Castelvecchio Calvisio, A hauntingly beautiful semi-abandoned medieval village in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

A hauntingly beautiful watercolour painting of Castelvecchio Calvisio, a semi-abandoned medieval village in the Abruzzo region of Italy, captured on a windswept late autumn afternoon. Stone houses in various states of decay spiral around narrow, crumbling alleys that twist toward a hilltop centre. The muted limestone walls are softened by ivy and lichen, with broken shutters and weathered tiles. The surrounding landscape is barren and windswept, with tufts of grass and dry shrubs clinging to terraced ledges. In the background, the Apennine peaks loom under a pale grey sky streaked with wind-driven clouds. Cold limestone, faded ochre, sage grey, windblown green, and clouded blue-grey speaks of abandonment and resilience, rendered in textured layers with gritty detail and atmospheric washes.