Bahrija : land of the speculator

Abstract

The story of Bahrija is a turbulent one, made of sporadic coup de scenes. The last one dates back to 1996. There is a long sequence of dubious land speculation, reminiscent of the Godfather-style mobster days we thought we had long archived. Baron Francesco Palermo Navarra owned the whole Bahrija environs as a fief land dating back hundreds of years. Immediately before the advent of the Structure Plan in 1990, the properties at Bahrija suddenly mushroomed. After that the baron sold part of his original property. For many there was the cold awakening that the fields around the nonmally tranquil village were being committed to plush constructions.