Hi to all the nice folks out there

[San Galgano]

Seems like i have to make admins and moderators waste some time,so that's me.
28 years old,born in the hilly region of Tuscany,birthplace of Renaissance,Michelangel,Leonardo da Vinci,Machiavelli,Galileo,Marconi,Meucci,Dante,Pet rarca,Vespucci,Botticelli and Oriana Fallaci.
Once said this,Who could believe more then me in in the importance of cultural and spiritual preservation as this site promotes?

See you around guys,if that will not happen i hope it's because of you.:D

[Osweo]

Tuscany, birthplace of Renaissance, Michelangel, Leonardo da Vinci, Machiavelli, Galileo, Marconi, Meucci, Dante, Petrarca, Vespucci, Botticelli and Oriana Fallaci.
... and a certain Tarquin that a certain Lucretia will never forget... :p

Welcome aboard, Etruscan! :yo:

[Aemma]

Hi and welcome here San Galgano! Please make yourself at home, poke around and join in the fun!

Cheers for now!...Aemma :)

[The Lawspeaker]

Ah Toscana. A beautiful part of Italy. I loved Volterra :)
Welcome aboard, Etruscan.

[Grumpy Cat]

Welcome.

And Tuscany, eh???

Feel free to share some recipes from your part of the world on here. :D

[San Galgano]

Thanks to all of you guys.

I come from a town near Siena even if i feel all Tuscany as my home.
There is an interesting thing about the place where i come from who could interest british people:
The legend of San Galgano who something says influenced the King Arthur's one.
http://www.iviaggidellupo.it/images/SanGalgano03_003.jpg


Guys forgive me,i'm too narcissist when i talk about my region.:roll eyes

[Grumpy Cat]

Be as narcissist as you want. Tuscany is an interesting region.

Mind you, I'm only really knowledgeable about the regional cuisine (I like trying, and trying to cook, food from other cultures), which I think is the best in Italy and possibly Europe.

[Osweo]

The legend of San Galgano who something says influenced the King Arthur's one.
http://www.iviaggidellupo.it/images/SanGalgano03_003.jpg

OOHHH!!!!!! What does it say there? 'In this rock.... ' ? Do tell!

(Should we pronounce your name like Galyano, by the way?)

[San Galgano]

OOHHH!!!!!! What does it say there? 'In this rock.... ' ? Do tell!

(Should we pronounce your name like Galyano, by the way?)


Osweo i'm not that fluent in english so i think this will satisfy your curiosity:
http://www.sangalgano.org/ENG/location.htm

There is everything you have to know about that place.
Hope you will like.

[San Galgano]

Be as narcissist as you want. Tuscany is an interesting region.

Mind you, I'm only really knowledgeable about the regional cuisine (I like trying, and trying to cook, food from other cultures), which I think is the best in Italy and possibly Europe.

Dragon i'll post some recipes from my region in the future.
Mind that i'm a lot better in Tuscan wines though!

[San Galgano]

@Osweo
this is an extract from that site:



Did King Arthur Come From Italy?

A mysterious "sword in the stone" said to have been thrust into a rock near Siena by a medieval knight proves that the legend of King Arthur, Excalibur and the Holy Grail originated in Tuscany, not Cornwall or Brittany, an Italian scholar claims.

The sword, of which only the hilt and an inch or two of blade is visible, is preserved at the Gothic abbey of San Galgano at Montesiepi, about 19 miles (30 km) southwest of Siena. The Cistercian abbey, now ruined, was built to honor St Galgano, a 12th-century Tuscan nobleman named Galgano Guidotti who renounced a life of "arrogance, lust and violence" to become a hermit after seeing a vision of the Archangel Michael.

To symbolize his rejection of war, he supposedly plunged his sword into the rock, which miraculously "parted like butter", leaving only the hilt exposed to form the shape of the Cross.

It has been assumed that the Tuscan "sword in the stone" is a fake, made to echo the Celtic legend of King Arthur as told by Geoffrey of Monmouth and Chretien de Troyes and by Thomas Malory in his celebrated 15th- century Le Morte Darthur.

But a study by the medieval historian Mario Moiraghi suggests that the story of St Galgano and his sword was the origin of the myth of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, embellished by medieval troubadours as it spread from Tuscany.

[Beorn]

Did King Arthur Come From Italy?

No. Next!

Welcome by the way. :wavey001:

[Gooding]

Hello, San Galgano.:wavey001:

[Osweo]

@Osweo
this is an extract from that site:
Fascinating stuff, thanks!
Not TOO far away in Modena, there is of course the earliest known depiction of King Arthur:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modena_Cathedral
Modena cathedral's north portal, known as the Porta della Pescheria, features high relief carvings of secular scenes on the marble archivolt and lintel. The carvings on the archivolt are notable for depicting a very early Arthurian scene.[2]
The lintel carvings include a cross, birds, animals, and a man riding a hippocamp. The archivolt carving, dubbed the "Modena Archivolt" in Arthurian circles, includes inscriptions identifying the figures as Arthurian characters and sets them in a scene which has various correspondences in Arthurian literature.[2] It is possibly the earliest monumental sculpture to feature the Arthurian legend.[2] The sculptor has been dubbed the "Arthur Master", and critics note that while his inspiration outshines his skill he faithfully captures realistic details in architecture and dress.[2] The date of the piece and the artist's source have been debated vigorously.[2] Roger Sherman Loomis argued for a date at the beginning of the 12th century, which would place the carving decades earlier than the earliest written Arthurian romances on the continent. However, other evidence points to a date no earlier than 1120, and the later work of Jacques Stiennon and Rita Lejeune suggests a date between 1120 and 1140.[2]

At the center of the Modena Archivolt image is a castle defended by two towers, inside of which are two figures identified as "Mardoc" and "Winlogee". The left tower is defended by a pickaxe-wielding man named "Burmaltus", who faces off against Artus de Bretania (King Arthur), Isdernus (most likely Yder), and another unnamed knight, who all bear their lances against him. On the other side, the knight "Carrado" spars with "Galvagin" (likely Gawain), while "Che" (Kay) and "Galvariun" (perhaps Galeshin) approach with their lances at their shoulders.

http://www.markadderley.net/arthur/lancelot-and-guinevere/modena.html
http://fits.depauw.edu/aharris/Courses/LoveAndWar/Images/The%20Modena%20archivolt.jpg

ARTUS DE BRETANI:
http://bobhaho.googlepages.com/Arthur.png

Clearly somebody in the region had a passion for these stories. :)

[Brynhild]

Welcome, and please share some recipes along with your culture - I love Italian food, it's a miracle I'm not fat! :D

[San Galgano]

Fascinating stuff, thanks!
Not TOO far away in Modena, there is of course the earliest known depiction of King Arthur:


http://www.markadderley.net/arthur/lancelot-and-guinevere/modena.html
http://fits.depauw.edu/aharris/Courses/LoveAndWar/Images/The%20Modena%20archivolt.jpg

ARTUS DE BRETANI:
http://bobhaho.googlepages.com/Arthur.png

Clearly somebody in the region had a passion for these stories. :)


The Galvagin knight quoted, seems like it was the anglo version of the italian name Galgano-Galvano(which is the second name many times ancient writers called San Galgano)

Of course is pure speculation, even if a sword in the stone(who is not a fake and dated by test to be from 12th century )can't be called pure speculation.

[Osweo]

The Galvagin knight quoted,seems like it was the anglo version of the italian name Galgano-Galvano(which is the second name many times ancient writers called San Galgano)
I had a flash of inspiration!
Galvagin/Galgano seems VERY close to the term Galwegian!

A Galwegian is a man from Galloway - the furthest southwestern part of Scotland. If Sir Gawain can also be connected here, we might be able to suppose a Galloway connection to this part of the Arthurian legend. :thumb001:

[San Galgano]

I had a flash of inspiration!
Galvagin/Galgano seems VERY close to the term Galwegian!

A Galwegian is a man from Galloway - the furthest southwestern part of Scotland. If Sir Gawain can also be connected here, we might be able to suppose a Galloway connection to this part of the Arthurian legend. :thumb001:


lol
We have to put everything on a book and sell it over internet.
Future millionaires at work here.:D

[San Galgano]

I'm going to post a cumulative thanks to all the people who greeted me in this introduction.

THANKS to everybody.