A village missing for decades suddenly emerged in the middle of a lake in Italy

The village of Curon in northern Italy suddenly emerged in the middle of a lake after years of being submerged under water.

The church that emerges from the lake is a trace of the ancient village of Curon in northern Italy Not Atlantis, but the submerged Italian village of Curon is reappearing after more than 70 years. A lake in northern Italy rarely draws water temporarily for maintenance after many years, revealing the ancient fallen village of Curon below. The only remaining intact sign of the 163 houses in the vanished village is a 14th-century church spire that juts out from the surface of Lake Resia, South Tyrol. In addition, when the lake dried up, it revealed some strange ruins below after decades of being submerged. The village of Curon sank to the bottom of the lake in 1950 when the local government built a dam to merge the two lakes in preparation for a new hydroelectric power station. The village is located on the border with Austria and Switzerland which means that a lot of the residents do not speak Italian. At first, some people in the German-speaking village understood that the lake was only about 5 meters deep, so many houses were still preserved. However, later, the government announced to create a lake up to 22 meters deep, so it would drown them all. Lake Resia becomes a local tourist attraction The residents of Curon village tried to protest at that time, but to no avail. Many people had to relocate, moved to another village built nearby. The old village was covered by Lake Resia since this time. The spire church is the only building left intact to this day. Lake Resia quickly became a tourist attraction thanks to the strange appearance of a bizarre abandoned church jutting out in the middle. The submerged village has inspired a series on Netflix called “Curon” and a supernatural novel. Previously, in Tuscany, province of Lucca, Italy, the ancient village of Fabbriche di Careggine was submerged in 1946 to build a hydroelectric dam, and Lake Vagli also emerged with almost intact structures. The villagers were moved to a new lakeside town Vagli di Sotto. Although submerged under 34 million cubic meters of water, the structures of the old village are almost intact including stone houses, bridges, cemeteries and churches.