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There's a Town in Italy Shaped Like a Person

It's called Centuripe, and it looks like it's had too much to drink

By Rain Noe - February 26, 2021

in Urbanism

In the province of Enna, Sicily, lies the mountain town of Centuripe, seen here on Google Maps:

Here's what it looks like from a closer aerial view:

I wonder if the residents refer to the location of their homes as being in the torso, head, crotch, et cetera. I also wonder which they'd consider the left and right arms and legs; I see the figure as facedown, but perhaps others see it as face-up. Maybe a glass-half-full kind of thing.

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Lucas Green

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I also vote face-down

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