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Thousands of stunningly picturesque towns and villages in Italy sit half-empty, as the country's declining birth rate and prolonged economic crisis have led to an exodus of people from non-urban areas. In Civitacampomarano, a small town in the southern region of Molise, residents are drawing people in with street art.

Street artists descend on the remote Italian village of Civitacampomarano, led by Alice Pasquini, for the 2023 edition of the CVTà Street Fest on 2-4 June.

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2:53 You sense things are different the second you drive up to Bishop Museum. Once you cross the Great Lawn and head into Castle Memorial Building, you are sure. The hall is transformed, darkened, and a womans elongated figure rises 20 feet up a grey column. Shes done in a realistic style, with her hair sweeping above her. "Yeah, thats me and Hula, who also does human form. Him and I have a very similar style so we collaborated on that one," said artist Kamea Hadar, who co-founded the Pow! Wow!...