Thriving City


The records state that Villa Epecuen had nearly 280 thriving businesses before the flood destroyed everything. The city was also home to 5,000 people more or less, but more people moved in during the summer season when tourists would pop up and made this place ideal for thriving businesses that served them and relied heavily on tourism. It was a big blow to the businesses that made money from the tourism offered by this place.

The Final Road

Villa Epecuen and its beautiful days are now a thing of the past. There are still regions which are partly submerged in water and the beautiful roads that once led to city’s eye-catching sight now leads into the water. The city will make its way to the history books as it is impossible for it to bounce back, as the authorities never made an effort to restore it and nor do they intend to. It’s a shame that this beautiful town had to meet with such a fate.

Floods

The story of this city is a living example of how a strike from nature can decimate the existence of life and leave it in ruins forever. We can only hope that the dams obstruct the lake and are able to prohibit it from pouring so an incidence in the likes of what happened in 1985 doesn’t repeat itself. Even today we come across news of various cities being affected by the flood but did you ever imagine something of this magnitude to be caused by a flood?

A New Generation

“It’s been a while since I visited my old house,” Norma said, as he pointed towards the place that once used to be his childhood home. “I was lucky enough, I had my whole life ahead of me when the flood took place. My children are Carhuénses and so are their children, they belong to the younger generation here who fortunately did not witness the tragedy and are not tarnished by what happened. Life goes on.” The old man said.

Planning A Visit

The town is still open for a visit. While you may not get to visit the resorts, the shores, the hotels or anything that existed in this city before 1985. You would have to take a walk on the chuckle-holed tracks, surrounded by horror-struck trees. The first sight that a traveler gets to hold is of a slaughterhouse designed by the architect Francisco Salamone. Don’t forget to visit the city’s museum which is a house to Villa Epecuen’s history. You would find weirdly interesting items like llama-wool jumpers, ponchos and record players which were retrieved from the city after 2009.