The idyllic Italian hilltop hamlet plus adjoining agricultural land has been uninhabited since the early 1960s.
As time took its toll on the elderly in the village, youngsters moved out in search of work and now it resembles a ghost town, as some of the houses, made from the trademark traditional Tuscan stone have collapsed – and in fairness the eBay add does describe it as being "in need of restoration".
Set in beautiful rolling hills 2,400ft above sea level, Pratariccia, is deep in the Tuscan countryside, just 25 miles east of Florence and close to the region of Italy dubbed Chiantishire for its abundance of British residents and holidaymakers.
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