The Abandoned Alpine Hamlet of Ferriere

The article describes the remote hamlet of Ferrere, also known as Ferriere or Feriéros in Occitan, located at 1,869 meters in the Stura di Demonte valley, province of Cuneo. This isolated outpost on the edge of a landslide-prone precipice overlooks passes to France, including the Ubaye valley in Haute-Provence towards Nice. Like many areas in the region, the hamlet experienced gradual depopulation after post-World War II industrialization, with the last permanent residents leaving in 1967. The author recalls a description by Nuto Revelli from the 1970s, who visited with Rolando, a former Alpini soldier from the Russian front, and wrote in 'Il mondo dei vinti': 'From afar it appears intact like a partisan village on the eve of a roundup, as if you...'