A town in Puglia that used to bustle with business and crowds 50 years ago has lost two-thirds of its population since, and wants to buy it back. The town is offering people willing to settle there bonuses of €800 to €2000 to settle there.
Like many other places, younger people have looked elsewhere for work, leaving the town that had 8,000 residents in the 60s and was nicknamed ‘Little Naples’ with a recent population of about 2,700 today.
Bonuses of €800 for singles, €1,200 for couples, €1,500 to €1,800 for three-member families, and over €2,000 for families of four to five are being offered. To qualify, you must be willing to move permanently, rent or buy a house, and have an income of at least €7,500 a year. It’s aimed mostly at Italians, but foreigners are welcome (if they have EU residence, of course).
The town is noted for its Baroque buildings, white terreced houses, and what’s claimed, at 35 cm wide, to be Italy’s narrowest alley.
