This article, from Travel and Leisure, appears on In Style.
Spook Yourself by Renting this Magnificent Villa In an Italian Ghost Town
When it was reported that Italy’s hauntingly beautiful Civita di Bagnoregio village was basically a ghost town after being decimated by landslides and earthquakes, Italians began campaigning to save the village from being lost forever. They started a global awareness campaign to save the town and, in 2013, locals started charging visitors €1.50 (about $1.67) to enter the medieval village, helping it to raise maintenance funds.
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