This is Why I Love the GREEK ISLANDS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 มิ.ย. 2021
- An interesting day of exploring the little Greek island of Paxi (Paxos) in the Ionian Sea.
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Thanks a lot for watching and safe journeys!
After I edited the video and was watching it back I noticed a couple more clues on the plaque that was on the water tank. It looks like there's an A before the M. So maybe it's not a date, but a word or name in Latin? Also, just above the part where there's Latin, there's part of another layer with Greek letters that appeared to be covering over the part with Latin letters. So that seems to suggest that the older plaque was Venetian but that plaque was later covered over with a sign in Greek, presumably after the Venetians left. In other words: built by Venetians, then later used by Greeks when they came to the island (or maybe back to the island, if Greeks had lived there earlier).
Paxoi became a Venetian occupation in 1381. Until then, it belonged to the Kingdom of Napoli. In 1423 the local Venetian lord Adam II San Ippolito asked the permission of the Venetian Senate to build a castle there, on his own expenses, in order to protect the little island complex from piracy. The permisson was granted and the castle was built.
The castle secured the peace in the island and a long period of prosperity followed, the main characteristic of which was the olive oil production.
What remains from the castle today are some parts of the walls, a water-tank, the arsenal, a watchtower and some canons. There are also two churches: St Nicholas and St John.
I see, so it's the remains of a castle, that makes sense.
@@_____J______ very interesting history.
@@_____J______ Thank you for solving the puzzle.
Just because there is an external force occupying the island does not mean that the original residents are dislocated. Thinking in terms of Europeans colonizing the Americas doesn't apply here. The ethnicity of the native people is determined by the spoken language, tradition, and religion. In many cases, it survives even in areas outside of what is now Greece. For example, the greek villages of Southern Italy that date back to ancient times. Otherwise, I love your videos!
Is it just me or are there any other Greeks out there getting a bit nostalgic and emotional at the way Gabriel's videos usually end, with the appropriate music and symbolism? Thank you Gabriel, you truly manage to capture the spirit of the places you visit!
You 're not the only one!
Not just you
Σωστά!
That is called FREEDOM . No kids , no wife... just my life now!!! LOL
Nobody does it better than you. Thanks for all the great travel content🤘🏽
I can never get tired of more videos from Greece. What makes you better than other youtubers dedicated to traveling is that you "explore the unexplored", if you know what i mean.. You don't stick with the main monuments/popular features, but you try to show us everything, no matter how big or small, beaches and history related. This is why i love your content! Don't change Gabriel 🙏🏻
Totally agree!
Thank you Gabriel for presenting my father’s island in such a great way. Paxos is truly unique and blessed by nature.
The Greek islands look awesome! This is definitely on our travel bucketlist. Great video, Gabriel!
And this is why I love to watch your videos.
🚁 Gabriel the human drone 🚁
It’s confusing, because the histories of Greece and Italy are very intertwined, but here’s long story short as concise as I can make 3000 years of history, lol:
-Ancient Greece was several Greek-speaking kingdoms and city-states
-Greeks also colonized and settled southern Italy, and also the Aegean coast of Anatolia (in present-day Turkey)
-the Latins (who established Rome) lived in central Italy (present-day Lazio region is named after them). The Other peoples in Italy were the Etruscans (present-day Tuscany) and Celtic tribes in the north.
-Rome grew powerful, conquered the Etruscans and Celts in the north and the Greek colonies in south, unifying Italy under their rule
-Meanwhile, in northern Greece, the Kingdom of Macedonia conquered the rest of Greece under King Philip. His son, Alexander the Great, took it further, and went eastward, establishing an empire all the way to Egypt, Persia and present-day Pakistan. Alexander dies young without an heir, and his generals break up the empire, establishing the Hellenistic kingdoms, where Greek royal families ruled over non-Greeks, enforcing Greek culture on them
-Rome expands beyond Italy, conquers France, Spain, coastal North Africa, as well as Greece and the Greek-ruled Hellenistic Kingdoms
-The Romans adopt Greek culture, fuse it with their own, and continue enforcing Greek culture and language. Greek was co-official with Latin, and was the main language in the eastern half of the empire, in the areas Greeks had already been ruling (hence why the New Testament was written in Greek), as well as Greece itself. Greeks embrace being Roman citizens and Romans.
-Emperor Constantine the Great (who was also the first Christian emperor) moves the capital of the empire from Rome to the Greek-speaking city Constantinople (names the city after himself)
-Tribes from northern Europe sack the Roman Empire. The western half (Italy, France, Spain) falls, but the eastern half manages to survive the ordeal and lives on for another 1000 years. It continues calling itself Roman Empire, but historians now call it East Roman or Byzantine Empire. The East Roman Empire manages to retake Italy and Spain for a few centuries, but eventually loses them again (the East Romans managed to hang on to Southern Italy for a while). Latin loses its co-official status in the East Roman Empire, making Greek the sole official language. Italy itself is broken into several kingdoms and city-states during the Middle Ages.
-Muslims from the east gradually start chipping away at the Middle Eastern territories of the East Roman Empire. They take Egypt, Syria, etc.
-in the 15th century, the Turks (who had been gradually encroaching from Central Asia) take Constantinople. What’s left of the Roman Empire is now dead.
-The Ottoman Turkish empire now rules many areas of Greece and other areas of Southeastern Europe for a few centuries.
-In Italy, one of the city-states, Venice, becomes powerful and established a little empire around the Mediterranean. They also take over and control many areas of Greece. For a few centuries, the Turks and Venetians fight each other for control of Greece.
-Then comes the Enlightenment in Europe in the 18th century and the concept of nation-state sweeps Europe in the 19th. Greeks fight for and win their independence from the Ottoman Turks. The Italian city-states unify into a single country.
-Here we are today
Side notes:
-As for the Ionian Islands: The Venetians ruled over the islands, and Venetian (not standard Italian) was the official language, but the Greeks continued using Greek as the local language. We’re talking now 16th-19th centuries, long after the Roman and East Roman Empires.
-Greco-Roman Civilization generally refers to Ancient Greece + Ancient Rome, until the fall of Rome in 395 AD (which historians use as the cut-off point for the Middle Ages). In its narrowest sense, it refers to the period when the Roman Republic absorbed Greece and the Hellenistic kingdoms, and onwards. In its broader sense, it includes history before the merger of the two empires, and just generally refers to the two cultures that heavily shaped the beginnings of Western history
Hope this history lesson helps!
Thanks for the info, it's definitely some fascinating history.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Love your videos and travel/filming/editing style. You remind me *a lot* of a friend of mine.
Amazing scenery thank you for another great video Gabe
Greetings over there beautiful country
Adventure, history, cuture, all wrapped up in one clip. Thank you.
Thanks again Gabriel. I’m a Brit living in Cyprus and the Greek islands are definitely the best places I’ve visited. Keep it going mate 👍👍
A blessed good day sir Gabe Wowwww another epic adventure and Breath taking viewes of Isnald of Greece, 🇬🇷, 🙏🙂 my dream travel Destinations with my friends, thank u so much sir Gabe for your excellent Wonderful video walk around tour in Paxi island Greece keep safe Godbless u from your solid fan viewer supporter from the Philippines 🇵🇭 sir Vhin 🙏🙂😍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
The amount of stone is Amazing... Looks way better than our typical brick walls here in the states...
I love to travel too but I don’t have the time and money to check off my bucket list yet.
This reminds me so much of Malta! @3:20, looks like the Blue Grotto! Love it!!!
Your videos are such a highlight! Thanks Gabriel 🙏
Hi.. Gabriel.. Amazing Greece 🍀
I'm really appreciating your videos at the moment Gabriel, thanks!
Beautiful 👍👍👍
Viel Glück und viel Segen auf all deinen Wegen, Gesundheit und Freude sei auch mit dabei!
Looking forward to watching this tonight. Usually your my coffee and travel content !!
Really enjoying the Greek videos, but please keep safe and not so near the edge. Good luck in all you do.
Real nice and relaxing hike...beautiful views!!
Great video Gabriel. Paxos looks amazing. Greetings from Crete.
I love that you love Greece so much Gabe! Always enjoy seeing your adventures, especially in my ancestral motherland.
Beautiful weather in your path Gabriel enjoy the Greek hot sun and beaches
Gabriel, have been watching you for years, you do a fabulous job, simply fantabulous! Keep up the good work, one day our paths will cross.
I’m glad to see you enjoying yourself. I don’t have very good memories of this Paxos/Anti Paxos. Took a boat trip from Corfu in early 90s. Advertised as paradise. Once out at sea boat crossing hit really rough. Every one sea sick. . People screaming in fear boat going to capsize. By the time we got there people still sick and dreading return journey to Corfu. Not a very good memory.
Glad to see you walking about and exploring. Good luck to you.
Thank you Gabriel! 😎🌊☀️😊❤
*History of Paxos*
"1386: The island was conquered by the Venetians along with Corfu. Paxos remained a Venetian possession for four centuries."
so these structures in video with Latin writing perhaps built somewhen between 1386 and 1786, maybe around XVc (15th century) and/or later, my guess
That makes sense. And if you look closely at the plaque you can see that there's Greek above it, which looks like another layer that was added over the Latin writing. So it was probably built by the Venetians and then when they left the Greeks used it and put their own sign on it in Greek.
Hi Gabriel, some history info which i think you will find it very interesting:
"Eastern Roman Empire", "Constantinople", "Byzantine Empire" etc.. are newer names, they didn't exist that period.
The Greeks were calling the Byzantine Empire "Βασιλεία των Ρωμαίων" (Kingdom/Empire of the Romans) or "Ρωμανια" (Romania). The term "Roman" had the meaning of the citizen of the first Christian Empire that Constantine the Great founded. The Greeks believed that only they were the true successors of that empire.
In the west the Latins were calling the Byzantine Empire mainly "Imperium Graecorum" (Empire of the Greeks") or "Graecia" (Greece) which is used till today for modern Greece.
Thank you for capturing the essence of every place you visit. Love, love your perspective and style.
You must visit Athos the Holy mountain.......it is a return to the 12th century ... you will not regret it
Love ❤️ to travel & your vlogs too..
Travel, eat, smile, repeat...good plan.
It's amazing
so lucky wish i was on my hols i am stuck in the uk
Gabriel I’m so hooked on your videos! I hope you keep up the frequent uploads.
Thanks for watching man. Lots more coming.
Thanks Gabriel. Great job 🌞
I really enjoyed your hike. Wish I had your energy!
the Guru of travel!! Thank You again for a great video!
I truly wish I was there! And wearing a nice cool shirt too! 😊👍
Always love the greek videos you do iam able to see a glimpse of where I will visit soon
Just imagine suddenly being transported back in time while you were on the trail. You find yourself surrounded by confused Greeks/Greco-Romans/Venetians. How do you think you'd explain your presence, your shades, or scooter 🤔🤔
Imagine waiting for your meal in your spider web for week long and some stranger trespasser snatches it just like that leaving you all starving ...
Sadge life of a spider
Great video gabe, as always.
Paxi a beautiful Island with Lot of culture love it! 👍 👌 😀 ❤️ 🤝
Hi Gabriel, Like most of Europe seem to go through a transition of power Venetian trades routes and territories go around the Aegean Sea which started around the 15 and 16th centuries there trade routes to and from Create and Cyprus and the Venetian Ionian Islands as well as other ports along the coastline.
Those tourist restaurants rip you off. Try a few blocks back where the locals go, it is much cheaper.
Greece is not only the islands and beaches, actually most of greece is mountainous areas and open fields
Love your videos Gabriel! Keep up the great content. Very tempted to book a flight to Greece now lol :)
Very good your videos Gabriel because you walk a lot and gives the feeling of freedom.And the music well selected.
One of my very best video I've ever seen 🇬🇷🍉🍉🍉🍒🍒🍒
Wonderful island and Gabriel, you really make it so authentic, communicating the very spirit of this island 😍👍
I feel as if I were there..👏👏👏🎩
This is fast becoming my favourite channel
At 9:05 when you’re at a viewpoint pointing at the beach, the cliff on the other side has a big shaped heart on it! ❤️ Wow!!
Been there. We rented a Jeep and went up into the hills. We were with Ashayana Deanne (Keylontic Science/The Freedom Teachings)and did grid work. We were visited by higher entities...great visuals for some of us. Loved the food, cats, little markets, ppl, island, olive trees, weather, air, water, etc. Thank you for sharing this Gab...Was taken back and had the same vibe. 💝
I just adore your videos💛⭐
awesome!
Paxi stunning place.
wowow, that's so nice and beautiful place love your videos man God bless you stay safe my bro you're really very lucky man
Scenery not seen in Japan! Thank you for sharing ☺️
Thank you so much from Seattle 🌊 ☀️ 💰
Looks similar to my home town lovely Malta 💯🦩🔝
OHHHHHHHHH MY I studied all of that but time has a way of it all slipping away. Too many years and life getting in the way. Maybe after this stupid pandemic thing gets over with I can start on my bucket list and the Greek Islands are on that list.
5:03 at the port of Lakka they rent boats with small motors, that you can drive yourself, to reach those secluded beaches
I don't know much but paxi specifically was never captured by ottomans thanks to the venetians protecting it. The ottomans were so mad they couldn't conquer the area that they set the whole island on fire. It had thousands of ancient trees on it but the fire, burned it all off. To revive it, the locals and the venetians replanted around the island
A Great and interesting video again! By the way the Old Sterna is Greek and not Venetian because you can read on the Signs 7:08 "Sterna Elliniki" that means "Greek Sterna"! Ancient Greece has a long history of advanced water management and distribution. The earliest Greek civilization, Minoa in Crete, developed cistern technology during the early Bronze Age, (ca. 3500-2150 BCE).This technology was used and refined throughout Greek history through the Hellenistic period (323- 46 BCE), considered by some to be the peak of cistern technology and development!
seems weird that greeks would officially name it the "greek sterna", that's like the french calling fries/chips "french fries". or is the sign pointing out that this type of cistern technology is exclusively greek in origin?
I think they just called it a Greek cistern because the Greeks used it after the Venetians left. The plaque pretty much proves it. I realized when I watched the video back that there's also Greek writing on the plaque, above the Latin. But it's another layer that was apparently plastered over the Latin. That means the Latin writing was first and the Greek was added later. The Venetians ruled the area for four hundred years so the tank was probably built during the Venetian era and then used by the Greeks later.
17:58 The Question is Hen or egg - which came first? Chicken - egg - chicken - egg or egg - chicken - egg - chicken ...Confusion!!?? Very Interesting!
@@vassiliosca5715 And who was there before the Venetians? Probably Greeks!
Before the Greeks the Venetians was there, and the Greeks was there before the Venetians!
What's your assessment of the percentage of Greeks who speak English? Thinking it's pretty high.
Very high, especially the younger folks but many of the older people as well.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos as opposed to Turkiy, which probably has the lowest percent in the world speak english lol
For your question about the sterna, the way it was built looks different from the venetian ones around the island, so most likely was made by the locals and taken over later
What a life man congrats
Gabe. Maybe you should be renting a kayak to explore the hidden beaches instead of walking miles to end up at a lost place. Though the view from above is stunning!
12:52/21:28 🚧 Γαβρίλη, go to the greek Holy Book to see the greek numbers.🚧
🚧 They used the greek Alphabet. 🚧
Hi there.Tnere is also Othonoi and Erikousa....two remote islands near Corfu...
Ha, I experienced vertigo when you approached the steep cliff.
Greece 🇬🇷 is TRULY the greatest country on earth! The women are beautiful
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Thanks for nice video.
Gabriel, these hights are scary 4:46 . Please be careful. 🍀
hi @gabriel great videos as always - do you have few recommendations/best places to visit in greece if you go there by car or do not have a car?
Hey Gabriel, loving the videos! Did you need a motorcycle license for that scooter?
No, driver's license was fine but I could only get the smallest one. You would need a motorcycle license for the more powerful motorbikes. And if you don't have one then look into getting an international driving permit because sometime they will ask for that. $20 at an AAA office in the US and it takes fifteen minutes.
get a paddle board and paddle to that beach, Gabe
Hello Gabriel
Are you heading to Korfu?
I will be there tonight for a couple of days and have been following your adventures throughout the Greek islands.
I was there a few days ago, flew out of the airport. The Corfu old town is amazing, enjoy.
Ofcoure, adventure traveling
You have to visit wine farm
Gab: Look at that view!...takes one step closer to edge of sheer cliff...Me: Safe on my sofa...biting my lip, experiencing vertigo!
Hi Gabriel i like to watch your videos, do you have a plan to visite France since you are in Europe
U lucky guy..
If a gopro has such a good quality I am buying one tomorrow
This is filmed with a DJI Osmo Action. Link below the video.
Impressed by your knowledge in Greco-roman world. Fun fact, the remaining Greeks that now live in Istabul are called by the Turks and call themselves Romans (Rum in Turkish, Romioi in Greek) Did you also visit Antipaxos, Vatoumi beach?
When you fly back to the U.S., I hear some kind of Covid PCR test is required. How, where, and when do you get one in Greece before boarding the plane back to the states? Or can you get an 'instant' Covid test (that is valid) at the U.S. airport you arrive in? It's all so darn confusing to me, and i'm supposed to leave for a 3 week vacation there the end of July. LOVE your videos, by the way!
Ask your travel agency or at the hotel you are staying and if any of those can not provide you with a clinic or a doctor who can get you tested then just look for a local clinic or a hospital yourself
@@user-do6qf5xf5c I don't have a travel agency I work with (i'm doing this by myself), and i'm sure the AirBnB managers (if I see them at all) won't know much about the subject. The clinics would probably know though. Thanks.
@@user-do6qf5xf5c Hello I'm supposed to be in aegean greek iand end of september. Get vaccined, EU vaccinal pass, but hearing all and it's contrary. How is the situation ? Should you wear mask outside and inside ? Are restau, museums, shops open ? Scared and fed up about "new restrictions" or "lockdown" .All I want is one week in this heavenly place.
Efkharisto. Thanks for reply 👋
You should visit Takis Shelter in Crete.
Hi Gabriel. Just a quick question. From watching all your videos I noticed that you travel with a back pack and not a luggage. Do you check in you back pack or use as a hand luggage? No waiting for luggage or dealing with lost luggage. And did they ever ask you to check in you backpack?
I bring my small day pack in the cabin and I check my larger backpack under the plane.
Thought about not using music Gabriel? I'd prefer to just hear you and the ambient sounds
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Come on Gabriel; you can't jump that gate with the motor bike?
Believe me, I tried. ;)
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21:28 WHAT DO THOSE STEPS LEAS TO EXACTLY?🤔😛
what were the night temperatures like?
Warm and getting warmer.