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Italy takes to battlements to save its dying hamlets
The streets are silent and cats hunt in abandoned houses, but the view from the battlements of Calascio's castle is spectacular; good enough perhaps to save this dying Italian hamlet.
Local officials have put restoring the ruins and attracting tourists at the heart of their bid to revive the village, which has won 20 million euros ($22 million) in EU post-pandemic funds.