Civita, Italy's 'dying town,' seeks UNESCO World Heritage status

The Globe and Mail
Emily G Roe and Cristiano Corvino
CIVITA DI BAGNOREGIO, Italy
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Calling yourself “the dying town” may not sound like the best way of attracting visitors, but Civita has learned to make a living out of dying.
And it has resisted definitive death for so long that Italy has nominated it and the surrounding area of stark cliffs and valleys known as “badlands” to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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