Romania Sinking church of Geamăna, Transylvania

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Bogdan Maris

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In 1978, the entire village of Geamāna was evacuated to accommodate what was to become the waste drainage pool for Europe's largest copper mine. Today, only the top of what used to be the local church can be seen peeking out of the infected waters that drowned the city.

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