A California woman, taking advantage of an ever-increasing opportunity in Europe, bought three crumbling homes in a small Italian town in 2019 for $3.30 combined — and is now fixing them up.

Fly over the abandoned medieval village of Craco in Basilicata, Italy—an eerie and cinematic ghost town perched on a rugged ...

Long abandoned: San Severino di Centola is one of around 6,000 abandoned ghost hamlets or villages around Italy that have been deserted due to either migration or natural disasters. Monica Gillocchi ...

A generation experiencing rising standards of living had fewer children, and those children, now grown up, are moving to the ...

Suddenly there were loads of people turning up with cameras and guidebooks. I had to quickly learn to say ‘welcome’ in five ...

The ground rumbled, homes shook violently, screams pierced the air — and residents of Fossa, Italy were jolted awake by a monstrous force tearing their world apart. The devastating 2009 L ...

Italy has some 5,000 ghost towns, many boasting temples covered in moss, collapsed medieval abbeys and crumbling Renaissance fortresses. By John Varga. 03:05, Sat, Mar 22, 2025.

In Italy, towns like this often make it to the Big Screen (it’s hard not to when they’re so stunning). I arrived just before dusk, the golden light hitting the stone walls like something from ...

Craco, Italy. Perched dramatically on a hill in southern Italy, the medieval town of Craco must be one of the most picturesque ghost towns in the world, but it was only abandoned relatively recently.

12 Best Small Towns in Italy. ... About a dozen people live in Civita, once a thriving Renaissance town, later largely abandoned due to subsidence (this is Lazio's canyon country).

Long abandoned: San Severino di Centola is one of around 6,000 abandoned ghost hamlets or villages around Italy that have been deserted due to either migration or natural disasters. Monica Gillocchi ...