Life in the village of Carrega Ligure, Piedmont, Italy


A boarded-up window of an Appennine house, in the dying Italian village of Carrega Ligure. The young and the strong have left an unsustainable rural economy, for better paid jobs; in nearby Genoa and Turin.


Size: 2136px × 3216px
Location: Carrega Ligure, Province of Alessandria, Italy
Photo credit: © Dario Earl / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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