Europe’s Mountaintop Las Vegas That’s Now an Eerie Ghost City
'The Las Vegas of Europe' is now a crumbling wreck, standing empty and abandoned.
TL;DR
- Consonno, Italy, was transformed from a quiet village into 'The Las Vegas of Europe' by concrete tycoon Mario Bagno.
- Bagno purchased the village in 1962, displacing residents and demolishing most buildings to build a 'city of toys'.
- The town featured a mix of attractions, including a shopping arcade in an 'arabesque-style' minaret, and planned amenities like pools and a zoo.
- Despite a brief period of popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a landslide in October 1976 caused the village to be abandoned.