February 3rd 2013
Numbers and statistics
More than 25% houses have been sold since May 2010, and the houses archive has been growing until now, reaching 136 currently. This site has steadily continued to being visited, accepting "virtual visitors" coming from 123 States (of 194 Independent States in the whole World), visiting us for 59.525 times. The most clicking States are Italy (46.676 visits), Netherlands (5.465), USA (2.204), United Kingdom (847), Germany (663), France (375), Canada (339), Brazil (317), Switzerland (253), Belgium (236), Spain (169) and Argentina (130). The results are provided by Google Analytics service.
June 30th 2012
TG2 Dossier talks about us
The depopulation of the italian villages is the main subject of the June 30th special episode of TG2 Dossier. Going from the mountain villages of north Italy, now unhabited, to our little village where "A house in San Basile" brought great and unexpected results and the increase in population. The reportage extract is uploaded on YouTube at this link.
April 4th 2012
San Basile going to Bruxelles
The European Parliament invites the City of San Basile to join the group of 25 most virtuous cities of Calabria as model of good governance in South Italy. Most of the contributions goes to the project "A house in San Basile" and to the actions of the Municipal Administration. The web-zine Paese24.it, a online newsletter working in the north-eastern Calabria, talks about San Basile in the article available clicking here.
WHY BUY A HOUSE IN SAN BASILE?
A secondary house in San Basile means a relaxing and peaceful place in the middle hill, below mountains and having a beautiful sea view easily within reach before returning to the town's peacefulness and coolness. A place to take refuge in every time it'd be necessary, just to live a few days or months in a very different and new way of living.
But a house in San Basile may also mean the alternative for people who whould establish here a permanent residence for economic reasons (i.e. retired people, who may sell a city house to buy another cheap one in San Basile and enjoy the saving or may rent a house in the old town; young married couples, who may solve their buying dwelling house problems in big cities choosing a more reasonable price in our town), for ill health reasons (i.e. getting away from the city pollution to breath good air and eat natural food), or finally for a simple own choice (i.e. no chaos, traffir or stress, but long walks, upstanding idleness and amusement activities to take back relationships with others and themselves).
It is also possible to rent a piece of land in which plant a vegetable garden: it seems to be a dream, but it can be easily done without spending a lot of money.
In addition there are few farmhouses that can be used for a pleasant stay in the nature world of the Pollino National Park.
There's also a camper and caravan area suitably equipped for campers.
Young people instead may enjoy their time in summer taking part in the events and activities (sports, knowledge, fun) all together.