a remote region of NW Iceland. In 1995, an avalanche fell on the small village, resulting in 14 fatalities. It was later decided that the location of the town was unsafe for year-round occupation. It has been forbidden ever since to live in the old town permanently. A new village was built from the ground up a few miles away from the old site in a safer location. Ireland Miners' Village, Glendalough, County Wicklow was a small village based around a galena mine. The village was largely inhabited from 1825 to 1957 when the mine closed permanently. Great Blasket Island, County Kerry, was evacuated in 1953 after being repeatedly cut off from the mainland due to poor weather. Its 160 residents were relocated to the mainland by the government. Innisfallen Island is the site of Innisfallen Abbey, once home to Finian Lobhar. Rindoon, County Roscommon, was deserted by the 14th century. Slievemore is a deserted village on Achill Island. Scattery Island is the site of a former village and monastery, and was once the home of Saint Senan. Italy is a village in Aliano municipality, evacuated after the 1980 Irpinia earthquake. Argentiera is a former mining town in Sassari that suffered a population decline after World War II. Avi, Piedmont. Balestrino, a town and municipality in Liguria whose old town was abandoned in 1953. Bussana Vecchia is a town in Liguria that was abandoned following an earthquake in 1887. Campomaggiore is a town in Potenza. Cirella vecchia is the old town of Cirella. Civita di Bagnoregio is a town in Lazio that declined over the 16th and 17th centuries. Connio Vecchio (Old Connio), Piedmont. Consonno, Olginate. Craco, in the province of Matera, was depopulated in the middle of the 20th century, due to a landslide and the subsequent emigration. The abandonment has made Craco a popular filming location for movies such as The Nativity Story, The Passion of the Christ and Quantum of Solace. Herculaneum was mostly destroyed and buried under of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Melito Vecchio (Old Melito), Avellino. Monteruga, Apulia. Pentedattilo, in Calabria, was severely damaged by the 1783 Calabrian earthquakes, and was completely abandoned by the 1960s. Poggioreale is a town in Sicily that was destroyed by the 1968 Belice earthquake. Pompeii was mostly destroyed and buried under of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius