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Bruno Zanzottera

Monteruga was built during Italy's fascist regime and abandoned in the 1980s.

Vegetation overtakes a ghost house in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy.

The hilltop fortress of Rocca Calascio was damaged by an earthquake in 1703.

Paint peals from the interior of a building in Poggioreale, abandoned following a series of earthquakes in the 1960s.

Today, local shepherds use the abandoned buildings in Villaggio Asproni to house livestock.

Items clutter a ghost house in the Piedmont region. Its last resident is believed to have died about 20 years ago.

Villaggio Asproni once hosted workers from the nearby mines, and fell into disuse when they closed.

Residents left Col di Favilla in the 1960s after the construction of a new road diverted the flow of commercial traffic away from the village.

The medieval town of Craco emptied in the late 20th century due to landslides.

When the mine of Montevecchio closed in the 1991, many miners left their homes.