Which Italian area is phenotypically closest to Greece?

[Tauromachos]

I think both Apulians and Peloponnese look more Balkan than Calabrese would look, so when comparing Apulia to Calabria you notice a difference.

Yes but apart from Calabrese being often fairly dark and some Levantine/Cypriot looking types that exist there they are one of the most robust looking
types in Southern Italy.

And Greeks in the Southern Mainland can also be very dark.

If you select the darkest types of Southern Mainlanders and Apulians both look indistinguishable among Calabrese.

[Kouros]

I do actually think there is a difference between the Adriatic coast and Calabria at least. I would go so far as to say Apulians look pretty much like Peloponnesians.

Well according to some Italians I've met on other/previous forums, Calabrians are actually darker than Sicilians. I'm basing my whole thing off of Italians I've met irl and pics I've seen on here. In which case if Greece was completely wiped out and I had to repopulate it with individuals I think are genetically/phenotypically the 'Greekest' I wouldn't look anywhere past these borders (+ Sicily prob) - not any more north, not any more south.

[MinervaItalica]

Twisted poll.

Emilia-Romagna is NE.

I don't see Sardinia and Aosta Valley in the poll but you added Malta which is not Italy.

OT: The last two options. Obviously people who can pass in Greece can be found everywhere in Italy.

[Sikeliot]

Well according to some Italians I've met on other/previous forums, Calabrians are actually darker than Sicilians. I'm basing my whole thing off of Italians I've met irl and pics I've seen on here.

Calabrese, in my opinion, look very similar to Cypriots. Sicilians can and often are equivalent to Calabrese and the two are so close but there was no Norman or Lombard settlement of Calabria and this may make any difference that exists.

[GiCa]

In my opinion it is Apulia, and this makes sense genetically and phenotypically but I am curious if the question is asked, what people put.

Calabria has more Greek poleis than puglia

[GiCa]

Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzo were never Greek

You can opt out also Marche that had only the Ankon polis


Most greek polis are found d in Sicily and Calabria, basilicata

Then it comes Campania and puglia

[JMack]

Calabrese, in my opinion, look very similar to Cypriots.

They don't. Cypriots are straight up Levantines with some European influence, you're clearly exercising your agenda here. Most Calabrese are very robust to begin with, so you are already wrong. But, honestly, I don't have enough patience to educate you anymore.

Answering to the topic: Southeast and Southwest are the only parts of Italy that can overlap with Greece. Greeks would have a hard time to fit anywhere else.

[GiCa]

The region that culturally presents itself more Greek is in every sense Calabria

[Sikeliot]

They don't. Cypriots are straight up Levantines with some European influence, you're clearly exercising your agenda here. Most Calabrese are very robust to begin with, so you are already wrong. But, honestly, I don't have enough patience to educate you anymore.

Answering to the topic: Southeast and Southwest are the only parts of Italy that can overlap with Greece. Greeks would have a hard time to fit anywhere else.

Do you agree that there are places in Greece that don't look like any Italian like the north of Greece?

[Sikeliot]

Calabria has more Greek poleis than puglia

This is not true.