The 1992 opening of the Alto Lindoso Dam on the border of Spain and Portugal flooded the town of Aceredo, Spain.
The 1992 opening of the Alto Lindoso Dam on the border of Spain and Portugal flooded the town of Aceredo, Spain. Now, as an ongoing drought drains the reservoir, a ghost village is re-emerging from the receding waters.
The reservoir is currently at 15 percent capacity, low enough to reveal the collapsed roofs, standing brick walls, and other vestiges of the once-flooded town. Tourists are visiting the eerie spectacle, which include a drinking fountain still sending water through a rusty pipe and crates of empty beer bottles arrayed next to a destroyed café, Reuters reports.
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