The Ghost Town of Consonno - Italy Walking Tour

Come walking with me around Consonno, a ghost town nestled in the northern part of Italy, in the province of Lecco.
This town has an interesting story: on January 8, 1962, the entire town was bought by a man with a dream, Count Mario Bagno, who wanted to create a “City of Toys”, a huge complex halfway between a shopping mall and a casino, which would provide visitors with every kind of entertainment imaginable.
Bagno demolished almost everything of the original town, except the church, the parish priest’s house and the cemetery.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the town briefly enjoyed success, attracting hoards of pleasure seekers.
At the gate signs announced: “In Consonno, it’s always a party”, “Consonno is the smallest, but the most beautiful place on earth” and “In Consonno, the sky is bluer”.
By 1972 the novelty had begun to wear off and crowds dwindled.
The fatal blow to the town came in 1976 when heavy rains, exacerbated by the undermining of the local hydrogeological equilibrium caused by the building, provoked a landslide that destroyed the only road into town.
In July 2007 a clandestine rave party was held there, the influx of more than a thousand marauding youth devastated what was left of Consonno.
Over time, the remaining buildings were trashed and graffiti painted everywhere.


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