Roscigno Vecchia - Ghost Town - Places to see

Roscigno Vecchia one of the most beautiful abandoned villages in Italy

Roscigno Vecchia is one of the most beautiful abandoned villages in Italy for its low stone houses and the remains of the church. Roscigno Vecchia is a village located in Cilento, a place frozen in time made up of ruins, alleys, farmyards and narrow streets. vegetation here has taken over. it was abandoned due to continuous landslides. Today only one person lives here, its caretaker Giuseppe Spagnuolo , who will welcome you and list what to visit; the museum of rural civilization, the church of San Nicola di Bari, the fountain, the wash house, the archaeological area of Mount Pruno. All you have to do is go to this magical ghost town.

History

Cleared in the early 1900s due to landslides, today the village is inhabited by only one person: Guiseppe Spagnuolo, sixty, is the guide of this place where time seems to have stopped. The history of Roscigno Vecchia begins in 1500. landslides force the population to move the location of the village. among the inhabitants there are those who leave on the other side of the world and those who remain nearby. also known as the Pompeii of 900, Roscigno over the years has never been contaminated by modernity

Curiosity

at the beginning of 2000, there are those among the inhabitants who return to Roscigno Vecchia. his name is Giuseppe Spagnuolo, a little over sixty years old, with a thick beard, a hat always on his head and a pipe. he lives in one of the abandoned houses of the village. Giuseppe is an integral part of the beauty of this village. he likes to call himself "free" and be called that.

What see

the village maintains its original urban and architectural features. the houses develop around the only pizaa Giovanni Nicotera, to see the characteristic circular stone fountain, not far from the Church of San Nicola di Bari. linden trees and plane trees dominate. and the position of the houses is singular that develop on the basis of the ancient trades that the inhabitants carried out.