Ghost villages - Roghudi
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Vilage of Roghudi Vecchio
Situated on the southern slopes of Aspromonte in Greek Calabria, the village of Roghudi Vecchio - inhabited by people of the Grecanica ethnic group - was completely abandoned following two very strong floods in 1971 and 1973, dates on which the village, until then the municipal seat, was declared totally uninhabitable. The scenery is breathtaking. The village, surrounded by mountains, lies at a height of more than 500 m. on the crest of a hill, which rises in the middle of the fiumara Amendolea. A short distance away are two noteworthy geological formations: the milk cauldrons and the Rocca del Drago. These rocks have been shaped over time by wind, rain and ice to become curious natural monuments.
Village of Brancaleone Superiore
In the Middle Ages it was a fortified village and belonged to various feudal lords, but it is now almost completely abandoned due to the floods and landslides that struck it. Brancaleone Superiore was a place of literary inspiration, in particularly significant pages for the writer Cesare Pavese, who was sent to confinement precisely in Brancaleone by the fascist regime (1935-1936). To be seen, in the silence of the ghost town and in the neighbouring areas:
The 'New Church' of 1939 with a Latin cross plan.
The caves, probably the remains of a monastic complex.
The ruins of the village, with the remains of the ancient church of the Annunziata (1500).
A small rupestrian church, with a Byzantine fresco, still in use today.
