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Villa Epecuen

Villa Epecuen
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Because Villa Epecuen existed above the surface not so long ago, it is one of the youngest sunken cities in the world. It was originally built to serve as a tourist resort on the salty Lake Epecuen’s shores but it now lies beneath the surface.

It can be found roughly 370 miles away from Buenos Aires which used to be a buzzing resort town. All of that changed in 1985 as the Lake Epecuen dam was broken by floods and the area slowly became submerged over the course of about eight years.

Written by Camille Moore

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