Space · Neighbourhood or village
Santo Stefano di Sessanio
Santo Stefano di Sessanio (L'Aquila) · Abruzzo · Italy
Reuse of vacancy2004
A fortified medieval village in the Gran Sasso that by the end of the 1990s had barely seventy residents. Businessman Daniele Kihlgren bought dozens of ruined houses and in 2004 opened Sextantio, the first albergo diffuso in Abruzzo, restored to strict conservation criteria. The project rescued the hamlet from ruin, but it is a private luxury tourism venture that coexists with a municipality of just over a hundred residents, which the town council itself is now trying to repopulate with financial incentives.
- Led by
- The entrepreneur Daniele Kihlgren (Sextantio project) and the town council
- Status
- Active
- Participation
- Institution led
- Visitable
- Freely accessible village; the Sextantio albergo diffuso is paid
- Website
- www.sextantio.it ↗
- 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
- La formula di Sextantio ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Il Sole 24 Ore
- Casa e soldi per vivere a Santo Stefano di Sessanio: il caso finisce sulla Cnn ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Il Centro