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  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  Maria Filipelli, 80, in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
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Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
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Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16g January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  A boy plays in the multigrade classroom of the elementary school of Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013: Children of a multigrade class sit during a break in the classroom at the elementary school of Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  A boy plays in the multigrade classroom of the elementary school of Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013: Principal of elementary school Cinzia Cacone sits at her desk in her office  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013: Michela Martone  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  Caterina Pezzi, 80, elementary teacher of the territory of Varese Ligure, in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  Graziella Bettarin, in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A view of Manarola, one of the five villages of the Cinque Terra - a rugged portion of the Italian Riviera in the Liguria region - is seen here in Manarola, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_75...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: A view of Manarola, one of the five villages of the Cinque Terra - a rugged portion of the Italian Riviera in the Liguria region - is seen here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_70...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017:  A view of Vernazza, one of the five villages of the Cinque Terra - a rugged portion of the Italian Riviera in the Liguria region - is seen here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_72...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A winemaker is seen here at work in his vineyard in a terracing in Manarola, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_75...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A high-school class climbs up the steep<br />
slope during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_73...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), looks through the window here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_66...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Margherita Ermirio, 32, a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, poses for a portrait in Manarola, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_75...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Margherita Ermirio, 32, a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, touches a non-dry stone wall (cement has been used here) to show a class of high-school students the difference with dry stone walls, here in Manarola, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_75...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A hill with terracing and dry stone walls is seen here in Vernazza, a village of the Cinque Terre, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_74...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Margherita Ermirio, 32, a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, walks through a vineyard in a terracing here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
She wants to show younger generations the backbone of the Cinque Terre landscape, and teach them why it’s crucial to maintain their dry stone walls, dovetailed to hold the soil behind and above.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_73...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A high-school class is here during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_72...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A dry stone wall restored by Margherita Ermirio, a 32 years old local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, is seen in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
She wants to show younger generations the backbone of the Cinque Terre landscape, and teach them why it’s crucial to maintain their dry stone walls, dovetailed to hold the soil behind and above.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_71...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A high-school class takes measures during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_71...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A measuring tape used by a high-school class to measure dry stone walls during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, is seen here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_71...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: A view of the Ligurian coastline with its dry stone walls and terracings is seen here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_70...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: A photo album with 1950s pictures of Andrea Corvaro's mother (left), one of the few women who had mastered the art of dry stone walls, and of other stone walls and farmers (right) are seen here in Anselmo Crovara's Memory Archive, housed in his own attic, which hosts a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life, in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_69...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: A photo album with pictures of stone walls and farmers ranging from the 50s to the 70s is seen here in Anselmo Crovara's Memory Archive, housed in his own attic, which hosts a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life, in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_69...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), poses for a portrait here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_68...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), poses for a portrait here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_68...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), poses for a portrait here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_68...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: A collcetion of tradiional Ligurian daily life items is seen here in Anselmo Crovara's  Memory Archive, housed in his own attic in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_67...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Farming tools used in the Cinque Terre are seen here in Anselmo Crovara's Memory Archive, housed in his own attic, which hosts a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life, in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. <br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_67...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), looks through the window here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_66...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: (L-R) Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), and Margherita Ermirio (32), a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, look at a photo album with pictures of stone walls and farmers ranging from the 50s to the 70s, in Mr Crovara's home in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_65...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), shows a 1970s picture of a handrwitten warning stating "Dry stone walls. Danger of fall. Do not stand by", here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_65...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Margherita Ermirio, 32, a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, poses for a portrait in Manarola, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_75...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Margherita Ermirio, 32, a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, poses for a portrait in Manarola, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_75...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Hills with dry stone walls and terracings are seen here in Manarola, a village of the Cinque Terre, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_75...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Vittorio Ermirio (left), a former swimming champion and Margherita’s father, addresses students in his 250 square meters of pergola vineyards where he makes his Ligurian white wine, in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_74...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A dry stone wall restored by Margherita Ermirio, a 32 years old local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, is seen in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
She wants to show younger generations the backbone of the Cinque Terre landscape, and teach them why it’s crucial to maintain their dry stone walls, dovetailed to hold the soil behind and above.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_74...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A high-school class is here during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_72...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A high-school class is here during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_72...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A high-school class is here during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_72...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A dry stone wall restored by Margherita Ermirio, a 32 years old local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, is seen in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
She wants to show younger generations the backbone of the Cinque Terre landscape, and teach them why it’s crucial to maintain their dry stone walls, dovetailed to hold the soil behind and above.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_71...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A high-school class takes measures during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_71...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Margherita Ermirio, 32, a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, is seen here in front of a hill with dry stone walls and terracings she has worked on, in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
She wants to show younger generations the backbone of the Cinque Terre landscape, and teach them why it’s crucial to maintain their dry stone walls, dovetailed to hold the soil behind and above.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_70...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Margherita Ermirio (32), a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, is seen here by a hill with terracings in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_70...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: The doorphone of Anselmo Crovara's Memory Archive, housed in his own attic, which hosts a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life, is seen here at the entrance of his home in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_69...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: A collections of painting of the Holy Mary are seen here in Anselmo Crovara's Memory Archive, housed in his own attic, which hosts a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life, in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_69...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: A collcetion of tradiional Ligurian daily life items is seen here in Anselmo Crovara's  Memory Archive, housed in his own attic in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_68...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: (R-L) Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), and Margherita Ermirio (32), a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, are seen here in Mr Crovara's Memory Archive in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_67...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Tools to build dry stone walls are seen here in Anselmo Crovara's Memory Archive, housed in his own attic, which hosts a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life, in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. <br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_66...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), flips through newpaper clippings of the Cinque Terre, in his home here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_65...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A view of the dry stone walls and terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves that horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_74...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A view of the 2012 flood that hit the Cinque Terra - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
villages' main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives -is seen here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_70...jpg
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