The lost village of Kallio emerges from Lake Mornos

The submerged colony of Kallio successful Lake Mornos is gradually re-emerging arsenic the waters of the reservoir proceed to recede astatine an alarming rate.

Day by day, residents witnesser the accelerated diminution of the lake. At the aforesaid time, the ruins of their abandoned colony are revealed — stirring memories of childhood, household life, and a assemblage that erstwhile thrived.

When the artificial Lake Mornos was completed successful 1980 to proviso h2o to Athens, the radical of Kallio were forced to permission their homes. Many relocated to a recently built colony astatine an altitude of 390 meters, though astir yet moved to Athens and different cities. Today, lone astir 60 radical stay successful the caller colony of Kallio, watching arsenic their past emerges from the water.

Eighty houses, on with the colony religion and territory school, were submerged for the involvement of Athens’ h2o supply. Now, arsenic the waters recede, these buildings resurface, soundless witnesses of a sacrifice made decades ago.

The shrinking of Lake Mornos has raised concerns not lone successful the section assemblage but besides crossed the wider region, since Attica’s h2o reserves beryllium heavy connected Mornos, arsenic good arsenic connected Lake Evinos, Kopaida, and Yliki.