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Historic Center of Craco( World Monuments Fund ) The Historic
Center of Craco was first developed between the 10th and 9th
centuries B.C., and the tall watchtower that hovers above this
rocky village was built in 1000 A.D. The town has been abandoned
since 1991, when a landslide forced out its remaining residents.
Because this hilltop town was built on an unstable slope, it
will be hard to protect this ancient piece of Italian history.