Campomaggiore Vecchio is not simply another abandoned village in southern Italy. Its roofless houses, broken arches and empty windows are the remains of a remarkable social experiment: an attempt to create an orderly, productive and surprisingly modern community in the…
Craco ghost town rises from the clay hills of Basilicata like the surviving fragment of a vanished civilisation. Its houses cling to a narrow ridge, their empty windows looking across the valley of the Cavone River, while a square medieval…
The stone city that went from national shame to one of Europe’s great symbols of rebirth Matera does not look like a city that was built. It looks like a city that emerged from the earth. Houses, churches, stairs, courtyards…