Leri ghost town

The name comes from the presence of the family of Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour and also famous for the presence of the nearby power station.
In the prolific Piedmont, in the province of Vercelli, stands the old town of Leri Cavour, a very important grange in the area, at least until a few years ago.
The name comes from the presence of the family of Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour and also famous for the presence of the nearby power station.
The area was initially marshy and unsuitable for human settlement, but the Cistercian monks, in the 11th century, reclaimed it making it livable; less than a century later the area was widely exploited for cultivation and breeding and there was an imposing structure used as a farm.
This piece of history of the Vercelli countryside is very interesting, as mentioned it is located in the immediate vicinity of the Galileo Ferraris thermoelectric plant, one of the many punches in the stomach from the landscape point of view present in the area, but, despite this, it is surrounded by greenery and calm.
The buildings that you encounter while walking among its ruins are those typical of a huge agricultural plant, such as stables, barns and granaries; obviously there are the workers' houses, the church (1718-1720) and an old mill. Certainly the place of greatest interest is the one where the Cavour family lived, a splendid two-storey villa with entirely frescoed ceilings; each room had an intricately decorated fireplace and rich finishes throughout the house.

The abandonment of the place is not an easy thing to define, because undoubtedly during the 1960s there was a first phase of depopulation of the village due to the advent of industry and the industrial process linked to agriculture.
In the 1980s the village remained alive thanks to the employees of the nearby thermoelectric plant who had decided to live there being very close to the place of work.
In the 90s something still survived in Leri, but it was only a few jolts, because in the 90s there will be nothing more alive among those streets.
Given the recent actual abandonment, it is not the typical abandoned place with the vegetation that has already attacked the walls and buildings, everything is still quite in order, as if someone still lived there.
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