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One village more enchanting than the other. #Navelli, #Fontecchio, #RoccadiMezzo and #Celano. Their urban layout is still medieval. I had the opportunity to walk through them in a period of few people when I counted more cats than visitors. In some of these places, however, it seems that after the earthquake and in particular after the depopulation of the last century following migration abroad, they are still looking for redemption. There are entire ghost neighborhoods, memories of a pastoral and artisan past, which have had to deal with the lack of means of subsistence. The rebirth of these splendid rural realities needs people. Only a return to the countryside, starting with young families, can guarantee a future for these villages that, like stone crowns on hills and mountains, guard the Italian spirit. #Abruzzo #unreporterinvaligia