After a long spring break, we come back with a new episode and a peculiar story, that of a small village that came to fame after centuries of peace and quiet when it drowned under the water of a hydroelectric dam reservoir back in 1947. The tale of Fabbriche di Careggine, hamlet of less than 200 souls that went under the lake created by the new Vagli dam, has been made popular by the fact that it came back to light four times since then, when the reservoir was emptied to perform maintenance on the dam. Last time this happened, in 1994, almost a million tourists from all over the world flocked there to visit the sunken village. The new resurfacing, planned for this summer, has been postponed to 2022 due to the pandemic but we take the chance to tell you the story that not many people know, that of the seven centuries that happened before the so-called "Little Atlantis" went under. The story began when a group of blacksmiths from Brescia was forced to leave their homes from the cruelty of an extraordinarily despotic ruler. They brought to the Garfagnana hills their love for forging iron, something that made the fortunes of the village until recently. An extraordinary story that we hope to narrate more in detail next summer, when the houses and the church of the village will see the light once again.
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LINKS TO SOURCES
https://iltirreno.gelocal.it/lucca/cronaca/2021/05/03/news/il-paese-sommerso-dal-lago-ora-e-pronto-a-riemergere-1.40226356
https://www.verdeazzurronotizie.it/prima-del-paese-sommerso-la-vera-storia-di-fabbriche-di-careggine/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZQMKoCTvtc&ab_channel=piemme71
https://www.pensierinmoto.it/lago-di-vagli-sara-svuotato-nel-2021-e-riemergera-il-paese-fantasma/
https://www.artribune.com/arti-visive/fotografia/2021/02/fabbriche-di-careggine-toscana-progetto-silvia-camporesi/

BACKGROUND MUSIC
Title: earth2earth
Author: Pipe Choir Records
License: Creative Commons Attribution
Links: https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/p-c-iii-earth2earth-creative-commons-instrumental