Daily Sketch No.80 Bussana Vecchia near San Remo, Italy

Just above San Remo is the old village of Bussana Vecchia. An earthquake struck in 1887 totally destroying the village but in the 1960s it was taken over by hippies from several European countries, repairing the houses to a reasonable state and creating an artist colony. There have been several attempts by the Italian government to evict, the last being in 1997 but so far they have succeeded in staying. I like the village a lot. It has a creative atmosphere, lovely to stroll around and see what these inhabitants have done with very little money on improving their homes.