5 ghost places in Italy

Consonno, in the province of Lecco, became a ghost town due to the infringement of local building regulations in the '60s and due to the 1977 landslide.

5 ghost places in Italy

The minaret was the most majestic building of the village of Consonno: a large trade center, in the middle of which there was a tower admired and remembered by everyone, according to Mario Bagno.

5 ghost places in Italy

Leri Cavour, in the province of Vercelli, was the Benso family's country estate. Photo by Alisei memories

5 ghost places in Italy

The abandoned housing cluster of Gairo Vecchio, Sardinia.

5 ghost places in Italy

The old housing cluster of the village (today called Gairo Vecchio) was half-destroyed by a flood in 1951 and then was completely abandoned.

5 ghost places in Italy

The bell tower of the old church of Curon is the only building that emerges from the waters and has become one of the main attractions of the ghost village.