Fabbriche di Careggine

Fabbriche di Careggine was a medieval-era Italian village in Tuscany built in 1270.[1] The village has been inundated since the construction of the ENEL Dam and the subsequent formation of the artificial Lago di Vagli in 1946. The village is submerged under 34 million cubic meters (1.2 billion cubic feet) of water and the community structures below — homes, churches, cemeteries — are still preserved.[2] The village is occasionally seen when the lake is drained to conduct maintenance work. The village was last seen above water in 1994. It is expected that the village will resurface again in 2021, after 27 years beneath the lake's surface.[3][4]

The village of Fabbriche di Careggine during its 1994 emergence

References
  1. "The Lake and the Ghost Town - Vagli Park - Adventure in Tuscany". Vagli Park. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  2. "Fabbriche di Careggine: Ancient village submerged since 1994 could resurface". Sky News. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  3. "Il paese sommerso, Fabbriche di Careggine, del lago di Vagli - Il Mulino". www.mulinoisola.it. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  4. Amy Woodyatt; Valentina Di Donato. "Italian village underwater since 1994 could resurface". CNN. Retrieved 2020-06-04.

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