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A community that was created as part of Mussolini's agricultural reforms but was never inhabited.
This abandoned village in western Sicily is one of a number of farmers' villages (borghi rurali) built at the instruction of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Known as Borgo Amerigo Fazio, the village was built in 1939—only a few years before the end of Italy's fascist regime. The idea was to create a design with clear structures: church, school, administration buildings, police, and public health offices in the center, surrounded by private residences. But, like the other borghi rurali in Sicily (Borgo Schiro, Borgo Cascino, Borgo Borzellino, etc.), Borgo Fazio was never actually used by locals.
