamento/connessione linguistico e che condividano gli stessi antenati indoeuropei ma non sapevo conoscevo l’informazioni su quanto fossero vicini il celtiche e l’italiche. Non so molto dei geni ma è affascinante imparare. Grazie.
      Non conosco la mia genetica tratti, no sono statti misurato ma vivo nella zona Pictish della Scozia, dove le città hanno antici nome picti. Sapevo tutti la mia famiglia ho vissuto qui da molto tempo per quanti per ne so.
      Esaminerò i miei antenati; é atteso da tempo.
      Escusate la mia povera scrittura italiana. Sono nuovo nello studio dell'italiano e ho cercato di scrivere il meglio che potevo senza aiuto, il più possibile.
      Espero che tu capisci.
      Do you speak English?
      It’s good practice but it took me about an hour to write this, just in case you don’t. 😂

  • @SA1upsb
    @SA1upsb Před 2 měsíci +2

    Wow, that was so well done! This is kinda hilarious/tragic/beautiful! Idk why it moved me so much!

  • @lindae1116
    @lindae1116 Před 2 měsíci +9

    Well, as they say you learn something new every day, fantastic, all the very best from Scotland ❤

  • @user-gu2rs3mu5r
    @user-gu2rs3mu5r Před 2 měsíci +30

    Film director Martin Scorsese also inherited Scottish bloodline too. Scozzese means Scottish in Italian - one of his ancestors went to US, then their surname was changed into Scorsese from Scozzese. So Marty is actually Scottish-Italian-American!

    • @NosyFella
      @NosyFella Před 2 měsíci +3

      I found out about this the other day then I come across this video and see your comment. Funny coincidence.

    • @revjimbob
      @revjimbob Před měsícem

      Never knew that.

    • @spaniardsrmoors6817
      @spaniardsrmoors6817 Před 25 dny +1

      That accounts for the bushy eyebrows and shortness of stature.

    • @bluesoul7163
      @bluesoul7163 Před 6 dny

      As an Italian i love Scottish and Irish people 👍

  • @alejandrotoro9676
    @alejandrotoro9676 Před 2 měsíci +33

    Definitely not something I ever expected 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @hondacbrification
      @hondacbrification Před 2 měsíci +1

      Scottish traced they origins from Hungarian-MacAr-Scythian whom as such lived and live in a much larger area.For western Scythians where a Finno-Ugric meaning Finnish-Hungarian alliance from which Hungarian-Macar-Scythian where a Gál-Gaelic-Gaul while Eastern Scythians where more Turkic .
      Gál-Gaelic-Gaul appeared and moved between Portugal,BenGal and Mongolia and so have connected Iberian Peninsula with Caucasian Iberian Kingdom and Siberia which is why Scottish-Irish genetics appears in this Scythian region like Hindu-Kush,Iran,Middle East....and Italy for they where a Hun-Han which is a name and so a identity just as title of nobility with its religious significance.

  • @kennethdrewary1094
    @kennethdrewary1094 Před 2 měsíci +18

    There is an Italian Village in Wales, so why not a Scottish Village in Italy?

  • @ellehan3003
    @ellehan3003 Před měsícem +4

    As an english person (teeny bit of scottish ancestry, a bit of italian and an irish grandfather, im mainly english) i feel like im listening to someone from the UK who has excellent italian language skills but is not a native speaker. Its so interesting since its actually her native language. Maybe its the power of suggestion? She feels scottish to me. I dont know but maybe its in the way she moves. I love this.

    • @robertofratello3549
      @robertofratello3549 Před 21 dnem

      no she doesn't sound like a native speaker for sure. But a lot of old people in Italy aren't native speakers and have local dialects as their first language. Alpine dialects in particular are very different from Italian. And they're even more distant from the Southern accents mostly heard in Italian communities abroad

  • @Blerghaa
    @Blerghaa Před měsícem

    Never knew about this as a scottish person. Massive thanks for making a video on this!

  • @puccaland
    @puccaland Před 2 měsíci +104

    The good news is that now we know that after centuries British people can fully integrate somewhere.

    • @nebhalabir1201
      @nebhalabir1201 Před 2 měsíci +59

      Scottish people are very different from the English.

    • @aclark903
      @aclark903 Před 2 měsíci +13

      @@nebhalabir1201Not so very different. Both Scots and English play football, 🏈 rugby and eat fish and chips. They can even communicate sometimes.

    • @Chaiserzose
      @Chaiserzose Před 2 měsíci

      And They're protestants, speak english and have no taste for good food. They're more similar than they'd like to, both of them!@@aclark903

    • @howmanybeansmakefive
      @howmanybeansmakefive Před 2 měsíci +15

      @@nebhalabir1201 Lol historically Scotland was always over-represented in British colonialism + slave trade

    • @nebhalabir1201
      @nebhalabir1201 Před 2 měsíci +5

      @@howmanybeansmakefive cry about it

  • @67claudius
    @67claudius Před měsícem +1

    I'm Italian and I had never heard this story, true or not, it's still very beautiful

  • @janefountain4147
    @janefountain4147 Před 10 dny +1

    Thats a lovely story i didnt know about..thanks for sharing ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @rory4016
    @rory4016 Před měsícem +2

    beautiful piece of history and culture

  • @blairmarshall544
    @blairmarshall544 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Being scottish myself and watching this. The hills and mountains do have a Scottish feel to them. Would love to go visit and meet the people there. Scottish people and Italian food seems like the best combination I can think of 😂

  • @aerogrape6376
    @aerogrape6376 Před 2 měsíci +75

    scottish people when they see a mountain range that looks like home: “welp guess i’m moving in PERMANENTLY!”

    • @davis70140
      @davis70140 Před měsícem +1

      This place Much more better than Scotland it's self much more better much more better

  • @publiuscorneliusscipio1418
    @publiuscorneliusscipio1418 Před 2 měsíci +20

    Che posto stupendo, manca solo una distilleria di whisky 🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹

  • @farzona_kpop
    @farzona_kpop Před 13 dny +2

    So interesting! Someday I will visit dedicate this village!

  • @KC-gy5xw
    @KC-gy5xw Před 2 měsíci +3

    That is amazing!! I'd love to go there!

  • @JN003
    @JN003 Před měsícem +5

    In Gurro's misty glens, McDonaldi's clan,
    Where mountains meet the sky, as giants stand,
    In fifteen-twenty-five, they made their home,
    Mercenaries of valor, no more to roam.
    The battle at Pavia, their glory shone bright,
    Against the French, they fought with might,
    But winter's grip held them tight,
    In Gurro they remained, 'neath starry night.
    With Italian belles, they found their love,
    In the shadow of peaks, like eagles above,
    Their hearts entwined, in Gaelic and Italian speech,
    In Gurro's embrace, their dreams did reach.
    Through the ages, their tale resounds,
    In whispers of mist, in Highland sounds,
    McDonaldi's legacy, forever told,
    In Gurro's valleys, where memories unfold.

  • @asdrubalanibal6853
    @asdrubalanibal6853 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Beautiful mountains that remind home, and beautiful Italian wife. Done deal.

  • @EtruscoViola
    @EtruscoViola Před 2 měsíci +12

    Davvero una GRANDE STORIA! Viva l'Italia🇮🇹 e Viva la Scozia🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿...!

  • @Eric_15974
    @Eric_15974 Před 2 měsíci +16

    Soy Peruano 🇵🇪 y no nececito saber Italiano ya que entiendo perfectamente todo lo que dice 😇

  • @lofilummy8062
    @lofilummy8062 Před měsícem

    ayyyy lass lets goo dats bloodly awesome your wellcome in Scotland anythime

  • @BombaycityNirvana
    @BombaycityNirvana Před 2 měsíci +13

    As italian This is a discovery

  • @sbrechegno
    @sbrechegno Před 15 dny

    Wow!How fascinating it is to be having traditions and traces of the Scottish heritage

  • @user-nv7uz5nv8f
    @user-nv7uz5nv8f Před 2 měsíci +8

    The Seed Grows With No Sound
    But A Tree Fall Huge Noise
    Destruction Has Noise, But
    Creation Is Quite
    This Is The Power Of Silence...
    Grow Silently.
    GOOD MORNING

  • @lindamcdonaldcairns9874
    @lindamcdonaldcairns9874 Před měsícem +3

    Aww as a Scot that was very emotional. Oan yurself Gurro the loast clan!

  • @madaug4389
    @madaug4389 Před 2 měsíci +1

    This is a great story.

  • @sandywilkie1169
    @sandywilkie1169 Před měsícem

    What a wonderful looking place.

  • @grantottero4980
    @grantottero4980 Před 18 dny

    Very interesting (and very cute)! I'd never heard about it before... 👍🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤
    Greetings to the Scots everywhere (even in the Alps) from Italy!

  • @trevorhoward2254
    @trevorhoward2254 Před 2 měsíci

    Fascinating and beautifully filmed. But there's so much more you could have told us. What is the name of that beautiful song, for example?

  • @bloodhoundgang1642
    @bloodhoundgang1642 Před měsícem

    Crikey Rosa's accent is no joke that's pure Scottish..❤️

  • @TheNoerdy
    @TheNoerdy Před 2 měsíci +21

    What a wonderful video and CZcams channel. Whoever is behind this, please keep it up.

  • @thomas-lo5pg
    @thomas-lo5pg Před měsícem +1

    As a Scotsman I would love to visit this village.❤

  • @forbesmeek6304
    @forbesmeek6304 Před měsícem +2

    The folk are possible descendants of a unit of the Garde Ecossais who were with the French king Francis 1 and were defeated with him. He was captured and his guards never made it hame.
    A wee greet in order. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @JayB-ju9vc
    @JayB-ju9vc Před měsícem

    Wow come on the Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 amazing to see us in Italy 🇮🇹 hopefully get to see there one day

  • @b.justiceforall9544
    @b.justiceforall9544 Před 17 dny

    Wonderful story as we are united as Europeans with so many wonderful flavors in the same pot.

  • @satlynutz
    @satlynutz Před měsícem +2

    Even though the old lady was speaking Italian every time she was talking I could hear my nan who is Scottish 😂 certain total changes in cadences while literally Scottish while she's speaking Italian.

  • @scotsman9755
    @scotsman9755 Před měsícem +1

    I'd love to visit this place some day

  • @romalawson1407
    @romalawson1407 Před měsícem

    Love this.

  • @TheAzzanellese
    @TheAzzanellese Před 2 měsíci +1

    Italian "cotechino" Is somehow similar to haggis (but with different ingredients), so there it is!

  • @miky8788
    @miky8788 Před 2 měsíci +17

    Nice place... Italy is full of that kind

  • @jacklyons6502
    @jacklyons6502 Před 21 dnem

    The way they sing is a lilting Gaelic style. So fascinating

  • @user-bf3pc2qd9s
    @user-bf3pc2qd9s Před měsícem

    3:20 that's line-singing 🎶

  • @silviarosellini1
    @silviarosellini1 Před 17 dny

    In Tuscany we have a small village in the mountains with a peculiar German/Italian dialect, because some Germans of the troupes of Emperor Charles V decided to stop there. So I believe it is quite possible we had Scottish in the Alps👌🏼
    My mother was convinced to have some Scottish blood, because she loved Scotland so much... and she had ancestors nearby that village... Oh my God 😳 I have to think about it 😂😂😂

  • @NIRVANAmat
    @NIRVANAmat Před měsícem +1

    I’d say yes. As a Scottish person myself, I’m pretty sure this happened haha! Anything to get away from the rain ;)

  • @jonathanlandau-litewski7405
    @jonathanlandau-litewski7405 Před měsícem +1

    Well if they are having fun then go for it! I'm Sottish and it's alright here, if only we had better weather it would be absolute paradise, especially the Highlands. I'm from Edinburgh and sometimes I forget how lucky I actually I am that I get to pass such historical landmarks like Edinburgh Castle every day ❤

  • @gavieljohnbocalbos5244

    Amazing

  • @user-gh9vz6ns9b
    @user-gh9vz6ns9b Před 21 dnem

    Italian here, never heard of this place. I want to visit it soon, also it is like only a couple of hours by car from my home.

  • @frozenwarning
    @frozenwarning Před měsícem

    Wow, this is so interesting! We don’t often think about a Scottish diaspora. I’m a Scottish descent in Appalachian mountains of Tennessee… We always hear about how the mountains here reminded the settlers of home. I thought it was interesting that she said the same thing. Even more so interesting, the fact that I have been to Italy, and it reminded me of Tennessee!

    • @gggmmmxspace
      @gggmmmxspace Před 23 dny

      Tennessee People… come to Italy 😂

  • @philipbastianelli9015
    @philipbastianelli9015 Před měsícem

    superb

  • @Euroscot9155
    @Euroscot9155 Před 2 měsíci +8

    Love it scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ❤ 🇮🇹

  • @iMertin
    @iMertin Před 2 měsíci +10

    Makes me proud to be Scottish

  • @GuidoBatt
    @GuidoBatt Před 21 dnem

    I know it, it's in the Valle Cannobina, a nice motorcycle fare.
    The sad part, not said here, is that it's one of the very few Alpine valleys that extends horizontally, East-to-West, so they don't see the sun for more than six months (say September through April), and it's also very rainy.
    So much for "better weather than Scotland".

  • @kendo5862
    @kendo5862 Před měsícem

    The water well they settled actually contained Irn Bru and the hills had herds of wild 3-footed haggis to hunt … a paradise away from home

  • @NiskaMagnusson
    @NiskaMagnusson Před 2 měsíci

    it's very interesting that 500 years later they'd keep this tradition up, that takes a lot of love for your roots, depending on how many people have moved in an out of the town it might be very watered down scottish genetics by now, especially if all the women were native italians to start off with, wonderful that they still have an entire identity around it!

  • @Brond.
    @Brond. Před 2 měsíci +22

    Wow I’m flabbergasted

  • @FullaEels
    @FullaEels Před 2 měsíci

    interesting, theres a town near me, basically joint at the hip to edinburgh called Portobello, and it really reminds me of italy. there are a number of local ice cream places here too, which i believe were started by italian families

  • @Devil000Inside87
    @Devil000Inside87 Před 2 měsíci +4

    🇮🇹❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @Aurora-qn2dx
    @Aurora-qn2dx Před 2 měsíci +2

    Always thought so!!!!!! This Is up North but also In Calabria have simalar culture..black pudding and haggis..same musical instruments.DNA test and update would be intetesting to see.

  • @Ian-nl9yd
    @Ian-nl9yd Před 2 měsíci +22

    There are fascinating stories like this all around the world. A Polish village in Haiti. A Central African village in Abkhazia!

    • @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367
      @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 Před 2 měsíci +1

      There is no central african village in abkazia.. There was once africans there, they were slaves from the turks probably given as gifts.. The local abkazians were not familiar with enslaving africans and had a feudal society of sorts they settled the africans on several estates growing fruit mostly and aquired african wives for them from the turks, these africans assimilated but stayed seperate mostly till the russians arrived at which point intermarrying increased, during connunisim they vanished as a group as intermarriage was the norm.. Today there is no africans there.. You might see a darker person but they are no darker that greeks or palestinians or persians.. The africans were mostly from the sudan probably

    • @edwardrea8924
      @edwardrea8924 Před 2 měsíci

      I love the polish Haiti story

    • @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367
      @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 Před 2 měsíci

      @@edwardrea8924 yeah but there is no polish there. It was long ago. There is some Haitians with german ancestors still but its something very obscure

    • @carlobrotto7132
      @carlobrotto7132 Před 2 měsíci

      I can't see Kazimierz or Irena doing some vodoo rites ! 😂😂 A polish village in haiti....

  • @heleneshaw7416
    @heleneshaw7416 Před 2 měsíci

    Would like to go and visit now.

  • @Riposte821
    @Riposte821 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Do one about Colonia Tovar, an entire GERMAN town in Venezuela.

  • @JMPT
    @JMPT Před 2 měsíci +6

    GBS Nice
    🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹

    • @thevis5465
      @thevis5465 Před 2 měsíci +5

      I am Scottish not british

    • @JMPT
      @JMPT Před 2 měsíci +2

      I get it

  • @yassinedahbi7727
    @yassinedahbi7727 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Cool

  • @LeeMcDaidDonegal
    @LeeMcDaidDonegal Před 2 měsíci

    1:23 That tune is actually an Irish jig ... it's called "Morrison's Jig"

  • @fabiobeka
    @fabiobeka Před 2 měsíci +8

    The scottish kept everything unchanged for 500 years, except for the british cuisine--->literally thrown out of the window.

  • @grifter25
    @grifter25 Před měsícem +1

    The Italian surname "Scotti" means "From Scotland". Whoever has that surname probably has ancient Scottish origins. As a generalization, the same surname was also used in the Middle Ages for people with origins from Ireland. In fact, the nobleman from Piacenza "Alberto Scotti" was probably Irish.

  • @WilliamConnor-wb3ot
    @WilliamConnor-wb3ot Před 2 měsíci +6

    This is beautiful 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹

    • @tezzz4208
      @tezzz4208 Před měsícem +2

      get that union jack out of here

  • @laurencedarabia2000
    @laurencedarabia2000 Před 2 měsíci +6

    Nice, it's a plausible story, there were many Swiss and German mercenaries in Pavia, the Scots aren't mentioned but that doesn't mean they weren't there. Escaping from Pavia, the only road controlled by the Duchy of Milan to northern Europe, passed along Lake Maggiore. Having arrived in front of the Canobin valley, which flows into Lake Maggiore, they will have stopped to wait for the good weather. It can be seen that the Cannobine girls of 1525 were as attractive as those of today and the Scots decided to stop......

    • @hondacbrification
      @hondacbrification Před 2 měsíci

      Lake of Magiore -Magyar.
      Scottish traced they origins from Hungarian-MacAr-Scythian whom as such lived and live in a much larger area.For western Scythians where a Finno-Ugric meaning Finnish-Hungarian alliance from which Hungarian-Macar-Scythian where a Gál-Gaelic-Gaul while Eastern Scythians where more Turkic .
      Gál-Gaelic-Gaul appeared and moved between Portugal,BenGal and Mongolia and so have connected Iberian Peninsula with Caucasian Iberian Kingdom and Siberia which is why Scottish-Irish genetics appears in this Scythian region like Hindu-Kush,Iran,Middle East....and Italy for they where a Hun-Han which is a name and so a identity just as title of nobility with its religious significance.

    • @laurencedarabia2000
      @laurencedarabia2000 Před 2 měsíci

      Wat geopardising answer😂 . The italian word Maggiore come from the latin major and signify " bigger" because it' the bigger lake of glacial origin in front of the other that surround it. In Piedmont we had a little comunity of magyar soldier of fortune in Baraggia, near Vercelli. They came two hundred years after Pavia battle and fighted at Assietta battle.

    • @hondacbrification
      @hondacbrification Před 2 měsíci

      @@laurencedarabia2000 And I have seen Italians like Micheangelo Naddeo tracing his origins back to Hungarians .
      czcams.com/video/ALS7eeuIWF4/video.htmlsi=7FrJKlSb9dLiAZkt
      Just as I know that there Hungarians whose surname Olasz which in Hungarian is the same as Italian in English shows a strange thing in they genetics for its not that Mediterenian.

    • @laurencedarabia2000
      @laurencedarabia2000 Před 2 měsíci

      @@hondacbrification You are talking about the migrations by the Indo-Europeans in successive waves over the last 25,000 years. It's a complicated and constantly evolving issue, it seems that the latest DNA research shows a Caucasian origin common to all Europeans but it's a topic that has little to do with a group of mercenaries lost 500 years ago in the Cannobina valley

    • @hondacbrification
      @hondacbrification Před 2 měsíci

      @@laurencedarabia2000 Thats the point for there where and are no Indo-Jewropean in steppe for such languages originates from a more Southern Equatorial regions .This linguistic Indo-Jewropean theories have no factual basis or correlates to actually genetic studies since languages in many cases spread via forced religious conversion like Arabic or Slav-Slöwen Indo-Iranian languages...

  • @TheDarkhorse1947
    @TheDarkhorse1947 Před 2 měsíci

    There is another town in Italy ( Barga ) with strong Scottish connection thru ice cream making and fish an chips. Johnny Moscardini owned my local chippy.

    • @baldy3405
      @baldy3405 Před 2 měsíci

      Im sure Paolo Nutini family are from there.

    • @TheDarkhorse1947
      @TheDarkhorse1947 Před 2 měsíci

      @@baldy3405 Nutini`s ,another ice cream chippy. Is it in Greenock or Paisley

  • @sosagecaserol6675
    @sosagecaserol6675 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Love from Glasgow would be amazing to visit some day!!❤ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿