A collection of once populated, now empty, ghost towns!

18. Montefalcone, Italy In 1376 the Lord of Monteverde won control of Fermo with the help of an army of foreign mercenaries. His sheer cruelty earned him the title The Second Nero. Three years after his takeover, the citizens rose up against the tyrant, and he fled along with one thousand knights to take refuge in Montefalcone.