Space · Neighbourhood or village
EVA, Eco Villaggio Autocostruito di Pescomaggiore EVA - Eco Villaggio Autocostruito
Pescomaggiore, L'Aquila · Abruzzo · Italy
After the L'Aquila earthquake of April 2009, a group of residents organised since 2007 in the Comitato per la Rinascita di Pescomaggiore decided not to wait for institutional solutions and self-built a small neighbourhood of wood and straw houses following bio-architecture criteria, on land donated by other residents. Against the government's model of prefabricated new towns, the project asserted community self-management of the reconstruction, and today it combines housing, sustainable tourism and vegetable gardens.
- Led by
- Comitato per la Rinascita di Pescomaggiore
- Status
- Active
- Participation
- Community led
- Visitable
- Ecovillage open to visitors, with lodging and sustainable tourism projects
- Contact
- No public contact on record
- Last reviewed
- 1 September 2026
Verification
Partially verified
This place has at least one source on record and awaits a second one for contrast. Full verification will arrive in the review phase of the atlas.
- Verified two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
- Partial one source on record
- Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending
Sources
- EVA: l'eco-villaggio di Pescomaggiore autoricostruito dagli abitanti dopo il terremoto ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · greenMe
- I ragazzi di Pescomaggiore ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Comune-info