Can €20 million save a dying village? Italy is about to find out.
On a blustery April morning, the winding cobbled streets are largely deserted in this stone and timber village high in Italy’s Apennine Mountains.
A century ago, more than 100 children attended the local school. Now, the school is closed and just three children live in the village, one of them just a few months old – the first baby born in a decade. There were once four grocery shops; now there are none.
But all that may be about to change dramatically.
Calascio is one of 21 villages across Italy that are to receive €20 million ($21.7 million) each from
