The best photos of Epecuén, the ruins of the city remained under the water

Villa Epecuen It is a tourist town in ruins, located in the part of Adolfo Alsina, Province of Buenos Aires, which was founded in 1921 on the edge of Lake Epecuénand who came to have 1500 inhabitants and the average visit of 25 thousand tourists per summer until the tragedy of its flood, in 1985.

The tragedy began with this flood caused by a flood of the lake and submerged the city completely under water, forcing almost all of its population to be evacuated. In recent years, the waters have begun to retreat, revealing the ruins of the city, themselves becoming a tourist attraction.

With an average of up to 10 times higher than normal in salts, the lake was not only an attraction, but a place that, discovered by a scientist, led to treatments to cure diseases, similar to what happens with the Dead Sea geographically located between Israel, Palestine and Jordan.

This locality of the Adolfo Alsina party is also recognized by the painted sunsets on Lake Epecuén, "a surprising postcard" for locals and tourists and an ideal setting to marvel at the third largest colony of flamingos in America alongside other shorebirds.

Lake Epecuén was discovered by the Mapuches and Tehuelches, who learned about the cycles of floods and droughts. But after the Desert Campaign, a chemist badyzed his waters and discovered his peculiarities, recommending his commercial exploitation. This is how the railways were built for Carhué, a town located 7.3 km from Epecuén.

Healthy rest on Lake Epecuén

In the 1970s, a period of drought began that worried the inhabitants of the region, who lived mainly from lakeside tourism. That's why work has been done so that the lake does not disappear, although years later, with the deterioration of dictatorship and the next hyperinflation, these works were left out and ended up being even worse, causing a flood to which all its inhabitants were waiting before the inaction of the state.

After its flood, the water sank and left what we see today: the ruins of a city that remains a tourist attraction. Carhué has become the main town of the region where you can find accommodation to visit the ruins of Villa Epecuén.

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