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Entire towns and villages for sale in Europe

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Fancy becoming mayor of your very own town?

Christie’s International Real Estate

As far as social distancing goes, it doesn’t get much better than upping sticks to your own private town. From picture-postcard Swedish villages to medieval Italian ghost towns frozen in time, these unique settlements are the ultimate real estate opportunities. Fancy taking on the title of mayor? Let’s look around the towns and villages on the market across Europe right now.

O Penso, Lugo, Spain: £237,000 ($293k)

Galician Country Homes

The tiny village of O Penso in northern Spain sits in just over 100 acres of land and is currently on the market with Galician Country Homes. The charming abandoned ghost town comes with a cattle barn, two additional barns, a bakery complete with two bread ovens and a water well.

O Penso, Lugo, Spain: £237,000 ($293k)

Galician Country Homes

The sleepy settlement was last inhabited a decade ago and has since been left to languish. While its characterful stone buildings may have seen better days, this snug rural village could have plenty of development potential in the right hands.

O Penso, Lugo, Spain: £237,000 ($293k)

Galician Country Homes

The sale includes five residential houses, four of which need to be completely renovated. The property that’s currently habitable features five bedrooms, a modern bathroom, kitchen and living room, plus running water and electricity.

O Penso, Lugo, Spain: £237,000 ($293k)

Galician Country Homes

At the bottom of the valley is a small trout river, along with an orchard filled with peaches, figs, walnuts, apples and pears. Just six miles away you’ll find stretches of dazzling white sand beaches – a renowned haven for surfers, making the village the perfect base for a holiday retreat.

Rivecave, Aveyron, France: £312,000 ($395k)

GITES for sale in France

If a remote country retreat is top of your property wishlist, it doesn’t get much more private than this sleepy hamlet for sale in Aveyron, France. Spread across six verdant acres inside the Grands Causses Regional Nature Park, there’s not a neighbour in sight, and what’s more, this piece of provincial paradise can be yours for a mere £312,000 ($395k).

Rivecave, Aveyron, France: £312,000 ($395k)

GITES for sale in France

Situated a few miles from the scenic Tarn river, the traditional hamlet is home to four houses and two barns in various states of repair. Despite its isolated location, flanked by rolling fields and endless stretches of countryside, connections are surprisingly good, with Toulouse and the Mediterranean coastline reachable within 90 minutes.

Rivecave, Aveyron, France: £312,000 ($395k)

GITES for sale in France

Much of the snug settlement is in need of renovation, however, Rivecave has the bones to be a romantic rural destination once more. Three of the hamlet’s gites would make beautiful residences or holiday lets with a thorough internal revamp, while the largest barn, which features a spectacular vaulted ceiling, could be converted into an extraordinary home.

Rivecave, Aveyron, France: £312,000 ($395k)

GITES for sale in France

While work is required across many of the structures, Rivecave’s current owners reside in the comfortable main farmhouse, which includes two large reception rooms, a country-style kitchen, numerous pantries, eight double bedrooms, a wine cellar and a large attic space that’s just waiting to be converted. We reckon this remote beauty spot could make a charming retreat for holidaymakers and homeowners looking to escape to the country, though we’d be tempted to keep it all to ourselves. ..

Xerdiz, Lugo, Spain: £377,000 ($468k)

Galician Country Homes

Located in a quiet rural spot, the hamlet of Xerdiz sits in over 12 acres of land, surrounded by meadows and trees. A picturesque stream runs through the grounds of the quaint village, which is served by a larger spring found within the estate.

Xerdiz, Lugo, Spain: £377,000 ($468k)

Galician Country Homes

On the market for £377,000 ($468k), the hamlet offers six buildings in various states of repair. A stone and wood building, the main property is fully habitable and encompasses 1,700 square feet spread over three floors. Outside, there’s a pretty garden with a hammock overlooking spectacular views of the surrounding hills and mountains.

Xerdiz, Lugo, Spain: £377,000 ($468k)

Galician Country Homes

The idyllic village in northwestern Spain also includes an old schoolhouse, which is in the process of being restored and converted into a residence. Elsewhere, there are three more houses and a barn that’s currently used for storage.

Xerdiz, Lugo, Spain: £377,000 ($468k)

Galician Country Homes

Xerdiz is the ideal property for those yearning to escape the rat race in favour of a more self-sufficient lifestyle away from the noise of the big cities. A business-savvy buyer could even transform some of the structures into holiday lets, providing a rural spot for visitors to reconnect with nature.

El Mortorio, Asturias, Spain: £1.6 million ($2m)

Iberia North

The tranquil village of El Mortorio is nestled in the middle of the verdant Spanish countryside, surrounded by rolling fields and mountains, including the picturesque Picos de Europa.

El Mortorio, Asturias, Spain: £1.6 million ($2m)

Iberia North

Included in the lot, the village offers 20 building plots amounting to seven acres of land – the perfect blank canvas for an ambitious buyer with a vision. With no end of development prospects, this remote town could easily be transformed into something special.

El Mortorio, Asturias, Spain: £1.6 million ($2m)

Iberia North

The settlement currently offers 12 rustic buildings, eight of which are let out as holiday homes, having been recently restored. Each guest house has between two and four bedrooms along with a lounge, kitchen and dining area.

El Mortorio, Asturias, Spain: £1.6 million ($2m)

Iberia North

On the market with Iberia North, the extensive property also comes with 32 acres of rolling fields that surround the hamlet, as well as an agricultural barn for those wanting to cultivate their own produce. If you’re looking for a remote spot to forge a tight-knit community, this is it.

Chianti hamlet, Tuscany, Italy: £4.4 million ($5.6m)

Lionard Luxury Real Estate

Hidden in Chianti’s hills near the Tuscan province of Arezzo, this resort-style hamlet offers luxury living amongst breathtaking rural surroundings. On the market for between £4.4 million ($5.6m) and £8.9 million ($11.3m) with Lionard Luxury Real Estate, there’s more than just buildings on offer here, with 50 acres of olive groves and a vast herb garden encircling the small township too.

Chianti hamlet, Tuscany, Italy: £4.4 million ($5.6m)

Lionard Luxury Real Estate

The stunning settlement is spread over an area of 247 acres, featuring an array of residences, plus a gym, chapel, conference facilities, restaurant and bar. Fancy kicking back and embracing a slower pace of life? The high-end community has everything you could want when it comes to wellness and relaxation, with two swimming pools, massage rooms and a yoga area.

Chianti hamlet, Tuscany, Italy: £4.4 million ($5.6m)

Lionard Luxury Real Estate

Accommodation in the hamlet includes 73 bedrooms spread across the numerous properties and outbuildings, including a master villa with nine plush suites. Aside from the premium amenities, it’s hard not to be charmed by the rustic architecture, which evokes the region’s rich history. Situated near the popular cities of Florence and Arezzo, the settlement is currently operated as a luxury resort town but given its prime location, the development possibilities here are endless.

Chianti hamlet, Tuscany, Italy: £4.4 million ($5.6m)

Lionard Luxury Real Estate

There’s plenty of money to be made from running an agritourism venture, renting some of the homes out to holidaymakers looking to swap the hustle and bustle of the city for endless rolling fields. The hamlet’s properties are all in a good state of repair, filled with Tuscan-style features including exposed brickwork, characterful beams and terracotta tiling. What’s not to love?

Sätra Brunn, Västmanland County, Sweden: £5.9 million ($7.4m)

Christie’s International Real Estate

Established in the 1700s, the quaint community of Sätra Brunn was originally founded as a wellness village when a natural mineral spring was discovered on the site. It went on to become a popular destination for those in search of relaxation and respite. Fast forward some 300 years and health and wellbeing are still very much at the heart of this unique development, which is now on the market with Christie’s International Real Estate for £5.9 million ($7.4m).

Sätra Brunn, Västmanland County, Sweden: £5.9 million ($7.4m)

Christie’s International Real Estate

The vast settlement encompasses around 59 sprawling acres and is home to 70 buildings, from picturesque residences to a hotel, preschool, conference centre, restaurant, church, spring, gym and bathhouse. According to the listing, the annual turnover of the village was between £2.5 million ($3.1m) and £2.9 ($3.6m) million last year, plus Sätra Brunn has also been bottling its natural spring water since 2015, so the lucky buyer could end up with a healthy side business too.

Sätra Brunn, Västmanland County, Sweden: £5.

9 million ($7.4m)

Christie’s International Real Estate

Home to possibly the world’s cutest houses, it’s hard not to be charmed by the village’s array of colourful painted buildings. A tight-knit community, Sätra Brunn plays host to an array of celebrations throughout the year, from Midsummer, Christmas and New Years’ festivities to concerts and weddings. The current owners acquired the village in 2002 and are keen to pass the mantel to a buyer who wants to preserve the community’s rich history and help its business ventures thrive.

Sätra Brunn, Västmanland County, Sweden: £5.9 million ($7.4m)

Christie’s International Real Estate

Inside, the historic properties aren’t in bad shape either, with a plethora of stunning period features still in place, from exposed original floorboards to antique fixtures and detailing. In addition to the village, the sale also includes 34 acres of undeveloped woodlands, so there’s plenty of space to strike out on new developments too.

Crete Senesi hamlet, Tuscany, Italy: £6.9 million ($8.7m)

Casa Tuscany

Located within the unparalleled rural idylls of Tuscany’s Val d’Orcia region, this small historic hamlet offers a picturesque slice of Italy’s rich past. On the market for £6.9 million ($8.7m) with Casa Tuscany, the settlement includes just over 741 acres and has no shortage of development potential, with an olive grove and vineyard just waiting to be brought back to life.

Crete Senesi hamlet, Tuscany, Italy: £6.9 million ($8.7m)

Casa Tuscany

Situated 20 minutes away from San Giovanni d’Asso and Pienza, two important Tuscan towns, the hamlet features an old farm perched on a hill. Once a bustling agricultural hub, it’s since been left to languish and its buildings, including a cheese factory, dining hall, residential apartments, office, barns and pigsties, are now in need of restoration. Elsewhere in the village, there’s also the ruins of an old furnace, which includes permission to rebuild the structure for residential use.

Crete Senesi hamlet, Tuscany, Italy: £6.9 million ($8.7m)

Casa Tuscany

Amongst the numerous buildings still standing, there’s a chapel, a former parish church with a rectory, six apartments, a hospitality space complete with a restaurant and commercial kitchen and a cellar for making wine, plus stables and storage silos. However, the village’s crowning glory has to be the main villa, which according to the listing, was once the seat of a local noble family.

Crete Senesi hamlet, Tuscany, Italy: £6.9 million ($8.7m)

Casa Tuscany

With accommodation spread across three vast floors, the grand stately home has been in the same family since the 1500s. Aside from some restoration work required across the attic and roof, the property is resplendent, with stunning coffered ceilings, antique flooring and fixtures and elegant double-height living spaces, while a swimming pool is also situated in the grounds. This unique business opportunity could be a real passion project for an investor with a penchant for history.

Poggio Santa Cecilia, Tuscany, Italy: £35 million ($43m)

Essentis Group

Perched high on a hilltop, the charming village of Poggio Santa Cecilia in Italy’s scenic Tuscany region was abandoned in the 1960s and has sadly fallen into a state of disrepair over the last 60 years.

Poggio Santa Cecilia, Tuscany, Italy: £35 million ($43m)

Essentis Group

Located in 1,730 acres of land, the village includes the remains of a medieval castle that could make the ultimate fixer-upper, as well as a vast 18th-century villa and a church complete with a bell tower. The grounds also include partially restored stables, an olive mill and a labyrinth of underground cellars.

Poggio Santa Cecilia, Tuscany, Italy: £35 million ($43m)

Essentis Group

The winding streets are sheltered by a tall city wall, featuring stone arches and exquisite medieval architecture. Lining the village’s flagstone roads, an array of traditional Tuscan homes offer wooden front doors, terracotta-tiled roofs and beamed ceilings.

Poggio Santa Cecilia, Tuscany, Italy: £35 million ($43m)

Essentis Group

On the market with Essentis Group, the sale includes 50 separate buildings plus 200 acres of woodland, two lakes, 23 acres of fruit trees and 55 acres of vineyards. Ready to breathe new life into this historic settlement?

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Estates, towns and hamlets for sale in US and Europe

Feel as if your vast apartment or even more spacious mansion is cramping your style? Then, suggests Gary Jones, why not upsize to something even more expansive?

Declining populations in some of southern Europe’s most appealing destinations mean it’s now relatively routine to read of sun-bleached stone cottages in idyllic Italian hilltop communes and rustic, fixer-upper farmhouses in medieval Spanish mountain towns coming on to market for significantly less than the price of a few square feet of Singapore real estate – and occasionally for small change that wouldn’t even buy an espresso.

In Spain, the phenomenon has been dubbed la España vacía, or “empty Spain”, with the number of abandoned villages estimated to be ticking up by one every week. More than 3,000 once-thriving communities in rural Galicia, in the north of the country, have been abandoned, decimated by a low birth rate and fast-ageing society, as well as a lack of opportunities that’s seen younger folk migrate to cities and other EU countries looking for work.

The hamlet of El Mortorio in the green countryside of northern Spain. (Image: Iberia North)

And things are just as troubling across the Mediterranean, in rural Italy, which is also suffering a demographic time bomb. In 2019, for the first time in close to a century, Italy’s population fell to about 55 million, according to the Italian National Institute of Statistics, plummeting by an astonishing 677,000 in the previous four years.

In the hope of breathing new life into “ghost” towns, such as Salemi, Gangi and Sambuca on the Italian island of Sicily, desperate local authorities began auctioning off abandoned homes at starting prices of just €1 (S$1. 60) in recent years. And occasionally, rather than attempt to flog such European communities piecemeal, entire villages and hamlets come up for grabs, with overseas investment especially welcome.

One such hamlet is in the autonomous community of Asturias in northern Spain. Surrounded by protected meadows with mountain views on all sides, including that of the Picos de Europa range, El Mortorio is on the market courtesy of boutique agent Iberia North for €1.87 million.

A placid road winds through El Mortorio (image: Iberia North)

Surrounded by 13 hectares of rolling countryside, the hamlet comprises 12 individual buildings on three buildable hectares of land, with 20 plots earmarked for future development. The main residential building covers 12,000 sq ft, with an additional 4,3000 sq ft barn for storage and future conversion. Eight additional holiday cottages of two to four bedrooms, each with traditional lounge, kitchen and dining areas, comfortably sleep 48 people. All enjoy private access, individual heating and ample parking, and most benefit from wood-burning fireplaces.

The property also includes a horreo, a traditional Asturian timber structure raised off the ground on stone columns. Two further buildings have potential for renovation.

The nearest market town to El Mortorio is Infiesto, just 10km away, with cafes, bars, restaurants, a supermarket and annual festivals. Intriguingly for the foodie, this part of Asturias benefits from a number of excellent restaurants, such as the two-Michelin-star Casa Marcial and one-star El Corral del Indianu in nearby Arriondas. Spain’s unspoiled northern coast is just 20km away, while Bilbao – the de facto capital of the Basque Country and home to the world-class Guggenheim Museum Bilbao – is just a three-hour drive away.

El Mortorio (Image: Iberia North)

Significantly more expensive and in Italy’s sought-after Tuscany region, the entire uninhabited hilltop village of Poggio Santa Cecilia is up for sale for €40 million.

Just 25 minutes from the beautiful city of Siena, which is celebrated for its medieval centre and annual Palio horse race (a must on the Italian social calendar), the village is surrounded by thick woodland and dates to the 1100s, though most surviving buildings are from the 16th century.

The deal includes the remains of a medieval castle, an 18th-century villa with terraced garden, and streets of terraced houses (once home to those who worked the land, ran the forge and maintained livestock), as well as piazzas, a church with a bell tower, stables and an olive mill. Twenty farmhouses spread around the estate are also included, as are agricultural fields, olive groves, vineyards and orchards, a forest and multiples lakes. The total land area is 700 hectares.

From the 1500s to the mid-20th century, Poggio Santa Cecilia was owned by members of the noble Buoninsegni family and at the heart of the village stands the 75,000 sq ft Buoninsegni villa, once a grand home with beamed ceilings, majestic fireplaces and a solarium. Much of the residence is intact, with many items of original furniture still in place. While population declines and demographic shifts in Italy and Spain mean news of rural villages up for grabs doesn’t come as a surprise, the possibility of buying an entire community in prosperous Scandinavia is much more rare.

Swedish village Sätra Brunn is a thriving wellness retreat (Image: Christie’s Real Estate)

But that is possible with the restful yet thriving Swedish spa town of Sätra Brunn, one of Sweden’s most venerable wellness resorts that nestles in the countryside about a 90-minute drive from the 24-hour buzz of Stockholm. It’s up for sale for 70 million Swedish krona (S$11.2 million) via Christie’s International Real Estate.

Discovered by a doctor around 1700, water from the natural spring here is rich in minerals and believed to have healing properties. With the support of the Swedish aristocracy, a flourishing spa community grew up around the so-called trefaldighetskälla, or “source of trinity”, and Sätra Brunn has rights to extract 100 million litres of water annually.

Today the local bottling plant is supported by a village of 70 buildings, including a three-star hotel with 43 double rooms, nine single rooms and one family room, conference facilities, a bathhouse with connected spa and 15m heated indoor swimming pool, two hot tubs and a Jacuzzi, steam sauna, six treatment rooms and a gymnasium.

The 58 hectares, with 34 of those still being forest, also holds a 200- seat restaurant, a traditional Swedish pub, a kindergarten, a church dating back to 1866 – making the village an attractive wedding venue with townies from the capital – and a collection of summer cottages built from local timber. Sätra Brunn also has an alcoholic beverage production facility, with its own sparkling wine and schnapps.

Sätra Brunn (Image: Christie’s Real Estate)

According to Christie’s, the village did more than 30 million Swedish krona worth of business in 2019.

On the other side of the world, meanwhile, in the heart of New Zealand’s north island, Mellonsfolly Ranch sprawls over more than 360 hectares. Built in 2006 as a “boutique western town”, the themed community’s 10 period buildings replicate an 1860s Wyoming frontier outpost and currently operates as a resort. It’s being marketed by Sotheby’s agent Ben Hawan for US$7.5 million (S$9.9 million).

The ranch boasts three distinct homes – the main private residence and two rental houses that double as staff accommodation – as well as accommodation for 22 guests who then get to enjoy the saloon, the courthouse that serves as a cinema and a billiards lounge, all strung together by a well-worn boardwalk.

Roughly midway between Auckland and Wellington in New Zealand, Mellonsfolly Ranch is a replica of a mid- 19th-century American frontier outpost, built in 2006. (Image: Ben Hawan)

Summers at Mellonsfolly Ranch are for hunting, fishing and swimming in the crystalline rivers that wind their way through the unspoiled landscape. And during winter, the picturesque ski town of Ohakune and the Mount Ruapehu ski fields are just short drives away. The closest international airports are in Auckland and Wellington, both being about five hours by road.

As well as having its own herds of sheep and cattle, Mellonsfolly Ranch also operates a thriving business in manuka honey — one of New Zealand’s most profitable exports.

And finally, sticking with the American “wild west”, US$999,999 will buy you the real thing in the form of the ramshackle, 16-hectare Arizona ghost town of Cleator, which is on the books of agent North & Co.

The Arizona ghost town of Cleator sprang up as a gold-mining outpost in the 1800s (Image: North & Co)

Hidden away in the arid Arizona desert, about 100km north of Phoenix, Cleator was originally called Turkey Creek and sprang up in the late 1800s as a gold-mining outpost. Then served by the Prescott and Eastern Railroad, the settlement was home to 1,500 people in its 19th- and early-20th-century heyday, and bustled with workers and their families. With the closure of the railroad, however, many of the town’s mines had shut down and the rural outpost became all but deserted by the 1930s.

A small, tight-knit community remains today, residing in 20 weathered buildings and hanging out in the general store and the saloon – playfully named Cleator Bar & Yacht Club, and decked out in an oddball mix of cowboy Americana and nautical trinkets – waiting for the glory days to return.

The hopeful will note that the price includes mining rights to the area – and there really might still be gold in them thar hills.

(Main and featured image: Mellonsfolly Ranch/Ben Hawan)

This story was published in the March 2021 issue of Prestige Singapore.

Buy Your Own Village: Affordable Estates Around The World

It’s been said that buying a property is one of the most stressful things a person can do. Though this is likely not far from the truth, the wide array of odd and eccentric real estate that is currently on the market – and often at surprisingly reasonable rates! – can make this stressful time at the very least exciting, and at the end, if you end up with your own Spanish hamlet or lighthouse by the Irish Sea, utterly worthwhile.

Costa da Morte

Despite the sombre name, the village at the Costa da Morte, in the region of A Coruña (a municipality in Galicia), is a ramshackle but charming little settlement now up for sale. The hamlet incorporates 2 houses and 3 sheds along the rugged cliff faces of the Atlantic, with the dark bricks of the hamlet imbuing the property with a rich sense of intrigue and history.

Price: EUR 59,000
Location: A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Contact: Aldeas Abandonadas

The Douglas County Bank

The Douglas County Bank is an odd but charming building of which one can make a quirky home. While the outside may resemble something out of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the interior is fit with modern furnishings and utilities, including Italian porcelain tile and high-grade carpeting. History nuts will be pleased to note that the original doors, vaults and dumbwaiter remain.

Price: USD 249,000
Location: Waterville, Washington, USA
Contact: Coldwell Banker Lavigne

Church At 13 Monterey Road

With this white-painted church, one could own a little piece of New England history. Built in 1827, the property is perhaps more suited for a business or organisation (think art gallery or performance space) than a home, but with a hefty dollop of imagination, this charming place of worship can be converted into a charming place of anything you like.

Price: USD 99,000
Location: Otis, Massachusetts, USA
Contact: Benchmark Real Estate

Lebold Mansion

The Lebold Mansion was built in 1880 and has the prestigious honour of being named among the “8 Wonders of Kansas Architecture” by the Kansas Sampler Foundation. This Victorian mansion has been restored so that today it boasts a renovated kitchen, a new roof and modern utilities. However, the Lebold Mansion retains its antiquated charm with a limestone façade, 5-storey tower and exquisite formal draperies.

Price: USD 524,000
Location: Abilene, Kansas
Contact: Weis Realty Executives

A Bucolic Galician Estate

This rural property near the famed Monastery of Oseira includes 3 bedrooms, 2 cellars and the sparse foundations of a house ripe for renovation, plus fertile land for keen botanists. The nearby monastery was built in the 13th century and, regarded as a landmark of Roman architecture in the region, is located along the famous Camino de Santiago, or ‘The Way of St James.’

Price: EUR 30,000
Location: Galicia, Spain
Contact: Aldeas Abandonadas

Chateau In The Black Mountains

This grand old chateau comes with 4 gites set amongst 89 hectares of land in the secluded Black Mountains. With views of the Pyrenees, the property combines antiquated grandeur with cutting-edge technology: the wood from the 120 acres of forest (oak, ash and sweet chestnut) provides fuel for the underfloor heating in the main house, while hot water is powered by solar panels.

Price: EUR 1,395,000
Location: Midi-Pyrénées Region, France
Contact: Beaux Villages

An Umbrian Hamlet

Situated north of Perugia, this restored hamlet boasts 30 apartments as well as a small bed & breakfast, which has the capacity to include a restaurant. Perugia and the surrounding region are often considered the cultural heart of Italy, with the heavy-with-history Tiber River running through it.

Price: Price on Application
Location: Perugia, Umbria, central Italy
Contact: Jackson-Stops

A French Hunting Estate

With enough cash, one can live like a duke here at this historic hunting estate boasting a completely renovated and moated chateau set amongst 450 acres of land. The estate is fully functional and even includes 25 hectares of Cognac vineyard. The new tenant can follow on from the nostalgia of their predecessor by hosting a raucous array of hunting parties throughout the season.

Price: EUR 10,000,000
Location: Angoulême, southwestern France
Contact: Beaux Villages

The Douglas Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage

The Douglas Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage is a Victorian construction at the tip of the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. Although the actual lighthouse tower is not included as part of the sale, the coastal landscape and ragged cliff face still make for a striking and exhilarating seaside family home.

Price: GBP 399,950
Location: Isle of Man, United Kingdom
Contact: Black Grace Cowley

Pontevedra Homestead

This village near Pontevedra incorporates four houses and a homestead of over 1,000 sqm. The adjacent farm comes with a stone granary, and the city of Pontevedra is only a 40-minute drive away. Meanwhile, an array of hiking trails are available close by – for example, there’s a waterfall just 5 minutes down the road, and it’s only 7 miles to the river.

Price: EUR 66,000
Location: Pontevedra, northwestern Spain
Contact: Aldeas Abandonadas

Countryside Chateau

Much like a French Pemberley, this chateau in southwestern France comes with two outhouses, a lake and 12 hectares of land; the lake itself comes with the old folly and stables. The occupants of the stables can enjoy the 10 hectares of grazing land, which incorporates patches of woodland and a vegetable garden. The medieval town of Confolens is only minutes away.

Price: EUR 996,400
Location: Confolens, southwestern France
Contact: Beaux Villages

The Bullock House

One of the finest architectural gems of the town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, this house has never been remodelled and, remaining in mint condition, today boasts 8 functioning fireplaces as well as a library and stained glass windows. In the vein of Agra’s Taj Mahal, the ‘Bullock house’ was built in 1890 by railroad and banking magnate Brigham Newton Bullock as a present for his bride, Flora. It has remained in the same family ever since.

Price: USD 600,000
Location: Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA
Contact: Richard Bullock

Whitehall

This “circa 1840 Italianate mini-mansion” boasts a walk-in attic, 3 white Carrera marble mantles and a Honduras mahogany stair railing rising from the first floor up to the fourth. Steeped in history, Whitehall was once owned by Nancy Harrison Crozier and her sister Mary, who had inherited a large amount of money from the James Harrison estate – a prodigious name in the shipping of cotton and tobacco up from the south to New York City.

Price: USD 219,000
Location: New York, USA
Contact: Whitehall

Taylor Brownstone Mansion

With its autumnal colours and idiosyncratic turrets, the Taylor Brownstone Mansion looks somewhat like the the witch’s gingerbread house from ‘Hansel and Gretel’. It was built as a wedding gift by the former New York Governor Roswell Pettibone Flower for his daughter, Emma, and designed by the same architects who built Theodore Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill home.

Price: USD 1,250,000
Location: Watertown, New York
Contact: Franklin Ruttan

Beach Residence At Smugglers Cove

Lovers of Daphne du Maurier and her chilling tales of stealth and skulduggery on the windswept moors of Cornwall will find it hard not to swoon at this striking beachfront residence at Smugglers Cove. With 2 reception rooms, 3 suites and a large lower terrace, this residence is more in the vein of Lady St. Columb than Mary Yellan, but holds all the intrigue and charm of Jamaica Inn.

Price: GBP 3,000,000
Location: Smugglers Cove, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Contact: Jackson-Stops

Gothic Estate Over The Hudson

This estate, designed in a lighter Gothic style to contrast with the ‘High Victorian’ architecture of the Old World, was built in 1858 and offers spectacular views over the Hudson River. The property also includes a watch tower allowing for 360-degree views over the surrounding environs, though the more romantic types may be tempted by the ornate fountain found at the centre of the circular driveway.

Price: USD 749,000
Location: Stony Point, New York, USA
Contact: Rand Realty

A Tuscan Village

Just on the border of Tuscany is this delectable borgo, or village. The majority of the borgo is already refurbished, but remaining to be renovated is the main palazzo, which could be made into a small hotel or a lavish private luxury retreat.

Price: EUR 4,950,000
Location: Umbria, Italy
Contact: abode Italy

Article by Bertie Alexander

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Entire Villages for Sale Around the World

Sometimes one house just isn’t enough. Neither is two, or three, or even four. Sometimes you need an entire village – just ask Johnny Depp.

The Pirates in the Caribbean actor sold his 200-year-old estate in the French Riviera last year for £16.5 million after spending years lovingly restoring it and living there part-time with ex-wife Vanessa Paradis.

johnnydeppvillage

Depp bought his corner of the Plan de Tour community when it was little more than a derelict hamlet. It was sold 14 years later as a completely-transformed sprawling estate on 15 hectares, featuring a converted church turned guest house, a cafe, gym, two swimming pools and a skate park purpose built for daughter Lily-Rose and son Jack.

Sold with its contents included, the buyer also scored many of Depp’s belongings into the bargain, including books, DVDs and some artworks.

Deppvillage

Just because Depp has left the village life behind it doesn’t mean there aren’t others who wouldn’t give their right hand to take ownership of his former Plan de Tour estate, or somewhere similar.

Here are three equally stunning villages for sale in Europe and the UK.

1. West Heslerton, North Yorkshire, England

The village of West Heslerton in North Yorkshire will cost you £20 million ($39 million) and while that may sound like a lot to part with, here’s what you get for the price: a 21-bedroom mansion, pub, petrol station, primary school, 43 homes and 856 hectares of land, including 44 hectares of woodland.

The main house needs some work, but is habitable. Picture: Cundalls

The listing is being handled by Tom Watson at Cundalls estate agents, who says they’ve been inundated with offers from across the UK, Europe, Russia and beyond.

The village has been in the same family’s hands for more than 150 years, owned by a woman called Eve Dawnay who died five years ago. Her family have now decided it is time to sell.

“Miss Dawnay was a wonderful lady,” Watson told BBC News. “She was very kind and the property rents are – and have always been – very low. ”

Whether the low rents will cease or continue when the new buyer takes over remains to be seen, but the vibrant community established by Dawnay’s benevolence are hoping for the latter.

An aerial view of the village. Picture: Cundalls

2. Poggio Santa Cecilia, Tuscany, Italy

The village of Poggio Santa Cecilia in Tuscany is on the market for €40 million.

Located near the medieval town of Siena, it includes lakes, vineyards, orchards and forest areas, as well as many buildings which are believed to date back to the 16th century. Some of the structures in the town feature coats of arms carved in stone or wood.

The medieval hilltop village spans 9,000sqm. Picture: Essentis Properties Group

The village was once owned by the prominent Buoninsegni family, whose villa is one of the more impressive buildings on the estate.

A look inside the light-filled villa. Picture: Essentis Properties Group

A group of investors currently own the village and they are hoping to find a buyer, or buyers, who will restore it to its former glory.

And it does need restoring – most of the buildings need to be completely remodeled and repaired.

3. Baudin, France

All you need is a computer and a spare $250,000 to score the picturesque village of Baudin, in France’s mountainous Jura region.

The entire village of Baudin, in France, is selling via online auction. Picture: Agora Store

The 22,721sqm village, which includes a museum, fountain, artists’ studios and several old workers’ cottages, is currently listed with a starting price of €150,000 on online auction site Agora Store.

The idyllic spot dates back to the 19th century and used to be a flourishing industrial centre. It fell into disrepair when the factories closed down in the 1950s.

A running stream? All yours when you purchase the village of Baudin. Picture: Agora Store

The local officials who bought the village intended to turn it into a tourist destination, however strained regional finances derailed the venture and they decided to put it back on the market.

The purchaser will assume ownership of an old presbytery, the abbey of Baume-les-Messieurs, as well as more than 5,000sqm of built land in various states of disrepair.

The price tag is roughly on par with that of a one-bedroom apartment in inner Melbourne or Sydney, but don’t be fooled. It will cost some €20 million to completely restore, along with ongoing yearly maintenance of at least €250,000, according to a report from Forbes.

Unfortunately, we can’t all be Johnny Depp.

Australian towns on the market

Queensland town all yours for a steal

The tiny Queensland town of Allies Creek is selling for less than the price of an average home in Sydney. It’s on the market for just $750,000.

The old church in Allies Creek, near Monogorilbly.

For that price you get 16 homes, a water treatment plant, a mill, church and a dam with a pontoon.

Listing agent Julie Sutton, Principal with Sutton Nationwide Realty Gin Gin, says the town offers the buyer “an extremely profitable” business.

“It could hold fantastic music festivals, it could be for groups that have large camp outs, it could be for a Scout club or group to own, it could possibly be set up as a caravan site. It’s just endless what you could do with this place,” she told realestate.com.au.

Tasmanian town proffers business opportunities

For the deep-pocketed buyer, the quaint village of Tarraleah in Tasmania could be a profitable business venture.

Tarraleah, located 126km north-west of Hobart, is the product of dedicated restoration from the current owner, developer Julian Homer.

The agent is expecting offers between $13-$15 million.

All the hard restoration work has been done at Tarraleah in Tasmania.

The town has an annual turnover of $2 million, functioning as a popular wedding destination. The venue employs 20-25 people in the summer and 4-5 in the winter.

The town includes 33 buildings, many of them restored Art Deco-style cottages, several reception venues, an office, cabins, church and bar and restaurant.

Interest in the town has surfaced from a local church group, as well as several overseas buyers.

Main picture: The entire village of Poggio Santa Cecilia, Tuscany. Source: Essentis Properties Group

Property for sale in Europe

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Patshull Park…

South Staffordshire, WV6 7HY

8,169 sq ft(758.92 sq m)

Guide price £1,250,000
- Restored wing of a stately home…Restored wing of a stately home…
- Tastefully designed Grade I listed property…Tastefully designed Grade I listed property…
- Gymnasium with wet room and sauna…Gymnasium with wet room and sauna…
- Views overlooking parkland and beyond…Views overlooking parkland and beyond…
House

8,169 sq ft (758.92 sq m)

5Bedrooms

4Bathrooms

3Receptions
Waverley Square…

New Waverley, New Street, Edinburgh, EH8 8BG

560 to 1,367 sq ft(52. 03 to 127 sq m)

Guide price £370,000 - £800,000
- SHOWHOME OPEN EVERY THURSDAY 3 – 7pm & SUNDAY 12 – 4pm…SHOWHOME OPEN EVERY THURSDAY 3 – 7pm & SUNDAY 12 – 4pm…
- Find your perfect home…Find your perfect home…
- 1, 2 & 3 bedroom apartments…1, 2 & 3 bedroom apartments…
- Penthouse collection…Penthouse collection…
New development

560 to 1,367 sq ft (52.03 to 127 sq m)

1 – 3Bedrooms

2Bathrooms
Edna Street…

London, SW11 3DP

1,745 sq ft(162.12 sq m)

Guide price £1,750,000
- Four bedrooms…Four bedrooms…
- 3 Bathrooms…3 Bathrooms…
- Double reception…Double reception…
- Guest WC…Guest WC…
House

1,745 sq ft (162.12 sq m)

4Bedrooms

3Bathrooms

2Receptions
Tufton Street…

London, SW1P 3QL

1,495 sq ft(138.89 sq m)

Guide price £2,150,000
- Situated in historical Westminster…Situated in historical Westminster…
- Freehold…Freehold…
- Three Bedrooms…Three Bedrooms…
- Garage…Garage…
House

1,495 sq ft (138. 89 sq m)

4Bedrooms

2Bathrooms

2Receptions
Whiteleaf…

Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, HP27 0LY

2,663 sq ft(247.40 sq m)

Guide price £1,400,000
- Charming 1930s house in need of modernisation…Charming 1930s house in need of modernisation…
- Opportunity to extend or replace (stpp)…Opportunity to extend or replace (stpp)…
- Mature gardens of about half an acre…Mature gardens of about half an acre…
- Great location backing on to the golf course…Great location backing on to the golf course…
House

2,663 sq ft (247.40 sq m)

4Bedrooms
Empress Court…

130 Lauriston Road, London, E9 7LH

613 sq ft(56.95 sq m)

Guide price £500,000
- One double bedroom…One double bedroom…
- Top floor flat…Top floor flat…
- Great condition…Great condition…
- Village location…Village location…
Flat / Apartment

613 sq ft (56. 95 sq m)

1Bedrooms

1Bathrooms

1Receptions
Lebanon Park…

Twickenham, TW1 3DH

3,370 sq ft(313.08 sq m)

Guide price £3,150,000
- Exquisite façade…Exquisite façade…
- Stunning garden with open outlook…Stunning garden with open outlook…
- Great period integrity…Great period integrity…
- Superb room proportions…Superb room proportions…
House

3,370 sq ft (313.08 sq m)

5Bedrooms

3Bathrooms

2Receptions
Paintworks IV…

Arnos Vale, Bristol, BS4 3EH

551 to 878 sq ft(51.19 to 81.57 sq m)

Guide price £295,000 - £400,000
- Marketing Suite Now Open By Appointment…Marketing Suite Now Open By Appointment…
- Balconies available to select apartments…Balconies available to select apartments…
- Parking available to all apartments…Parking available to all apartments…
- Views across Bristol’s iconic city centre available…Views across Bristol’s iconic city centre available…
Penthouse

551 to 878 sq ft (51. 19 to 81.57 sq m)

1 – 2Bedrooms

1 – 2Bathrooms

1Receptions
Bruachan…

Craigie, Clunie, Blairgowrie, Ph20 6RG

1,830 sq ft(170.01 sq m)

Offers over £450,000
- Pretty rural location with loch view…Pretty rural location with loch view…
- Bright open plan reception rooms…Bright open plan reception rooms…
- Impressive first floor sitting room…Impressive first floor sitting room…
- Neat and private garden…Neat and private garden…
House

1,830 sq ft (170.01 sq m)

3Bedrooms

2Bathrooms

3Receptions
Elms Crescent…

London, SW4 8QE

2,415 sq ft(224.36 sq m)

Guide price £2,700,000
- Located on a popular and tranquil residential road in Abbeville Village…Located on a popular and tranquil residential road in Abbeville Village…
- A stunning semi-detached home with exceptional living space…A stunning semi-detached home with exceptional living space…
- Excellent transport links close by…Excellent transport links close by…
- A beautiful kitchen which has been meticulously designed and hand built to a high specification…A beautiful kitchen which has been meticulously designed and hand built to a high specification…
House

2,415 sq ft (224. 36 sq m)

5Bedrooms

3Bathrooms

2Receptions
Sussex Gardens…

Connaught Village, London, W2 2RJ

939 sq ft(87.24 sq m)

Guide price £1,675,000
- Reception room/dining area…Reception room/dining area…
- Kitchen…Kitchen…
- Two bedrooms…Two bedrooms…
- En-suite…En-suite…
Flat / Apartment

939 sq ft (87.24 sq m)

2Bedrooms

2Bathrooms

1Receptions
Morton Mews…

London, SW5 0TE

2,117 sq ft(196.68 sq m)

Guide price £3,600,000
- Freehold…Freehold…
- Modern interior…Modern interior…
- Roof terrace…Roof terrace…
- Gated mews…Gated mews…
House

2,117 sq ft (196.68 sq m)

4Bedrooms

2Bathrooms

1Receptions
The Green…

Market Weighton, York, YO43 3AU

2,031 sq ft(188.69 sq m)

Offers over £675,000
- Four large bedrooms…Four large bedrooms…
- Large, private garden…Large, private garden…
- Multiple outbuildings and annexe…Multiple outbuildings and annexe…
- Double Garage…Double Garage…
House

2,031 sq ft (188. 69 sq m)

4Bedrooms

1Bathrooms

3Receptions
Athron Hill…

Milnathort, Kinross, KY13 0RX

2,609 to 3,229 sq ft(242.38 to 299.98 sq m)

Guide price £652,000 - £775,000
- NEW RELEASES…NEW RELEASES…
- Executive homes…Executive homes…
- Flexible accommodation…Flexible accommodation…
- Large private gardens…Large private gardens…
New development

2,609 to 3,229 sq ft (242.38 to 299.98 sq m)

5Bedrooms

3 – 4Bathrooms

3 – 4Receptions
Fielding Road…

Chiswick, London, W4 1HL

1,671 sq ft(155.24 sq m)

Guide price £1,675,000
- Approximately 0.5 miles to Turnham Green Underground Station…Approximately 0.5 miles to Turnham Green Underground Station…
- High quality finish…High quality finish…
- Fully extended…Fully extended…
- Impressive proportions throughout…Impressive proportions throughout…
House

1,671 sq ft (155. 24 sq m)

5Bedrooms

2Bathrooms

1Receptions
Warren Road…

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT2 7HY

4,836 sq ft(449.28 sq m)

Guide price £3,995,000
- Located on the prestigious Coombe Estate…Located on the prestigious Coombe Estate…
- Detached…Detached…
- Off street parking…Off street parking…
- Landscaped rear gardens…Landscaped rear gardens…
House

4,836 sq ft (449.28 sq m)

6Bedrooms

5Bathrooms

5Receptions
Turner House…

Cassilis Road, Isle Of Dogs, London, E14 9LJ

536 sq ft(49.80 sq m)

Guide price £400,000
- Stunning one bedroom apartment…Stunning one bedroom apartment…
- Completely refurbished…Completely refurbished…
- Private balcony…Private balcony…
- Secure parking…Secure parking…
Flat / Apartment

536 sq ft (49.80 sq m)

1Bedrooms

1Bathrooms

1Receptions
Broad Hinton…

Swindon, SN4 9PA

6,142 sq ft(570. 61 sq m)

Guide price £2,250,000
- Charming Old Vicarage…Charming Old Vicarage…
- 6142 sqft…6142 sqft…
- Coach House with potential to convert (STPP)…Coach House with potential to convert (STPP)…
- Approximately 2.3 acres…Approximately 2.3 acres…
House

6,142 sq ft (570.61 sq m)

6Bedrooms

3Bathrooms

3Receptions
Penthouse…

Valgrande, Sotogrande Alto, Sotogrande, 11310

3,455.22 sq ft(321 sq m)

Guide price €1,015,000(£890,060)
- Very luminous on both floors…Very luminous on both floors…
- The best gated community in Sotogrande…The best gated community in Sotogrande…
- Covered and uncovered terraces…Covered and uncovered terraces…
- 2 parking spaces…2 parking spaces…
Penthouse

3,455.22 sq ft (321 sq m)

4Bedrooms

5Bathrooms

1Receptions

Regions

Property types

1 euro deals on abandoned homes pulling people back to Europe’s villages

(Editor’s note: Selling houses for a symbolic amount – 1 euro – to counter population decline in rural towns and villages is a trend that started in Italy in 2008. Fourteen years later, the trend of selling abandoned houses for a nominal fee is spreading around the world with villages in Switzerland, Spain, Croatia and even Japan joining in. In Italy, the 1 euro house marketing is increasingly aimed at digital nomads.)

Since 2018, major news sites such as CNN have had endless headlines exclaiming “You can still buy $1 homes all over Italy!” And you can if you have the time and resources to fix up a ruin in a remote, abandoned village in Italy, France or Spain.

In fact, about two years ago, American actor Lorraine Bracco (“Goodfellas,” “The Sopranos”) bought a 200-year-old 1-euro house in Sambuca, Sicily – one of the most popular of the cities pioneering this 21st century Italian renaissance – with HGTV building a whole series around her project.

“My Big Italian Adventure” was the result, and the Wrap has the most detailed post about the show.

Amanda Holden and Alan Carr in “The Italian Job” on BBC1

In June, 2022, BBC executives announced they’re getting in on the bandwagon with “The Italian Job. ” In this series set to debut in June, 2023, British celebs Alan Carr and Amanda Holden buy and restore a house in Sicily. And show runners promise the glam duo will do all the rough-and-ready work themselves.

While some media present buying the 1 euro house as a new opportunity, this trend has been going on since at least 2015, when entire Spanish villages started going on the market for less than the cost of a 1-bedroom apartment in London. And the reason is simple: While a lot of outsiders can afford the luxury of living in an idyllic village in rural Italy, locals can’t.

“A lot of people move to the city from the countryside to work,” Maurizio Berti with Case A 1 Euro told us. “It’s a cultural phenomenon, not just a business phenomenon.”

Financial Times has a detailed post about how the 1 euro phenom has transformed Sicily.

Full disclosure: You can throw a dart at a map of Italy and pretty much anywhere it lands, there’s a 1-euro house “initiative. ” Some are ad hoc, with houses coming and going, and mayors and officials making up the rules, then changing them on a whim.

The details

We can say without fear of contradiction that people rarely give anything of value away for free or even for 1 euro. And that’s at the heart of this proposition as working-age people leave small towns and villages in rural Europe, they leave behind houses that don’t appeal to conventional buyers.

Now, getting one of the fabled 1 euro deal for a house might seem like a gimmick, but it’s not. Some houses – typically those in poor shape – really change hands for 1 euro. But they’ll revert right back to municipalities if buyers don’t hold up their end of the bargain – spending serious money to bring the buildings up to code in a fixed amount of time, usually three years.

And it’s worth noting that a lot of people set out to buy one of the 1 euro homes, but end up buying a move-in property at market rate, which is still a huge bargain compared to big cities.

By far, Italy has the most villages and towns using the 1 euro scheme to restore and repopulate, and there are dozens of active campaigns to attract investors from north to south as well as on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia. But Italy has also had the greatest success with this program, and some areas are running out of houses to restore. So if you find a village you think would work for you, double-check to see it they still have any inventory. That said, many areas are only now joining the 1-euro craze, especially in northern Italy, and have plenty of properties from which to choose.

France, Spain, Croatia, Japan and other countries are only now getting on the bandwagon, so this is becoming a global phenomenon.

Croatia

A village in northern Croatia on the border with Hungary is now selling abandoned houses for 1 kuna, or about 16 cents American. As of mid-2021, Legrad has put 19 on the market, out of which 17 have sold, according to Reuters. Not a bad batting average. The rules for getting one of these deals includes being under 40 years old and financially solvent. Oh, and you have to commit to staying 15 years. The Reuters post doesn’t say that you have to live in bucolic rural Croatia for 15 years, just that you have to keep the property. Oh, Legrad’s mayor, Ivan Sabolic, says the town will cover 20 percent of renovation up to 35,000 kunas, or about 5,000 euros.

Here’s the contact page (in Croatian) for Legrad.

France

France is late into the 1 euro house game, but it’s off to a notable start with a house for sale in Saint-Amand-Montrond smack-dab in the middle of this huge country, about 300 kilometers south of Paris. Is it the beginning of a trend? Who knows. What we know is that a pretty good sized house – about 1,000 square feet – is up for sale for the symbolic price of 1 euro.

Just as in Italy, this program is about luring people back into villages where most of the people have left for opportunities in urban areas. In Saint-Amand-Montrond, you have to actually live in the house … you can’t buy this for a rental or Airbnb. And you have to start renovations within 6 months, with a plan to finish in two years.

You can see more details here on The Mayor.eu.

The municipality has posted the details online here, but they’re in French.

See more about affordable houses – though not 1 euro houses – in reviving French villages on page 2 of this post.

Italy

A not-so-fun fact: Italy’s overall population shrank by 384,000 in 2020, the most in over 100 years. There are thousands of houses available from north to south and on Sicily, said Maurizio at Case A 1 Euro. Most are in poor condition, and the municipalities sell for a symbolic price of 1 euro, though auction prices tend to be higher.

Buyers have to make a significant investment in rehabbing the houses. There are also fees for real estate agents, taxes and the costs of hooking back up to local utilities. By the time the house is done, it’s not unusual for the new owners to have spent 30,000 euros on homes that generally only have about 700 square feet of space. In fact, the process of finding the right house for a comparatively small amount of money, then finding the local contractors to do the restoration, is so nuanced that Maurizio says it’s imperative for shoppers to come to Italy.

Before the pandemic, he took people from all over the world on tours to the villages and introduced them to the local mayors and familiarized them with how the process works, because it’s complicated.

First, the south is far different from the north, Maurizio said. A small village in the north might have 300 residents where a “small” village in south might have 20,000 inhabitants.

Second, many of the houses in the south including Campania, the poorest region, were built for migrant workers who traveled from region to region, working on estates. Those houses are quite small, perhaps 60m2 on three floors. “So, if you want a big house, sometimes you have find three close to each other and turn them into one house,” Maurizio said.

You can call Maurizio at: country code 39 – 349-664-0136 or email him at: [email protected]

So, let’s go shopping.

Albugnano

Albugnano is one of several hilltop towns/villages in northern Italy trying to change its fortunes by bringing in outsiders to upgrade neglected properties. The approach of local civic leaders is to match abandoned houses to people who would invest both in the real estate and the long-term economic health of the area, which is a celebrated both for its wine and its panoramic views of the Alps to the north.

Eligible parties include young couples and disadvantaged families. Albugnano is also hoping people in the tourism industry, and those looking for second homes, will join in the initiative. In fact, the information is quite detailed, and you can see it all here.

Here’s the official homepage of the municipality, which your browser should pull up in English. And finally, here’s all the official information about the 1 euro home program.

This a relatively new effort in a spectacular location, so we’re guessing properties will get snapped up quickly.

Biccari

A number of media outlets have posts about Biccari in Southern Italy, the latest (January 2021) entrant into the 1 euro home competition. Every village and town has a little different approach and Biccari’s is abandoned 1 euro homes and move-in ready small homes – 70 meters2 on two floors – starting about about 7,000 euros.

The selection is immense, with about 100 available buildings including 20 ready-to-occupy structures, according to CNN. The town requires a 3,000 euro good-faith renovation deposit on the 1 euro homes, and buyers get three years to restore their buildings … more if construction is moving forward.

Biccari is in southern Italy, about 130 kilometers northeast of Naples and the mayor touts the hilly region as the ideal place for slow tourism and adventure tourism, with lots of hiking and outdoor activities. And of course the local food is authentic including sausages made from baby wild boar.

You can see the Biccari municipal website here, but no homes are posted yet. You can contact the mayor Gianfilippo Mignogna at: [email protected].

Bisaccia

Bisaccia, in the Campania region, has 90 – yes, nine-zero – properties listed, each for 1 euro, according to CNN. But that post has an interesting twist … because all those properties are clustered together in the center of the city, Bisaccia’s strategy is to find buyers who’ll also bring their family and friends for a communal approach to reviving the village.

We couldn’t find a website or contact information for the 1 euro properties. But you can see market-priced homes here starting at about 11,000 euros.

Bisaccia is in the mountains about 130 kilometers east of Naples. The region is Puglia.

Borgomezzavallee

Borgomezzavallee is in the mountains of the northwestern Italy on the Swiss border, and about equidistant between Geneva and Milan. So, a prime location.

But not all that many people want to live in this remote valley, so the population has dwindled to about 300, leaving lots of empty homes. Borgomezzavallee has made the news recently both with a 1-euro house initiative and with an offer to pay couples to have children at rate of 1,000 euros per, and 2,000 euros to anyone willing to start a tax-generating business.

Check out the video above in which an Italian-speaking American expat drops in and gets the details. Also, a CNN post has lots of details.

Here’s the regional municipality website.

Calabria

This is regional effort that includes several nearly abandoned towns in impoverished, though scenic, southernmost Italy. Calabrian officials are offering up to 33,000 euros over three years to relocate to, then invest in, one of a dozen villages including Albidona, Bova and Caccuri.

When we say “invest,” that means starting or reviving a business. There are lots of requirements including age restrictions (no one over 40 years old) and requirements that you have skills needed in the region. Again, this is a regional initiative that’s gotten a lot of pub on CNN and other outlets, but we don’t see much on the regional governmental website, which you can see here.

We also didn’t see any information on websites of the participating municipalities. But after an hour of searching, we did turn up the email for Mayor Coppola (yes, like the “Godfather” director) in Altomonte, which you can see here. Mayor Coppola is one of the architects of this effort that villages on the sea, as well as villages with Greek roots and even Slavic outposts. So, one of the most interesting of all the “move to a nearly abandoned village” programs.

Cammarata

No town has ridden the train to international headlines like Cammarata. They did it by upping the ante … well, actually, by lowering the ante to zero. That’s right … the city fathers and mothers of Cammarata in the mountains of Sicily are giving away their houses for free to a good home like a litter of kittens.

Insider has the best of many, many posts about Cammarata. And of course, the standard rules apply … if buyers don’t restore the houses within a certain time, the city repossesses them.

Cantiano

This village toward more affluent Northern Italy is just south of San Marino. Two former farmsteads located in the rural surroundings have already sold, but a couple of historical buildings in the old village center are available, according to media reports.

Check out the municipality’s 1 euro home website here.

Carrega Ligure

This is the rare village in scenic Northern Italy, and its mayor has a different take on what to do with its unloved houses. Instead of shells to be renovated, Carrega Ligure is offering its houses in move-in condition … for a price. You can see what that price is on their website, but most start at about 10,000 euros … which is what you would spent on a 1 euro deal.

You can see all the houses for sale here.

A caveat – this is a mountain village far smaller than other villages/towns on this list. And it is in the middle of nowhere, up in the Apennine Mountains about 50 kilometer north of Genoa. In fact, when we Googled directions, Google responded, “Sorry, we could not calculate transit directions from “Genoa, Metropolitan City of Genoa, Italy” to “Carrega Ligure, 15060 Province of Alessandria, Italy. ” So we don’t know … maybe ride a horse? If you like the quiet life, Carrega Ligure is for you.

You can see more details here on CNN.

Castiglioni di Sicilia

This is the latest town in Sicily to join the “whatever you’re looking for, we got” strategy. Out of 900 (that’s correct – nine hundred) houses for sale, half are ruins for 1 euro and half are ready to be renovated, selling for as much as 5,000 euros, according to multiple media reports.

When we first created this post back in 2019, the municipalities were less than sophisticated about making it easy for interested parties to get the details. But on the Castiglioni website, all the info on the houses is there. There’s also a tourist hotline in case you want to visit before you buy.

Tourist Information Office via Regina Margherita n. 77 tel. 0942980260 Toll- free
number 800010552

Okay, full disclosure. Castiglioni sits on the side of Mt. Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano. We’re not sure if the houses come with lava insurance. But this is – compared to some of the more remote villages – a very inviting destination, with a food & wine culture, a stunning setting, and lots of outdoor adventure options. The beach is close by because, well, Sicily is an island. Check out the vid above.

As usual, CNN has the best overview.

Castropignano

Castropignano Mayor Nicola Scapilati has come up with a different approach for this hilltop town – complete with castle – about 140 miles southeast of Rome and in the center of Italy.

Instead of merely selling dilapidated houses for 1 euro, Scapilati is playing matchmaker, trying to hook up potential owners with the most suitable dwellings. And he has 100 houses from which to choose. Also, unlike other vague efforts in Italy, Scapilati is the front person, with lots of contact info and facts and figures about what it’s going to take to get a house squared away in Castropignano. He calculates each house needs 30,000-to-40,000 euros in investment on top of that 1 euro.

The mayor is handling all this himself and you can email him directly at: [email protected] And here’s the fact sheet Scapilati has sent out with all the stipulations including the 2,000 euro surety deposit and the requirement you renovations no more than two months after taking possession of the property.

Here’s all the contact info:

Mayor Nicola Scapilati’s email is: [email protected]

Municipality:
Via G. Marconi, 1 – 86010
Tel: 0039 0874.503132
Fax: 0039 0874.503522
e-mail: [email protected]

http://www.comune.castropignano.cb.it/hh/index.php

CNN has a detailed post about the mayor and his picturesque town and Scapilati has gotten a lot of publicity for his effort, so we wouldn’t wait too long if you’re interested.

Cinquefrondi

You could see this coming from a mile away ….

Cinquefrondi is the first Italian village to market itself as a “COVID-free” alternative in Calabria. CNN has a post promoting the village as set in the “rugged Aspromonte National Park and overlooking both the Ionian and Tyrrhenian coasts,” but blighted by abandoned homes. Lots of abandoned homes.

In addition to unspoiled vistas, the southern village claims zero coronavirus cases and is in the “toe” of Italy’s boot, a region with one of Italy’s lowest levels of contagion.

Interestingly, Cinquefrondi has its own twist on selling its dozens of 1 euro houses. Most villages in Italy require buyers to put significant skin in the game early on, with deposits running 5,000 euros. CNN reports that Cinquefrondi only requires an annual 250 euro “insurance policy” until work is completed. Though if you buy, then do nothing, you’re looking at a 20,000 euro fine after three years.

This is “middle of nowhere” Itally, but the CNN post has a lot of great cultural and culinary details, along with an interesting look at local history. And they even have an email if you want to know more: [email protected]

Fabbriche di Vergemoli

This Tuscan mountain village between Florence and Milan is probably the American fantasy, shaped by books such as “Under the Tuscan Sun. ” But the reality here is no different than anywhere else in Italy … it’s too far into the boonies to keep young people.

So, Fabbriche di Vergemoli and other nearby towns have abandoned houses on the market for as little as 1 euro.

Here’s the website for the municipality, and the 1 euro tab is at the very top of the landing page.

Gangi

Gangi near Palermo in Sicily has been selling houses at give-away prices since 2011. And like a lot of the towns on this list, it’s the sort of place people imagine when they dream of a quiet life in Italy. In fact, Gangi was voted the most beautiful village in Italy in 2014, according to its website.

You can check out their offerings here.

Itala

This tiny hill country village in northeastern Sicily is near the sea and also near an area famous for thermal baths.

But full disclosure – the only thing it has going for it is, it’s a 40-minute drive from the port city of Messina and just off the coast. Oh, and it has 1 euro homes as Itala tried to revive its center market area.

Itala is a short drive from the main airport. So you can get there from here … and it might make a great place to summer. To sweeten the deal, the city is offering a 1,000 euro bounty for every child born in the village, so they’re serious about trying to restore the population.

You can see the official page of the municipality here. Bring your Italian-English dictionary.

One Euro Houses also has details including the email address you need to send your proposal.

Latronico

Latronico is part of an emerging trend of villages taking matters into their own hands as people leave, and townies stop coming back during the summers. Latronico has its own website, “Your House in Latronica,” listing bargain homes acquired by the municipality and now move-in ready. It also lists private homes for sales, as well as rentals so you can try before you buy.

From Deputy Mayor Vincenzo Castellano’s message on the website, which is really well done:

As Tourism Assessor, I have decided to develop this project in two ways: one by offering tourists the possibility to buy/rent a house, giving them all the information they need; the other by giving citizens of Latronico the possibility to use a means of communication, as the Internet, to highlighttheir own properties. This website aims to be a “virtual window” on the territory and to encourage people to invest in it, so that the positive economic impact arising will flow into the medium and small enterprises operating in Latronico.

Latronico has a lot going for it. It’s in the far south of Italy, about 200 kilometers southeast of Naples, and about 50 kilometers from the sea. The village of about 4,000 also has a lot of houses for sale from the low, low price of zero to about 80,000 euros.

Laurenzana

Multiple media outlets including CNN, Travel & Leisure and the New York Post have new items about Laurenzana in the Basilicata region in the arch of the Italian boot south of Naples.

As of mid-March, 2021, every Italian village is looking for a competitive advantage in the 1 euro game, and Laurenzana is – no deposit, no return. Most villages require purchasers of abandoned housed to put up a hefty deposit to make sure they don’t walk away when the going gets tough … and it will get tough.

“We want to help newcomers purchase the house of their dreams without making it hard for them to follow tedious procedures and tight requirements,” Mayor Michele Ungaro told CNN.

That doesn’t mean village officials won’t be monitoring the progress, Ungaro added. They will … very closely. And he advised that the reality of the Laurenzana houses is that buyers should be ready to invest at least 20,000 euros to return them to their former glory. But they can put the money in a home rather than putting it on deposit with the municipality.

Laurenzana is a in a very rugged and remote – though extremely picturesque – area (check out the video), so this isn’t everyone. But CNN notes that Laurenzana has a medieval castle and is close to Matera, a UNESCO World Heritage site, as well as popular seaside locations such as Maratea, Praia a Mare, Scalea, Capo Palinuro and Marina di Camerota.

You can see more details about the 1 euro program here on the Laurenzana municipal website.

Luserna

The mountain village of Luserna in Italy’s Piedmont near the France/Italy border has a different take on accomplishing the same ends – reviving a small mountain city. Luserna officials are offering four unfurnished homes for four years to couples 18-to-40 years old. In other words, of prime child-producing years as they try to rebuild their population, which has dropped to 300 residents.

They also have a different take on the commitment to get that house, asking applicants if they’re willing to take an active part in the community in the form of collaborative living, helping raise kids and looking in on old folks.

From the website:

(The commune of Lucena) is offering young families the ideal conditions to become autonomous, build a couple life project and contribute to the development and life of a mountain area. Families will find valuable support and will be accompanied on their way by the experience and professionalism of the operators of the Franco Demarchi Foundation.

There are quite a few stipulations and unfortunately, all the documents are in Italian. But here’s the link to the municipality page with all the information. You might try calling or emailing ….

Maenza

If you want to be close to Rome and its cosmopolitan vibe, this is the place. Maenza is a hill town about 40 miles southeast of Italy’s capital and just a few miles off the Med. City leaders have targeted about 100 dilapidated houses that need to be renovated, according to CNN.

Having learned from towns and villages where absentee buyers were slow to get to work, Maenza officials are giving preference to families who want to settle in the town and who have the means and energy to get their projects completed quickly.

In the CNN post, the mayor notes that people are showing up to grab up the homes, so there isn’t a formal program listed on the municipal website, which you can see here for more details about Maenza.

Mussomeli

Mussomeli is another town in Sicily that, like Gangi, has gotten a lot of pub for their effort, sold a lot of homes and started to attract new residents. CNN has a great feature on a French couple who negotiated the process and ended up with a small home in this thriving Sicilian town, apparently without any real complications.

The Independent has a post about a British digital consultant who had a very positive experience in Mussomeli and encourages other to “go for it.” And CNN has a detailed post about the varied stories of Americans who have bought on Sicily.

Oyace

This alpine village in the far north of Italy is in the mountains (at 4,500 feet in altitude) near the border with Switzerland, about half way between Turin and Geneva. The good news is, Oyace (OH-yass) is late to the game and still has properties left, though they just closed their first round of sales on 1 October 2021. Those “disused” properties owned by local government and up for sale include a hotel. So, boom! You could have instant cash flow.

You can see the official municipality page here, which has lots of info in English.

Pietramelara

The 1 euro house phenomenon has officially become a land rush. The medieval town of Pietramelara in Campania north of Naples has gotten 200 submissions for 10 houses since it began its program in February, 2021. With that level of success, we’re guessing the program will return for 2022.

You can monitor the Pietramelara municipality website here for updates.

Pignone

Pignone stands out in the competition to attract fresh blood because of its location in the affluent northern province of L250 a Spezia, relatively close to Florence and Genoa. The over-touristed seaside town of Cinque Terre and its national park are nearby, so this entire area is one big travelogue. Still, the town/village has lost population over the past century and is down to about 500 residents. You could make it 501, but you must put down a substantial deposit to make sure you actually renovate your house.

Unlike some of the more remote villages in poorer areas, this will be a landrush. You can get all the details here.

Pizzone

This isolated mountain village – population about 270 – about 189 kilometers southeast of Rome has had a 1 euro program since 2019. The government even paid families 700 euros to help reimburse their rent and expenses in exchange for the relocation. But the pandemic threw Pizzone’s program into neutral, and as of mid-2022, there are about 100 homes out of 350 are still available.

But, before you pack your bags, read this post on the Pulitzer Center website. “Will Paying People To Relocate Be Enough To Save Italy’s Smallest, Most Isolated Villages?” paints a picture of Pizzone as a struggling town in a scenic mountain setting … a place where locals are not particularly welcoming, and feud among themselves. Conditions aren’t great, and the infrastructure does not include gas for heating or reliable internet. But the people who have come including a young American have found what they’re looking for with or without the blessing of locals.

Pratola Peligna

As of late 2021, Pratola Peligna is the first town in the Abruzzo region to adopt the 1 euro method of revitalization. Even with a strategic location in the mountains, close to both Rome and the sea, Pratola Peligna’s population has dropped down to about 7,000 people from a peak of more than 13,000 back in the 1930s. Local political leaders have a plan to sell as many as 250 of the town’s 630 abandoned homes for 1 euro, according to CNN.

There’s no deposit, and Pratola Peligna officials give you six months to file a detailed renovation plan after you buy your house or face a fine.

The big selling point here is that Apennine ski resorts are close, the Adriatic an hour’s drive away and Med is about two hours away.

You can get all the 1 euro home details (in English) on the town website here.

Sambuca

Sambuca is back in the headlines. Airbnb is offering one fortunate person (and their family) a chance to live rent-free in a restored townhouse here, one of the most successful of the 1 euro towns. The residency starts in June, and you can apply here. But the idea is, you’ll play host to people from around the world, part of Airbnb’s effort to promote Italy’s rural towns.

This Sicilian town has probably sold more houses in the past year than any other in Italy, receiving 110,000 requests from foreigners interested in buying one of the first batch of 16 homes. So in light of that success, Sambuca moved to Phase II of its revitalization in August with 2 euro houses. Here’s the detailed CNN post.

We know … 100 percent more expensive. But Sambuca is just a few miles from the sea and the capital city of Palermo in one of the most spectacular parts of Sicily, with its own cuisine and quality wines. Which is what we’re all after, right?

Deputy Mayor Giuseppe Cacioppo told local media the first effort attracted precisely the people Sambuca needs to be “interesting” including journalists, writers, two actresses and a singer.

The terms of the first round were pretty simple: Newcomers had to spend 15,000 to renovate each home, along with 5,000 euros on deposit until those renovations are complete. You can get more details here on the Sambuca de Sicilia city government website. There are 18 properties listed currently.

CTV News in Canada has a great post about Sambuca that illustrates how well these schemes can work, especially when you have a beautiful town in a choice location.

Santa Fiora

In a twist on the 1 euro home concept, a number of Italian villages will subsidize your rent for a few months if you move there as a remote worker. Though ultimately, the goal is to get you to buy and stay. The town of Santa Fiora in Tuscany – population 2,500 – has built a sophisticated website to tout its program, billed “Live in the Country.” The website shows some of the apartments available, which average about 70m2, or 750 square feet, with the rent subsidy of about 200 euros per month, up to six months. The tag line for the effort is, “Live in the village for a short time or forever!” adding that buying a house in Santa Flora is even smarter. So the strategy is to get you to come, then seduce you into staying.

The website features all of the services in the community as well as the fact that Santa Flora has broadband. By the way, you have to prove to Santa Flora officials that you have a job and will actually be working, not vacationing.

Santo Stefano di Sessanio

Is it just us, or is this turning into a bidding war for people to repopulate and rehabilitate Italian mountain villages? Take for example Santo Stefano di Sessanio, a walled medieval village in Abruzzo in east-central Italy about a two-hour drive from Rome. The town just announced a scheme (or a plan, in Euro-speak) to not just pay people to come and start a business, but to sweeten the pot by giving them a place to stay at a nominal fee to get them started. This is geared toward young families, with eligible adults 40 year old or younger willing to start a business relevant to the needs of the village, then stick around for five years.

Santo Stefano’s town council will pay eligible aspiring residents a monthly fee for three years, up to a maximum of 8,000 euros per year along with a seed investment up to 20,000 euros to start a business, according to CNN.

We’ve never quite figured out where the money comes from as these struggling areas and empty villages (Santo Stefano has about 70 permanent residents) compete for people. But this plan seems legit as media outlets from CNN to Vanity Fair have have scrutinized their proposal and about 1,500 people have applied since the scheme launched on 15 October.

This is a time limited offer and you have to apply by 15 November. You can apply here.

Taranto

In early 2020, Taranto got a lot of publicity from the U.S. to Australia as the first real city to jump on the 1-euro bandwagon. This industrial seaside commercial center near Brindisi on the bottom of the Italian boot is trying to reinvent itself. This includes boosting the population of its neglected Old City above the current 3,000 citizens. So city fathers/mothers are selling five properties in the center.

That was just the first round. Now Taranto has a far more ambitious offering – nine buildings with 50 units. Okay, most aren’t in great shape, but some do have sea views. And the city’s rules and requirements are reasonable, letting new owners live there only part-time, renting out their properties or using them as B&Bs.

You can see all the details here on the municipality’s website.

By the way, Taranto is getting a lot of funding that will update the steel plant that’s its main employer as well as rebuild sections of the city. You can see a .pdf of the plans here, which are in Italian. But you can see physically where the improvements will happen. This is quite an attractive city with a fortress and lots to do and see. So if joining the Village People has little appeal for you, the bright lights of the big-ish city are also an option.

Teora

In southern Italy’s Campania region near the Amalfi coast, the mountain village of Teora is offering to pickup most of the rent for families with children in a tax-free gambit to attract new residents. In the program, here are 100 houses available for 200 euros rent per month … but the city picks up 150 euros of you rent if you bring at least one child. If your family likes it, you can buy a house starting for as little as 20,000 euros, according to Forbes.

The recruitment scheme began 24 February and runs thought 31 July. You can see more details here.

Trevinano

Trevinano is suddenly famous/infamous for the 20 million euro windfall bestowed on this village of 142 souls by the European Union Recovery Fund. About 150 kilometers north of Rome, this hamlet is the biggest beneficiary of about 1 billion in EU funding meant to revive 200 villages on the brink of becoming ghost towns, according to the Guardian. Part of the 20 million is earmarked for restoring houses for tourists. There’s no formal application process yet.

Troina

With so much competition for investors, it was inevitable that a mayor would decide to create a fund to help new residents renovate their 1 euro home. That mayor is Sebastiano Fabio Venezia and the town is Troina near Monaco, ranked as one of the loveliest villages in Italy.

You have to check out the Troina website for this, which also lists habitable houses for sales. This is the most complete website we’ve seen and written in flawless English. That’s because Venezia assembled a multi-lingual team for the effort including renovation consultants, according to CNN.

The drill is pretty standard up to a point – buyers put down a 5,000 euro deposit that gets refunded once renovations are complete. But, the city is willing to subsidize buyers with 15,000 euro renovation credits and another 10,000 if you add solar panels and other renewable energy options.

Of all these listings, we have to say Troina seems to have the best chance of attracting a critical mass of professionals and artists and breaking out as a tourist destination.

Zungoli

This village about 100 kilometers east of Naples in Southern Italy has a section of the city’s website dedicated to showcasing 1 euro deals on homes. Village officials have put together a volunteer committee to help out potential buyers.

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half a century later – DW – 09/05/2022

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900 | Viktor Weitz

September 5, 2022

50 years ago, on September 5, 1972, Palestinian terrorists captured the Israeli team at the Munich Olympics. Critical reflection on the tragedy that occurred then is given to Germany with great difficulty.

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Advertising becomes uncomfortable when he hears the noise of rotary engines: every time he wakes up memories of the roar of two Bell-UH 1 helicopters on the night of September 6, 1972 years old.

At the time, Völkl was a member of the Bundeswehr stationed at the Fürstenfeldbruck air force base. He had a night shift in the control room. The tragedy in the Olympic Village, just 20 kilometers from Munich, was then watched by a 21-year-old soldier on TV. On the morning of September 5, armed Palestinian terrorists from the Black September group broke into the premises of the Israeli Olympic team without hindrance. They shot dead weightlifter Josef Romano and wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg and took nine Israeli athletes hostage.

Hours of Fear in the Olympic Village

In the evening of the same day, eight terrorists with nine hostages boarded two helicopters. Their demand for the release of like-minded people from prisons in Israel and Germany was not successful. After several hours of negotiations, German Interior Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher promised the terrorists a safe flight to the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Helicopters were supposed to deliver them to the then airport Munich-Riem (München-Riem), where a passenger plane had to wait for them for further flight.

Olympic Village: Minister of the Interior Genscher (third from left) and other negotiators with one of the terrorists Photo: picture alliance / dpa

However, instead pilots from the Federal Border Police took the terrorists, along with the hostages, to the air base in Fürstenfeldbruck. There, Völkl recalled in an interview with DW, the helicopters emerged from a wall of fog around 10:30 p.m. and landed right in front of his first-floor office window.

Furstenfeldbruck Fiasco

Here, according to the plan of the task force of the police, the snipers were to destroy the terrorists and free the hostages. But something went wrong. The terrorists returned fire from Kalashnikov assault rifles. On the German side, as they say, one hand did not know what the other was doing. The police have never had hostage rescue training before. The participants in the operation did not even have elementary radio communications, and some fell under fire from their own colleagues.

Hans Völkl in front of the office in Fürstenfeldbruck, in front of which there was a shootout Photo: Peter Hille/DW

Völkl and his comrades from the Bundeswehr were not informed that the terrorists and their hostages were coming to Fürstenfeldbruck. “We found ourselves in this situation because we were working on the night shift. No one told us about this in advance,” recalls an eyewitness to the events of 50 years ago. Völkl took cover from the whistling bullets behind the radiator. A few meters from his room, a ricochet of bullets struck a policeman. “Then Anton Fliegerbauer died,” recalls Hans Völkl. “He was lying against the wall, which was covered with fragments of his bones. The bullet hit him in the head.”

An attempt on the peace festival

Until midnight, fire echoed through the airfield. Then an explosion sounded. The terrorist threw a grenade at one of the helicopters carrying the hostages (in the main photo), who were still tied up. With dawn, it became clear: in addition to policeman Anton Fliegerbauer, all nine hostages and five terrorists were killed.

A plaque bearing the names of the Israelis killed hangs on the Israeli team headquarters in the Olympic Village. Photo: Peter Hille/DW

With the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany wanted to show its friendly face to the world. They were supposed to be a “celebration of peace” just 27 years after the war and the murder of six million Jews by the Germans. But now the Jews were again being killed on German soil, and the German state was unable to protect them.

45 years of silence

After a one-day break and a memorial service, the Olympic competitions in Munich continued. Neither the politicians nor the police apologized for the Fürstenfeldbruck fiasco. No commission of inquiry was created, no one took responsibility for the failed release of the hostages, as well as for the fact that Germany did not accept the help of Israeli specialists. Relatives of the victims had to fight for decades to get access to the investigation materials at all. And to this day they are trying to achieve higher compensation. And they don’t want to have anything to do with the celebration of the half-century anniversary of the Munich Olympiad.

“Witnesses, victims and their families were treated almost like pesky relatives who were taken in from the backyard,” emphasizes Ludwig Spaenle. He is Commissioner for Combating Anti-Semitism in Bavaria and is determined to critically reflect on this egregious terrorist attack during the Olympics. At that time, the Federal Republic of Germany was defeated in the face of terror. “What happened after the terrorist attack is also a dramatic failure of the state,” Spanle told DW. “There was a conscious attempt to forget everything as soon as possible and to shut up a lot. There were no public mourning events either.” Only forty-five years later, attempts were made to re-evaluate and pay tribute to the memory of the dead – the opening of the Memorial in the Olympic Park of Munich.

Psychological trauma was forced out of memory

Return to normal life as soon as possible – such was the desire of people, like Hans Völkl in 1972. Regular flights resumed at Fürstenfeldbruck with debris still lying in front of our office, he recalls. There was no psychological help, the doctors recommended drinking a glass of cognac against shock.

Hans Völkl and Anna Ulrike Bergheim at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base Photo: Peter Hille/DW

“People just tried to suppress the memory of the tragedy,” says Anna Ulrike Bergheim. For many years she, as chairman of the Fürstenfeldbruck Historical Association, looked for witnesses to the murder. And I found people like Hans Völkl. When she walks through the corridors of the air traffic control office at the air base, she can tell about almost every room who was there on the night of September 6, 1972 years old.

How do you live with these memories?

“People who witnessed the tragedy, with a high degree of probability, could not comprehend it in order to forget what they experienced,” Anna Ulrike Bergheim said in an interview with DW. “Many witnesses of the event appear only now, because they are only now ready to talk about it.” Not only the relatives of the dead were left without attention for a long time, Bergheim believes. “For 50 years, the official side has never bothered about those who were there that night – about the police, representatives of the air force, firefighters who were shot during the extinguishing of the fire. None of these people have never been asked for 50 years How do you live with these memories?

Killed in a helicopter: Andre Spitzer was the fencing coach of the Israeli Olympic team Photo: Privat

Today, Hans Völkl talks publicly about his experiences on the night of September 6, 1972. For example, that he saw the bodies of Israeli fencing coach Andre Spitzer and Greco-Roman wrestling referee Yosef Gutfreund with their hands tied in helicopters. Hans Völkl, by his own admission, has not yet tried to contact the relatives of the victims. He doesn’t want to be forced. If someone speaks to him about this tragic event, then this is a completely different matter. Even 50 years after the Munich massacre, there is still much to tell the next generations.

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10 Picturesque villages in Europe

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(Last updated: 05/27/2022)

The vast lands of Europe are the source of many legends and fairy tales, stunning landscapes, and villages that hold ancient secrets. Beside central cosmopolitan cities or behind limestone mountains, the number of picturesque and captivating villages in Europe is endless. Yet, there are 10 picturesque villages in Europe whose beauty and magic surpass all others.

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1. Watch, Switzerland

The most beautiful village in Switzerland, Guarda is a small village nestled among green meadows. Above the lower part of the Engadine Valley, or as the locals call it, the Engiadine rules the epic Swiss landscape. It is built on a sunny terrace, 300 meters above the valley, guarding all who come and approach, as well as the ancient traditions of how to drive away winter.

The white houses are decorated with traditional paintings and ancient inscriptions called sgraffiti. Romansh, the local language, survived and is still spoken today.

From Basel on the hens on the train

from Berne on the hens on the train

from Turin to Tirano on the train

from Bergamo to Tirano on the train

2. Picturesque villages in Europe: Kocham, Germany

A village that sleeps on the banks of the Moselle River. Half-timbered houses and picturesque cottages along narrow lanes. Beautiful in autumn when the green meadows and trees wear their golden robes, adding to the charm and picturesque beauty of beautiful Cochem.

Surrounded by vineyards and rolling hills, the village of Cochem is postcard perfect. The best way to get to know the countryside and admire its picturesque views is by bike.

3. Dinant, Belgium

Between steep cliffs, on the banks of the River Meuse, lies in the beautiful village of Dinant in the Walloon region. Times of Day. The grandiose views become even more beautiful from the cliff top citadel..

The dome of the Collegiale Notre-Dame De Dinant is a prominent feature against the backdrop of black limestone mountains. Colorful houses and boats in front complete the breathtaking views.

If you have some extra time, visit the nearby Crevecoeur Castle, Annevoye Gardens, and Château de Veves to see more postcards.

From Brussels to Dinan by train

From Antwerp to Dinan by train

From Ghent to Dinan by train

From Liège to Dinan by train

4. Picturesque villages in Europe: Norcia, Italy

Behind the defensive walls, among the green hills in Eastern Umbria, you will discover the picturesque village of Norcia. This small medieval village is very picturesque and looks absolutely stunning in spring when the surroundings are in full bloom..

Churches, Italian palaces, add to the enchanting views of Norcia. Also, the Nera River is another place to explore and enjoy breathtaking views of the beautiful region of Umbria in Italy. Be sure to check out the famous truffles along the way, and try the local cuisine of spaghetti or truffle frittata. It’s just divine!

Milan to Rome by train

Florence to Rome by train

Pisa to Rome by train

Naples to Rome by train

smooth, the Netherlands

If you’re on your way to Holland to capture epic tulip fields, then visit picturesque Lissa. This cute village is just 45 minutes away from Amsterdam.

Lisse is perhaps one of the smallest villages in the Netherlands, but it is home to 7 million flower bulbs planted annually in the Keukenhof Gardens. From late March to mid-May, these bulbs grow into beautiful and colorful tulips. thus, Liss is undoubtedly the most beautiful spring and unforgettable pictures and views are waiting for you..

Bremen to Amsterdam by train

Hannover to Amsterdam by train

Bielefeld to Amsterdam by train

Hamburg to Amsterdam by train

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