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This Village Engulfed Under Lake Tignes Since 1952 Has Not Disappeared: Its Walls and Its Church Reappear with Every Drain of the Dam

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In 1952, an entire Savoyard village was sacrificed on the altar of national reconstruction. Engulfed under Lake Chevril, the old Tignes with its 150 houses and baroque church refuses to disappear: every ten-year emptying, its mud-covered walls reappear in the open air, inviting thousands of visitors to walk the streets of their ancestors. More
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In 1952, an entire Savoyard village was sacrificed on the altar of national reconstruction. Engulfed under Lake Chevril, the old Tignes with its 150 houses and baroque church refuses to disappear: every ten-year emptying, its mud-covered walls reappear in the open air, inviting thousands of visitors to walk the streets of their ancestors. More

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SciencePost broke the news on Wednesday, June 24, 2026.
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