Villa Epecuén
A spa and resort town founded in the 1920s on the shore of the salt lake Epecuén. At its peak around 1,500 people lived there, and 25,000 visitors came over the summer. In 1985 a dike failed, the lake overflowed, and the town sank beneath 7 to 10 meters of salt water. When the water began to recede in the late 2000s, only the frames of buildings were left, bleached white by salt. Salt-crusted walls look like bare bones, dead street trees still stand, and the street grid alone is traced on the ground just as it was. There are no roofs, only the outlines of rooms. The shape of the town survives, yet the life that once filled it has been taken away entirely.
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