He's become known as Italy's Robinson Crusoe after spending more than 30 years as the only resident of an idyllic island off the coast of Sardinia.
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After 32 years of living alone on an Italian island, this man is returning to civilization
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A man who has lived alone on a tiny Italian island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea for more than 30 years says he will leave his longtime home soon.
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A man known as Italy s Robinson Crusoe who has lived alone on a Mediterranean island for more than 30 years after running into difficulties in the sea, has said he is finally surrendering to pressure from authorities to leave and will be moving to a small apartment, reported The Guardian.
Mauro Morandi, 81, stumbled across Budelli, a Mediterranean island off Sardinia, in 1989, after his catamaran broke down on the way to the south Pacific. In a fortuitous twist of fate, Morandi discovered that the island s caretaker was about to retire, and so he abandoned the sailing trip, sold his boat and took over the role.