Plague, Drought, Landslides, and Earthquakes: This Italian Ghost Town Was Hit by Every Possible Calamity

Plague, Drought, Landslides, and Earthquakes: This Italian Ghost Town Was Hit by Every Possible Calamity
Shutterstock/illpaxphotomatic
Anna Mason
Updated:
0:00

Enter into Italy’s wasteland of ancient ghost towns, long abandoned and left to slowly crumble and fade under the hot southern sun.

There are more than 6,000 vacant villages in Italy, and Craco is just one of them. It’s hard to imagine that this eerily quiet medieval village once buzzed with life.
Anna Mason
Anna Mason
Author
Anna Mason is a writer based in England. She majored in literature and specializes in human interest, travel, lifestyle and content marketing. Anna enjoys storytelling, adventures, the Balearic sunshine and the Yorkshire rain.
Related Topics