Challenge the five posts I liked the most. Day #4: My trip to the submerged and ruined village of Potosí

Hi Dears Steemians

This great trip I did 2 years ago as fast passes the time, it seems that was yesterday, it was a magical experience worth remembering and living again, so come and make the walk with me!

My stroll through this beautiful place starts coming out of the town of pregonero, a beautiful town of friendly people in the Venezuelan andes, some few Kilometros is the dam, arriving to go into this magical place, I hope to take a ride on a boat that will take me to get to a place whith all the beauties and mysteries that encloses the Uribante Caparo dam , built on the village of Potosi, this is the city under the water of Venezuela that each time is more to the discovered due to the drought.

The town of Potosi was a village of the State Tachira in Venezuela, founded makes more than two centuries and that, for the year of 1984 was buoyed by full to give step to the construction of the dam Uribante Caparo, work of great importance for the country. This dam, once built, flooded completely to the people already evicted.

When the dam is full, this could see the flooded village - photograph by Wikipedia

This was 1185 meters above sea level in the sierras of the Uribante branch, its climate was fresh and had a large population. Its name comes of the Villa Imperial of Carlos V or city of Potosí, the Center miner more important of America in the time colonial, located in the Highlands Bolivian which had certain similar with this village Venezuelan.

According to studies, has managed to anticipate at the time, that this people late or early would flood due to its location, so it was flooded intentionally for the construction of the dam.

Currently the flood made by dam builders is running out of effect as a result of situations weather, making reappear ruins of the town by the decrease of the waters. Since 1998 the ruins of the village have reappeared three times to consequence of them changes climate that cause them droughts and large surges of heat.

The ruins of a village under water this area nestled between mountains and the waters of the complex hydroelectric "Leonardo Ruiz Pineda". Baptized by this humble son as the Atlantis of Táchira. There are also two access roads through the southern part of the State. There is a club (THE TRAP) with cabins for tourists who wish to stay overnight.

Thanks for your attention!