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The village of Curon was totally submerged in 1950 when authorities merged two lakes - but there's a mesmirizing reminder of what once was.

Lost village emerges after 70 years underwater AccuWeather 2 hrs ago Chaffin Mitchell After more than 70 years underwater, one of Italy's submerged cities has resurfaced. The lost Italian village of Curon, in northern Italy near the borders with Switzerland and Liechtenstein, recently emerged from under Lake Resia. A lone church tower rising from the middle of a lake was the only indication that a small city, once home to 900 people who lived in 160 homes, ever existed. The historic steeple inspired a novel titled Curon. The 14th-century church has also piqued interest amo...

Lost Village In Italy Emerges From Lake After 70 Years By Alexis Ty Carter Lake, Colorado Like a real-life Atlantis, a lost village in Italy has emerged from underwater after more than 70 years. The lost Italian village of Curon was found at the bottom of Lake Resia, an artificial lake that spans 2.5 square miles and lies in South Tyrol, which borders Austria and Switzerland. The village was flooded back in 1950 to create a hydroelectric plant and merge two nearby lakes, BBC News reported. After Lake Resia was temporarily drained for maintenance, peopl...

The lost village was home to almost a thousand people in the 1950s.

Lake Rescia before being drained for maintenance Twitter In the year 1950, Curon was a quaint village in the northern part of Italy. That was before the authorities decided that flooding it, to make way for a hydroelectric power plant, would be a good idea. The artificial lake thus created was called Lake Rescia-or Reschensee in German. The village, which once was home to hundreds of residents has been underwater ever since, except for a 14th century Church steeple that eerily protruded out of the water. Curon. Lost village emerges from Italian lake 71 years after it was submerged. Marco Bal...