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Craco
Sign in to saveCraco is a ghost town and comune in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, abandoned after the 1980 Irpinia earthquake. It is a tourist attraction and a popular filming location. In 2010, Craco was included in the watch list of the World Monuments Fund.
Craco is an abandoned Italian town in the Basilicata region that was emptied after a devastating 1980 earthquake and has since become a popular tourist destination and movie filming location. The town was recognized internationally in 2010 when the World Monuments Fund added it to their watch list of at-risk cultural sites.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Craco
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Craco
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Craco il paese fantasma.jpg
- Italian comune.imagesize
- 260
- Italian comune.image_caption
- The old town of Craco
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Craco-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.province
- (MT)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Craco Peschiera
- Italian comune.mayor
- Vincenzo Lacopeta
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 77.04
- Italian comune.population_total
- 773
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- December 2008
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Crachesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 391
- Italian comune.istat
- 077007
- Italian comune.saint
- San Vincenzo Martire di Craco
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 75010
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0835
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ghost town
- Official name
- Craco
- Demonym
- crachesi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- province of Matera
- Population
- 620
- Area
- 77.04
- Elevation
- 391
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Stigliano
- Official website
- www.comune.craco.mt.it
- Image
- Craco il paese fantasma.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0835
- Licence plate code
- MT
- Patron saint
- Saint Nicholas
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- Commons category
- Craco
- postal code
- 75010
- Commons gallery
- Craco
- native label
- Craco
- member of
- Climate Alliance
- P11012
- Aon
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On the map
2 mapped locations