For my kind American relatives!

Finally I found a noble coat of arms of the GROPPI! They are probably only unreliable reconstructions, as it is now certain that the "Groppi" take their surname from Monte Groppo which is located near the city of Parma. They were said to be regarded as "the fools" of that region. We also have near Castelnuovo, about 15 kilometers away, another small ancient village of less than 2000 inhabitants: Montieri, in the province of Grosseto. And the "stories" of the montierini are passed in literature and history, including in Europe, where there are about 10 other "stupid" villages! Think that one of the most common surnames in Montieri is "Lombardi", that is the name derived from the Lombards, who came to these places to cultivate silver and iron mines, in the seventh century after Christ.

You must know that the Italian language was born in a very small quadrilateral which has the summits in Volterra, Travale, Montieri and Massa Marittima (within which Castelnuovo is located)!

Well, even the "stupid" mountain dwellers who came down to the city of Parma for the market, were apostrophized by the citizens "here, the Groppi have arrived!" as if to say that the stupid had arrived! Now many people with the surname Groppi are located right in Northern Italy. In Parma there is also a city street called "Via Groppi"! Another Groppi must have made a fortune in Egypt, so much so that in Cairo there is the most famous coffee in that city with the name "Caffè Groppi", written in Arabic!

In short, we have at least one emblem! A kiss to all my American relatives (especially the beautiful women and girls)! Carlo.