Medieval Italian town blows hot on wind turbines

TOCCO DA CASAURIA, Italy - Wind has never been a commodity in short supply for the medieval town of Tocco da Casauria in Italy's central Apennine mountains.

Nestled between two of the country's highest mountain ranges, the Maiella and Gran Sasso, Tocco da Casauria sits in a natural wind tunnel and residents have decided to make it work for them.

Now four wind turbines rise from the skyline next to the town which can trace its roots back to a Roman settlement and which has a medieval monastery that was once the most powerful in the rugged Abruzzo region.