ROCCA CALASCIO, Italy : When the sun comes up over the castle of Rocca Calascio, a mountain hamlet high up in the central Italian Apennines, it is like a silent, red thunder.

Italy is investing millions of euros in EU grants and loans to revive villages in each of its 20 regions, including the stunning settlement of Rocca Calascio in the mountains of Abruzzo, which is ...

When the sun comes up over the castle of Rocca Calascio, a mountain hamlet high up in the central Italian Apennines, it is like a silent, red thunder. One such sunrise struck Franco Cagnoli with ...

One of Vakomies’s favourite spots is Rocca Calascio, known as the highest fortress in the Apennine mountain range. The 13th-century castle (seen in the 1985 movie Ladyhawke) is a fairly short ...

Just three children have been born here in 12 years. The hamlet has no grocer's shops, school or doctor's surgery. What the hamlet does have is Rocca Calascio, an ancient castle which draws 100,000 ...

The cold moon sets behind Rocca Calascio castle and village in Calascio, in Italy's Abruzzo region, on December 27, 2023. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.

Wolf moon sets behind Rocca Calascio castle and village in Calascio, Italy, on Jan 6, 2023. The first full moon of the year (on January) is often called the Wolf Moon, a name which may date back ...

Rocca Calascio's future was handed a boost this month when Italy's culture ministry included it among 21 places that will receive 20 million euros ($22 million) each to restore ruins and build ...