The "Gerhard Rohlfs" Museum of Calabrian Greek in Bova represents an important milestone in the local development strategy that has been pursued in the village of Bova for 25 years.  The decision to create it was the result of a process of local development that allowed Bova to live its "cultural identity" more consciously and to promote it also for historical-touristic and cultural purposes. This is why the structure of the museum was created, to tell, through the history of the Calabrian Greek language, the story of a community that still speaks it and lives on the slopes of the southern Aspromonte, in particular in the municipalities of Bova, Bova, Marina, Condofuri, Roghudi and Roccaforte del Greco, all overlooking the Fiumara dell'Amendolea in the province of Reggio Calabria. Its realisation is mainly due to the will of the administrations that have succeeded each other in recent years in Bova and to the will of the community of Bova. The museum exhibition has been realised and enriched over the years thanks to the various local institutions (Calabria Region, Aspromonte Park Authority, GAL Area Grecanica, Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, etc.) that have contributed in various ways to its enhancement, and to the many private partners that have participated in events and projects. It is therefore a museum that has been created to crown a feeling and an experience of Bova and the Bovesi, who are and have always been a point of reference for the entire Grecanica area, as they were in the past, when the Chòra was the life and economic, cultural and religious centre of the area. A visit to the museum is an opportunity to learn more about the peculiarities of the Greek-Calabrian language and the millenary cultural identity of the Greeks of Calabria, recognised as a linguistic minority by national law no. 482/1999 and regional law no. 15/2003.