“It is forbidden for residents . . . to go beyond the boundaries of earthly life.”
Giulio Cesare Fava, Mayor of Falciano del Massico, Italy
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| Photo by Kyle Simourd (Creative Commons) |
Dying isn’t an option in Falciano del Massico, Italy (population 3,700). Seriously, it isn’t. Giulio Cesare Fava, mayor of the small village, passed a law this month forbidding villagers from dying. It’s not that Mr. Fava has a God complex; it’s just that there isn’t any room to bury the dearly departed.
Mr. Fava’s edict came after a long-simmering feud with the neighboring town that owns the cemetery. The two communities couldn’t come to an agreement on expansion, so Mr. Fava decided his town would build its own cemetery.
But the devil’s in the details. Mr. Fava doesn’t actually have the site or the rights to put in a cemetery. So in the meantime he’s ordered townspeople to stop dying.
For the most part, villagers are happy to oblige. Sadly, two have defied orders and passed “beyond the boundaries of earthly life.” No word yet on what their punishment is.
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