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Abandoned village · 1968

Ruderi di Santa Margherita Belice

Province of Agrigento, SicilyAccess not verified

The old centre was badly damaged by the 1968 Belice earthquake and the town was rebuilt next to it. Among the ruins stands Palazzo Filangeri-Cutò, linked to the novel The Leopard.

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