(CNN) – The global epidemic has stopped many travel experiences, including the rush to pull Italian homes at bargain prices, but now some places are emerging from restrictions, the country’s one-dollar home bonanks seem to be coming back.
And deals look better than ever.
Cinquefrondi, a community in the southern part of Calabria, calls itself the destruction of the virus, calling it “a village without Covid” and hopes that its status will sweeten the charm of the houses it has released for 1 € or a little more.
The aim is to reverse a population growth trend caused by the young people’s search for jobs, like other destinations offering similar offers. In Cinquefrondi, Mayor Michele Conia sees the task so seriously that he was given a code name: “Operation Beauty”.
“Finding new owners for many abandoned houses we own is an important part of Beauty Beauty [mission] I threw it to save the broken, lost parts of the city, “Conia told CNN.
“I grew up in Germany, where my parents migrated, then I came back to save my land. Too many people fled from the back of empty houses for decades. We have not resigned.”
Despite the fact that the rugged Aspromonte National Park is surrounded by its natural beauty and overlooks both the Ionian and Tyrrhenian coast, the urban landscape of Cinquefrondi is injured by the ramshackle dwellings.
“We rise between refreshing hills and two warm seas, there is a clean river nearby and the beaches are only 15 minutes away by car. But the entire area of my town is abandoned, but also full of unstable and risky houses.”
Time limit
Like many Italian villages and towns, Cinquefrondi has suffered a loss of population.
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Nationwide, Italy began opening borders to visitors after making substantial progress in reducing infection.
The housing deal here works a little differently than other cheap offers in Italy.
All other towns that sell homes for one euro require a € 5,000 ($ 5,635) down payment that the buyer will lose if they don’t renew the house in three years, while Cinquefrondi only charges an annual insurance policy fee of 250 € until jobs are completed. .
The town hopes that people can stay in cheap homes.
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New owners can be fined only € 20,000 if they fail to complete the restyling in three years. In other towns that offer similar programs, new buyers tend to get things done within one to two years before the deadline.
“We want some kind of certainty when a new buyer signs up on the project. The cost of a restyle here is between 10,000 and 20,000 €, because the policy fee is very low and the residences are comfortable.” [and] very small.”
An existing euro house is about 40-50 square meters in size, shortening the renovation time. They are found in the historical ancient part of Cinquefrondi. Some even have a small balcony with a view.
Cinquefrondi is known as the “Zipper Town” because it is located at the foot of Italy’s boat between the Ionian and Tyrrhenian coast of Calabria. It has amazing views of the nearby UNESCO-listed Aeolian islands.
The town is located between the two seas at the toes of Italy’s boat.
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Its unusual name in Italian means “five villages” referring to early settlements of Greek and Byzantine origin, which were combined into a community in the middle ages. The ruins of the old walls of the town can be seen in the arched passages.
Cinquefrondi endured natural disasters and foreign invasions, but survived for centuries, protected from pirate attacks with the rise of the hill above the seas.
Magnificent traces of past civilizations are everywhere. Ancient Greek words survive in the local dialect and in the names of places, streets and arches.
‘The Last Greeks’
Its history goes back centuries.
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Cinquefrondi was a strategic character during Greek expansion in the 8th and 7th centuries BC and was later colonized by other conquerors. Town elders still use the old Spanish and French terms while chatting.
The idyllic view of the olive groves is covered by a strategic ancient Greek road built to connect the two castles, a Roman villa, ruined monasteries and pagan temples, and the ruins of Greek castles.
The locals proudly call themselves “the last Greeks”.
“This is a land of cultural pollution and cross civilizations,” says Conia. “A melting pot. We welcome people. The door of my office is always open to anyone who comes to knock.”
The town has recently made some improvements to its infrastructure. Roads, piazza, old fountains, public parks and even a church have been properly restored and painted in rainbow colors.
A renovated area known as the “Future Hamlet” is now home to social and cultural events, while a symbolic “ladder of rights” exists to remind visitors that the local people often adopt the rule of law in a country buried with guilt and thug.
Wild Aspromonte National Park offers stunning walking paths between dry river beds, fossil-dotted rocky hills and spaces where Italian outlaws are hidden.
Cinquefrondi mayor said the town had escaped from Covid-19 cases.
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The houses currently on the market for one euro once belonged to farmers, shepherds, craftsmen and tanners. Currently there are about a dozen available, but there are more than 50 vacant residences Conia plans to deliver to its new owners.
“If we receive a huge demand, I can publicly disclose all other buildings that have been empty for decades and where the old owners have been nowhere to be found.”
Fully renovated houses are also available at low prices.
Thorn men
A colorful “ladder of rights” symbolizes that local people adopt the rule of law in a region often disturbed by guilt.
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Cinquefrondi is a sleepy, non-radar place, unknown to most Italians. The old abandoned areas are partially covered with lush vegetation.
The town is a labyrinth of layered streets and pastel-colored houses connected by narrow streets, arched passages, and jerky stone steps where fragments of the ruined old city walls stick.
It grows on flowers, ferns, moss and small palms walls, green window frames, unhinged wooden doors and balconies of forgotten homes. Rusty aristocratic portals are placed side by side with sheets and clothes hanging to dry in the sun on their populated streets.
The town is surrounded by idyllic countryside.
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Unusual folklore and picturesque festivals are among the plus points of Cinquefrondi.
The key event is the barefoot “spinati” or “thorn men” religious procession dedicated to Saint Rocco, who wore large bell-shaped bouquets that symbolize the crown of thorns that make them look like walking trees.
The Macabre funeral was held at the end of the local picturesque Carnival to bid farewell to the festival.
In the festival, which is held every year, the locals are dressed with unusual bell-shaped bouquets.
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Fun is guaranteed, it guarantees Conia. Food fairs and festivals continue all summer long. There is a special event every night.
There are farmer fairs where potato and sweet pepper dishes are cooked creatively, tradesman fairs displaying handmade chairs and pots, and hunter fairs where guests are offered meat boar lunches.
This is a foodie haven.
Cinquefrondi’s best gourmet specialties are a spicy, reddish ‘induja salami made with tons of hot pepper, a special type of pasta called anchovy and grated struncatura with olive oil and grated bread.
Desserts include zeppole donuts made with potatoes and sugar, and handmade twisted nacatole biscuits.
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