The Italian village of Santo Stefano di Sessanio is hoping to attract new younger residents by offering them grants totaling as much as 44,000 euros ($52,022). The picturesque hilltop village in the ...

You already know the drill: idyllic hilltop village in Italy with an aging population wants new blood. Normally, the next step is to sell off abandoned houses for €1. Villages from all over the ...

Daniele Kihlgren came around the Gran Sasso mountain on his motorbike one day 11 years ago and saw Santo Stefano di Sessanio shining in the distance, and it was, he says, "una folgorazione" – "an ...

The village of Santo Stefano di Sessanio in the Abruzzo region is offering new arrivals up to €44,000, or $76000, to move to the hilltop village. With up to €8000 (AU$12,990) a year for new residents, ...

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