Fred

It has me stumped. Do you know? Ever been there? Wherever it is, it's eerie and beautiful. (enlarge it for a better view)<BR><BR>http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/whereareyou/<BR><BR><BR>

Rex

Well, for starters, it's in Italy.<BR><BR>From their clues:<BR><BR>&lt;&lt;Last year, the country—a touch larger than Arizona—reelected a once dumped prime minister, giving him a second stab at the job of lording over a nation described by a British poet as &quot;a paradise inhabited by devils.&quot; &gt;&gt;<BR><BR>Clearly Italy.<BR><BR>from http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/it.html<BR><BR>&lt;&lt;Area: <BR>total: 301,230 sq km <BR>note: includes Sardinia and Sicily <BR>water: 7,210 sq km <BR>land: 294,020 sq km <BR>Area - comparative: <BR>slightly larger than Arizona&gt;&gt;<BR><BR>Presumably in an area where German or Romansch are spoken as much as Italian.<BR><BR>The story of the submerged is weirdly similar to the story of Lago di Vagli which contains not merely a submerged chruch but actually an entire submerged village. But the geography clues do not match. Lago di Vagli is not 15 miles from a country's borders. Nor 360 miles form the nation's capital (Rome). It's in Tuscany.<BR><BR>Who else can narrow it down further?<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR><BR>Rex<BR><BR>P.S. For what it's worth, there is a similar game of &quot;identify this picture&quot; on www.travel-board.com at http://www.travel-board.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=395<BR>< BR>

Daniel

It is the artifical lake Reschensee/Lago di Resia in S&uuml;dtirol/Alto Adige. The old village of Graun with 120 farms was submerged in 1950 after a dam was built in the river Etsch/Adige.

Fred

Wow, Daniel, you're good. Would it be in one panel of this map. If so, which one?<BR><BR>http://www.dolomiti.it/eng/geografia/dx.htm

sandycre

hi fred,<BR><BR>daniel has it right. I knew it was italy by the quote but couldn't find the lake and church tower. once he had the name of the lake i found this... check out this site:<BR><BR>http://www.icesailing.it/htm/e_reschensee.htm

Mel

This is the &quot;Where is it&quot; question in the current Conde Naste (parent company of Concierge.com). Who's going to send it in and win?<BR><BR>Good luck!

Tom

I believe that the winner comes from a drawing. Can't think of any reason that every Fodorite shouldn't or couldn't enter.<BR><BR>It would be great to see someone from this forum win!<BR>

Steve James

Fred - Left hand column, second one down.<BR><BR>West of Murano near San Valentino, 2km from the Austrian border.<BR><BR>Steve

Steve James

P.S. That should read Merano!<BR><BR>Time for my caffeine ...

Patrick

This was sort of eerie. This summer I was looking at postcards somewhere in northeatern Italy and saw one exactly like that picture. At first I thought it was some sort of set-up or trick photography, but then realized it was a real place. I checked the map to find where it was, but we didn't have the time to go explore it.