14 DAY TRIAL // February 2012 was the last month in which you could die in Falciano del Massico, without disobeying the law.
Falciano is a lovely village 50 km (31 miles) northwest of Naples, in the Italian Campania region. It was known for its beautiful scenery and for the Regional Natural Preserve, by the volcanic Falciano Lake.
From now on, however, people will remember it as the first place that outlawed death. Falciano is a community of only 3,700 but, somehow, the local cemetery is overcrowded.
Most of the town's residents are pensioners, so their concern on this matter is understandable.
Giuseppe di Fusco is one of many people that disapprove of the newly passed law:
"Here people cannot even die, because there is no room in the cemetery. We have to end up either in nearby Mondragone or in Capo Tignano," he stated for Reuters.
Mayor Giulio Cesare Fava issued an ordinance that reads:
"It is forbidden, with immediate effect, to all citizens resident in the municipality of Falciano del Massico, and to whoever passes by its territory, to cross the border of earthly life and to enter the afterlife.”
Even though all Falciano inhabitants have been requested to refrain from dying until a new cemetery is built, two have proven unruly and have already broken this law.