Perched on a steep hilltop in Basilicata, the arch of Italy’s boot, the medieval ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Given its precarious position on a 1,300-foot-high cliff in Italy’s southern ...

Visitors can still explore the ghost town today, but they cannot wander around freely.

Craco, located in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, was developed on a rocky formation which gives the town a unique silhouette. Its two churches and residences are all in ruins following ...

From Craco, Italy (1980 earthquake) to Oradour-sur-Glane, France (1944 Nazi massacre, preserved exactly as left) to Tyneham, England (1943 military requisition, never returned), these villages mark ...

Adventurous travellers can make their way through the beautiful ruins of an abandoned ghost town which has a 1,300 year history. Visit Craco on the heel of Italy today and you will find the tumbled ...

A “CURSED” town in an area locals say was “shunned by God” was left abandoned after a series of biblical disasters – but thousands of tourists still visit. Built on a very steep hill the town suffered ...

They survived malaria outbreaks, volcanic eruptions, centuries of war, and the Bubonic Plague, but in the end it was a landslide that brought them down. People had lived in Craco, a hilltop village on ...