
The Abandoned City of Craco Destroyed by Earthquake in Italy
Perched atop a rocky hillside overlooking the area of Basilicata, Southern Italy, is the hauntingly stunning ghost town of Craco. A once-thriving medieval village, Craco is now stuck in time—its narrow stone roads, empty homes, and bony buildings silenced. Abandoned decades ago by a combination of natural catastrophes, including a disastrous earthquake and persistent landslides,…