An American buys an empty town in Zamora: "It sounds crazy, but I knew it was my future"

He bought the town for 310,000 euros, but plans to spend more than five million to rehabilitate it and fill it with life again.

He barely knows how to speak Spanish and until a few months ago he had never been to Europe, but surfing the Internet he saw that there was for sale an uninhabited town in the empty Spain, in the province of Zamora, and that has changed the life of the American Jason Lee Beckwith.

"I love Spain and this is what I can do to earn my place." That's how Jason Lee Beckwith, the Californian who has bought a town in Zamora, on the border with Portugal. He barely knows how to speak Spanish and until a few months ago had never been in Europe, but surfing the Internet saw that there was for sale an empty uninhabited village of Spain, in the province of Zamora, and that has changed the life of the American Jason Lee Beckwith. He has…

He barely knows how to speak Spanish and until a few months ago he had never been in Europe, but surfing the Internet he saw that there was for sale an uninhabited town in empty Spain, in the province of Zamora, and that has changed the life of the American Jason Lee Beckwith.Read more]]>