Ghost villages - Africo Vecchio

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Village of Africo Vecchio

The name seems to derive from afrikos, meaning 'exposed to the sun', or from the name of a libeccio wind. The site of Africo Vecchio was abandoned following the floods of 1951 and 1953, which forced the local population to leave the mountain and set up a new settlement by the sea, near Bianco, where today's Africo Nuovo stands. In the old town, which can be reached by taking the road that connects Bova to Campi di Bova, is the small church of San Leo, a small rectangular building of Basilian origin, rebuilt in the 17th century.

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