The undeniable charm of a crumbling medieval village
A Swedish entrepreneur helps resurrect an ancient and obscure Italian town
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(Image credit: (REUTERS/Siegfried Modola)At least that was the impression Swedish-Italian entrepreneur Daniele Kihlgren had back in 1999 when he first drove through the medieval hamlet, tucked into the hill)

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Jackie Friedman is the assistant photo editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the photojournalism program at Kent State University and now lives in New York.
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