The most beautiful villages of Italy

[Coihaique]

Wow - this all are realy beautiful villages. I like it very much. - We have also some nice villages in Germany but nothing comparable to this. It is so beautiful!
You can see that some of the villages have problems with its population, I think many young people are leaving this villages, but they have to be preserved at all cost. Italy is so beautiful!

[vittorio tauber]

The Castle and village of Masino, near Ivrea, province of Torino

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Originally Posted by Coihaique

Wow - this all are realy beautiful villages. I like it very much. - We have also some nice villages in Germany but nothing comparable to this. It is so beautiful!

I think it's just a question of different features striking one's eye. What looks dull and routinary to me may look somehow 'exotic' to german eyes.
To me, villages retaining timbered houses, Giebelhaeuser and Zwiebeltoepfe are just fairy tale places. So northern.

Maybe the uneven orography of Italy also plays a role. Perched villages offer a nice view and fresh air, but living there is quite uncomfortable.

You can see that some of the villages have problems with its population, I think many young people are leaving this villages, but they have to be preserved at all cost. Italy is so beautiful!

Sadly so.
Many of these villages have been turned into week-end or holidays venues, which helps preserving.
But there are thousands that are slowly dying, as ageing population, waning agriculture and the flight of young people is a real trouble.
And also when population is not shrinking, living in the historical core may be uneasy, as old houses don't fit contemporary way of life.
I think there's still a lot of preservation and revitalization to be done, and a huge real estate market to be stimulated and exploited.

Still in the end you will hardly find real "ghost villages".

[vittorio tauber]

Vigo di Ton (Trentino)



Vigo di Ton and Castel Thun.

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Originally Posted by Coihaique

Wow - this all are realy beautiful villages. I like it very much. - We have also some nice villages in Germany but nothing comparable to this. It is so beautiful!
You can see that some of the villages have problems with its population, I think many young people are leaving this villages, but they have to be preserved at all cost. Italy is so beautiful!

yeap young people with dreams always attracted by big cities, but always back on the mind there is the idea of returning back where they grow up

i hope some day find the most beatiful villages of Germany and share here

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Originally Posted by vittorio tauber

Vigo di Ton (Trentino)



Vigo di Ton and Castel Thun.

thanks vittorio tauber your post in Italy thread help meet Italy
welcome!

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Vernazza Marina by webeagle12, on Flickr

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Vernazza, Italy by webeagle12, on Flickr

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#33 - Santo Stefano di Sessanio is a comune and hill town in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo


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#34 - Sori is a small town with a population of 4,400, located about 17 km southeast of Genoa, the St George's Cross proudly flies over the town centre, Liguria

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#35 - Scanno takes its name from the place in which it is situated.
The Romans gave the name scamnum, scanno,
stool to the rocky crag on which rest the first buttresses of the hills
in the Upper Sagittarius valley, L' Aquila Province, Abruzzo


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#36 - Ragusa Ibla is a neighbourhood and historical heart of Ragusa (Sicily), considered one of the best example of Baroque architecture was declared Unesco World Heritage site since 2002. Ibla is a spectacular mix of narrow streets, steep winding steps, old churches, and fantastic views. Previous pic n° 94 represent Duomo's square, Sicily

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#37 - Pacentro is a village of 1279 inhabitants of the L'Aquila province, Abruzzo

It is a well preserved historic medieval village located about
170km east of Rome. The village has documented origins back to the
9th or 10th Century, but the area was known as a mountain retreat
since Roman times.

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#38 - Anguillara Sabazia is a small town and comune located in the countryside of Rome, it lay on a small cape on the coast of the Bracciano Lake, Latium




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#39 - Preci is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Perugia, Umbria

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#40 - Bomarzo is a town and comune of the province of Viterbo, Lazio

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#41 - Colletta di Castelbianco is an ancient village in the Maritime Alps and near the Italian Riviera in the province of Savona, Liguria


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Pizzighettone on Adda River, province of Cremona

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Cannero Riviera on Lake Maggiore (province of Verbania)

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Varzi (province of Pavia)

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Spinoso on Lake Pertusillo (Basilicata, province of Potenza)

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