Bizarre Plagued by depopulation, stifled by the lack of resources, provides the Lombardy town of Esino Lario, with 747 inhabitants in the province of Lecco, its symbolic places to purchase to: the town hall, the square, and even the banks you find on a auction site.
The mayor writes: “Unfortunately, we have no longer the resources to the biggest problems of our municipality to fight. The only thing left is to rely on the private sector. That’s why I decided to for the well-being of all the symbolic places to sell.” The offer is – as well as in some newspapers – to find on the site vendesiesino.it, where you can buy what’s on offer from the village on 910 metres above the sea level, with views on the eastern shore of lake Como.
There are still six days before the end of the auction. The town hall is still up for sale for 200,000 euros, the welkomstbordje for 1250, and the price for a bench is 280 euro with the promotion 3 for the price of 2. Each “object” has a precise description: “Buitenbank, used for years by citizens and tourists during their walks through the streets of the city. It consists of lateral fixing support and aid in nodular cast iron with a large base for a stable anchoring to the floor, treated with a protective paint layer and dennenhouten boards”.