The last inhabitants of Poggio Santa Cecilia, a village in Tuscany, abandoned it in the 1960s. Many residents left furniture in their unwanted homes, curtains at the windows and crockery in the cupboards. It has all been untouched since then, despite the village's having being sold into private ownership.

"We first started buying the farmland surrounding Poggio Santa Cecilia with the intention of raising organic cattle," said Fabio Menegoli, a member of the group of Italian investors that has owned the village and its surrounding estate for 50 years. "Though we never developed the village to its full potential, we have worked hard to maintain the property."

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