The village no one dared to mention the name for fear

If you accidentally hear the name of the village of Colobraro, people even find ways to touch the wood in the hope of regaining luck.

Colobraro is an ancient village located on a hill south of the Basilicata region. Today, in Italy, people always avoid mentioning the name of this village due to fear of bad curse and bad luck. And if they accidentally hear from visitors' mouths, they will quickly touch the wood as an act of regaining their luck, according to the BBC.

Many tourists also whispered to each other that they will not be punished by the police if they drive too fast when passing through this place.(Photo: Gaetano Virgallito).

Even people in neighboring towns never call Colobraro village name directly. They simply call this place "that town" . They also try to avoid going through the path to the ruins here. About the origin of the most unfortunate village nickname Italy , according to local people, everything started from a village citizen. In the 1940s, Biagio Virgilio was a wealthy lawyer, and none of his defense cases failed. In an excuse in court, Virgilio said: "If I say wrong, the chandelier on my head will fall."

As soon as Virgilio finished, the chandelier fell straight from the ceiling to the ground. Since then, the name Virgilio is synonymous with bad, unlucky and Colobraro has become the most unfortunate village. All unfortunate things were blamed on the people of Virgilio and his descendants, so they had to leave the country to live elsewhere.

The village's scary past hardly affects the attraction of visitors here.(Photo: GaetanoVirgallito).

Before that, people were always afraid to mention this village, because they believed that the name Colobraro originated from the word Coluber . In Latin, Coluber means "snake" , symbolizing evil.

Besides the chandelier, the generation of people in Colobraro has long been told about stories related to witches, wizards, known as masciare . They were famous and powerful women in southern Italy in the 1950s. They were the ones who took control of the village through curses and magic. Many people believe in these stories, so Colobraro really becomes a scary place.

Today, Coloraro is a tourist attraction in Italy.(Photo: BBC).

However, the mystery and curse of the village are just rumors. Today, people around the region do not pay much attention to them."People only encounter strange things when you believe in superstition ," said Elena di Napoli, a resident and member of the Tourism Commission Colobraro.

Even people here rely on the village's reputation to organize festivals and activities related to legends to attract tourists. Since 2011, they hold an annual street festival called A dream of night . That village.

In August every year, tourists from all over the world will flock here to see the activities of the festival, watching people dress up as witches, wizards and demons. People are also given amulets by the people in the village to fight the bad luck.