I drove with a van from Innsbruck Austria to Bolzano Italy – here is a little walking tour!
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:42 Old Church Vineyard
4:31 German / Italian Mix
5:47 Old Town City Center
11:43 Breakfast
12:09 Hiking the Hill for a View
24:30 DRONE SHOT!
28:17 Skateboard Adventures
32:55 Exploring Bolzano Main Street
42:18 Church
47:37 City Walk and Skate!
#italy #walkingtour #bolzano
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Such beauty and you can show it ! Stunning all
In East Belgium it is similar or Mallorca is for Germans and Austrians like Hawaii for Americans 😅😂
In Central Europe, the German-speaking area includes Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, East Belgium, South Tyrol, North Schleswig and a little in Alsace, as France, Belgium, Italy, Denmark and the Netherlands are neighbouring countries and borders have shifted, hence the mixture
Bozen (Bolzano) is about 75% Italian speaking, so say buon giorno 😂. The countryside is very German-speaking, because Südtirol used to be Austrian until the Allies gave it to Italy 🇮🇹 after WW1. They have their own dialect, which is very different to mainline German in North Germany. South Tyrol is also very autonomous, meaning they are by far the richest and most successful region in Italy. Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹
The landscape in Europe here is not just picturesque by itself, but because of the hard work of the farmers (= agriculture) in every single town, who work day and night to keep the landscape and woods in shape. Also the municipal workers, so that there are flowers etc. and no trash. Day and night compared to the US. Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹
Dear Conner,
You could (should) also visit the Swiss town Crans-Montana (in the Swiss mountains) and the famous Swiss cheese town gruyères (Swiss canton Fribourg).
After 1918, Italy received South Tyrol as spoils of war and has since then pursued a policy of Italianization through the targeted settlement of ethnic Italians. Every building in Bolzano and the whole of Tyrol that is older than a hundred years is built in the German-Austrian style of the respective period.
Dude this is the best travel vid Ive ever seen….riding a skateboard where youre at is GENIUS.
It was a very good video. Thanks for an outsider's perspective.
Outside of the big cities the German soul is much more prominent.
This City's original name is Bozen.
check Merano
Hey Conner 🙂 While you're in Bolzano, be sure to check out the Ötzi exhibition. The 5,300-year-old mummy, which was frozen in the ice of the Ötstal Alps, is exhibited and reconstructed there, along with all of the person's equipment from the Copper Age.
The most beautiful city in this region is Meran/Merano !
You are a very nice openminded-interested guy 👍
After the Treaty of Versailles, South Tyrol had to cede the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy to the Kingdom of Italy and the entire Dual Monarchy was destroyed. Previously, parts of northern Italy belonged to Austria-Hungary. For example, the port city of Trieste and parts of the surrounding area of Venice. Before the First World War there were virtually no ethnic Italians in Bozen/Bolzano. The actual language border was a little south of Bozen/Bolzano, at the Salurner Klause. Mussolini settled people from southern Italy in South Tyrol and agreed with his fascist friend Hitler to resettle the former Austrians in conquered areas of Eastern Europe. Due to the course of the Second World War, this resettlement could not be completed. Of those who had already left their homeland, some returned to their old homeland. Mussolini also failed to replace the mountain farmers, but the southern Italians who settled in Bolzano/Bozen stayed and earned their living in industry. It was only within the framework of the European Community that equality and extensive autonomy for the province (Alto Adige/oberes Etschtal) were achieved to the advantage of both language groups. South Tyrol is one of the most economically successful provinces in Italy.
Hello Conner,
wish you a good trip
Skateboarding on roads is a tricky issue. I am not sure if it is allowed in South Tyrol, but in Germany it is definately not, so please make sure you are allowed before boarding on the streets, otherwise it may be finded.
Conner, how do you feel about the cultural diversity / difference in landscapes?
Many Americans say that the cultural diversity in the US (State to state comparison) holds up to the cultural diversity found in Europe.
Now, South Tyrol, is a "transitional" area, where you find this mixed Italian/German culture, but I still find it more distinctive than most US states when compared to one another. Maybe not the nature in Texas and Minnesota, but even just having a different local language, makes such a difference to me. It feels different, whereas a dialect (e.g. Texan and Minnesotan) or High German/Bavarian isn't as impactful to me.
Also: Besides the filming whilst driving part (don't – you're risking hefty fines and losing your licence) – make sure to read up on Drone laws in Europe. Especially with drones heavier than 249g. The recently adopted EU drone laws are quite restrictive and there are so many pitfalls + high fines.
Stay safe, we want to keep watching your videos!
Conner Sullivan's Pro Skater 2024 😄. Nice Vlog and skating.
dude come to the st. pauls winery and taste some wine
❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘💋💋💋
They keep all the tax money. Plus Italy gives more money, to keep them good. I would be surprised if they don't make a better living. Austria wouldn't give them anything.
You should experience a bit more of the real South Tyrolean culture. In South Tyrol, we have much more to offer than just the Italian things. Go to smaller cities like Glurns, Meran, or Bruneck. You could also go to an alp and experience the mountain life or drive through valleys like Gröden, Ulten, Pustertal, or Vinschgau. This is the real South Tyrol. 😉
I want another video 😊🎉
I was born there, left 1972 and never went back.
Rgds from Alaska
Hi mate, want to visit some others pearls here in the nearby?
Nice videos btw!
I reply to those who say about Germanic influences::
Typical border disputes, 😂this also happens in France in Alsace. Bolzano is Italian.
Alsace is French. so end of the story
The French Riviera from Nice to Menton it was once Italian but now it is French. So don't talk bullshit! Of course ! architectures are a mix of Italian and German style,Dual influences are normal on every boundary. Remember that you are talking about the great Italy,The History of the Western Europe starts when the Roman Empire started to spread with their large influence.
Not to mention the Renaissance and much much more
You are passing the school my mother attended an in this church my parents married you are in Gries the more italian looking building is a monastry the "Roman" road is the old roapway-lane and the "newer" one is actually older, don't fly your drone in Italy over Houses, the church on minute 40 is the main church of Bolzano the sign on min 47 says one direction except bicycles, min 48 is the oldest part of Bolzano, min 50 is the townhall (Rathaus) in the church on min 54 we married on min57 You ware by my old School (elementary)
🇮🇹🧐In ancient Alto Adige/South Tyrol or Raetia the Etruscans lived and ruled
The question of etymology, that is, the origin and actual meaning of the ethnic Latin Raeti was until recently all up in the air. There was recently a specialist in the Rhaetian language, Giovanni Rapelli, who dedicated a large paragraph to it in his remarkable work “Il latino dei primi secoli (IX-VII a. C. e l’etrusco” (Rome 2013, ItalAteneo); in this he carried out a very detailed and in-depth analysis of the question, proposing different hypothetical solutions, among which however he did not decide to prefer one. And for this reason until some time ago I felt I could affirm that the question of the etymology of the ethnic Latin Raeti and of their land Raetia was still completely open. The Raeti, Rhaeti are mentioned by several Latin and Greek authors and Raetia, Rhaeti included the current Tyrol, part of Switzerland and Bavaria (Tacitus, hist. 2.98.1). According to Titus Livius (V, 33), a native of Padua and therefore particularly informed of local and nearby facts, the Raeti were of Etruscan ethnicity, as was also evident from the language they still spoke. Massimo Pallottino (Etruscologia, VII renewed edition, page 224) underlined “the infrequent peremptoriness of Livy’s statement haud dubie”, that is, “without any doubt”. According to Pliny the Elder (Naturalis Historia, III, 133), the Raeti were of Etruscan ethnicity and had been pushed back into the Alpine valleys as a result of the invasion of the Po Valley by the Gauls or Celts.
Two important methodological premises: I) In this writing of mine I refer to Etruscan words, which – as many know – being documented mostly by funerary inscriptions, are obviously ‘anthroponyms’. But it must be remembered and underlined that all ‘anthroponyms’ were originally ‘appellatives’, which is why the transition from those to these is a completely legitimate procedure. It is certainly appropriate to express strong regret that many of the Etruscan funerary inscriptions consist only of anthroponyms, but these, before being ‘anthroponyms’, were just as many ‘appellatives’, which therefore offer the opportunity to identify the original “meaning” of the previous Etruscan appellative. For example: a) The frequent Etruscan first name or personal name LARCE is attested in a recent inscription in the Latin alphabet as Large, and then from the Latin adjective largus «large, generous, magnanimous» (until now without an etymology) it is possible to deduce that the Etruscan LARCE also originally meant «large, generous, magnanimous»; b) From the Etruscan first name SPURIE, clearly corresponding to the Latin adjective spurius «spurious or illegitimate child» it is easy and obvious to deduce that the Etruscan SPURIE also originally meant «spurious or illegitimate child»; c) Since the Etruscan gentile name SATURE clearly corresponds to the Latin adjective satur «saturated, satiated», it is easy to deduce that the Etr. SATURE also meant «saturated, satiated».
II) With the aim of avoiding as much as possible any ‘casual or fortuitous’ phonetic concordances, I have always forced myself to compare only words with at least 5 phonemes. a) It is possible to go below this figure only when there is perfect semantic or meaning equality between the words compared. b) From my long practice as an etymologist, it appears to me that the best situation for solving etymological problems is that which concerns words that have 6 phonemes arranged in 3 syllables. Words that have more than 6 phonemes and more than 3 syllables are “ambiguous”, given that they can be appellatives or verbs with long endings or terminations or they can be “compound words”.
The Etruscan origin of the Raeti is widely confirmed by the relics of the Etruscan language, those collected by the Corpus Inscriptionum Etruscarum (CIE) and now also by the Thesaurus Linguae Etruscae (1st and 2nd edition) (ThLE) (here they are written in all capital letters). And these are the following anthroponyms or gentilics:
RITNAS «(of) Ritinio», masculine gentilic in genitive; REITNEI, RITNEI «Ritinia» (feminine gentilic); RITINATIS «(of) *Ritinatio» (in genitive) nickname or surname probably = ‘hunter with nets’. (For the accent and the suffix, the Ital. appellatives rètina and retina, both of evident Etruscan imprint, should be recalled and underlined). And all of them should be compared with the Latin gentilics Raetin(i)us, Raetius, R(a)etina, Retinus, Ritin(i)a, Ritinius (RNG).
The alternation of diphthongs and vowels ae/ei/e/i is well known in the phonology of the Etruscan language (LICE rule 1).
Having said all this, I have brought the ethnic Raetus back to the Etr. word RETEE (ThLE²) and to the Latin appellation rete,-is, retis,-is (so far of obscure origin, but almost certainly Etruscan; DELL, AEI, DELI², Etym) with the meaning of «hunter with nets».
Hunting birds, deer, fallow deer, wild boars, etc. with nets is very ancient and still widespread among peoples, even if it is prohibited in some countries such as Italy. It is much more widespread in the mountains and much less so in the plains. In fact, the plains are generally very inhabited by humans, are occupied by domesticated animals (sheep, cattle and pigs) and by agricultural crops, so there is very little space for hunting with nets. Hunting with nets, on the other hand, is very frequent in the mountains, both because these are much less inhabited by humans, are generally wooded and also favor it a lot with the valleys and valleys and with the gullies and passes, in which birds and animals are forced to pass and in which hunters place their nets. It is therefore not strange that the Raeti, resident in all the valleys of the Alpine Arc up to Austria, Switzerland and Bavaria, practiced hunting with nets and therefore were called "Hunters with nets". Even today, despite the prohibition of the laws, in Trentino ‘hunting with nets’ is frequently practiced and this for poaching.
There is nothing strange in the fact that an entire people could have derived their name of «Hunters with nets», given that, for example, the ancient Sicani and Siculi very probably derived their name from the tribal weapon they used, the Latin sica, sicŭla «dagger, small dagger», of unknown origin so far (DELL, DELI², Etym), but almost certainly Etruscan, as demonstrated by the Etr. gentiliciums SICE and SICLE probably «Sicilio», gentilicium masc., to be compared with the Latin Sicilius (RNG) (ThLE²).
We have clear and certain evidence of the knowledge and use that the Etruscans made of nets: for example, the Latin retiarius was the «gladiator who fought with a net and a trident» and it is known that the ‘gladiatorial games’ were invented by the Etruscans.
It is noteworthy that the Etruscan origin of the name rete is confirmed by some phytonyms of the proto-Sardinian language, similar – as I systematically demonstrate – to the Etruscan language: reti, rethi, teti, tethi, tetti (masc.), tettone «clematis cirrosa», «fiammola», «vitalba» (Clematis cirrosa, C. flammula, C. vitalba L.): almost certainly a proto-Sardinian relic to be compared – not derived – from the Latin rete, retis. The plants mentioned, similar to each other in appearance, often constitute a ‘net’ stretched between other plants that hinders the passage of animals and men. And it must be pointed out that phonetic difficulties prevent its derivation from the Latin word which – I insist on specifying – was until now of obscure origin (NVLS).
Obviously, South Tyrol subsequently underwent an almost total ethnic and linguistic ‘Germanization’, even in its name, which became Sϋdtirol «South Tyrol». But this ‘Germanization’ is more than a millennium later than the previous ‘Etruscanization’.
MASSIMO PITTAU 2019