Tuscany is renowned for its natural beauty, exquisite wines, and rich historical heritage, but also for its villages, towns, and small cities facing depopulation, causing damage not only to local ...

Italy’s super cheap houses have become the stuff of legend in recent years. The €1 home initiative “Case 1 Euro” launched in 2017, dreamt up by the authorities to reverse the effects of depopulation ...

A national law has created a huge hurdle for offloading some historic, and very cheap, houses. In central Italy’s medieval town of Patrica, a strategy to breathe new life into empty properties has hit ...