He was the last inhabitant, the 'guardian' of Roscigno Vecchia, a town not far from Mount Pruno, which became a 'ghost' village due to landslides, which made it completely uninhabited over time.
Giuseppe Spagnuolo, 76 years old, also known as 'Libero', who throughout his life had chosen to remain in that strip of houses and greenery, acting as a guide for anyone who came to that place in the heart of Cilento, is no longer with us.
With his long white beard and pipe in his mouth, Spagnuolo represented the historical memory of those places, a great narrator of the past.
Roscigno, today a municipality with just over 600 inhabitants, has seen its historic center, Roscigno Vecchia, gradually empty after two ordinances of the Civil Engineering Department at the beginning of the twentieth century, which forced residents to move to the new Roscigno.
The ancient buildings, marked by time and now abandoned, have become a tourist destination for lovers of the trails, and with them the fame of Spagnuolo grew, thanks to his availability and expertise in telling the story of a town transformed into an open-air peasant museum.
Since 2001, Spagnuolo had remained the only actual inhabitant of Roscigno Vecchia
Since 2001, Spagnuolo had been the only actual inhabitant after the death, at the age of 85, of Dorina, the last woman to live in Roscigno Vecchia. In the last few days, the elderly caretaker had been hospitalized in Salerno, as communicated by his daughter Marilena in a social group dedicated to him. The funeral will be held tomorrow, Saturday 20 January, at 15 pm, in the church of San Nicola di Bari in Roscigno.
Article published on 19 January 2024 - 17:10
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