36 minutes agoMeet the City Under Lake Ohrid
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Lake Ohrid is estimated to be one of the oldest lakes worldwide. His age is estimated to be 2 to 5 million years. The lake was created by a collapse of the earth. This confirms the many tectonic activities as well as the existence of a mountain 100m below the lake level. Lake [...]
When God created Lake Ohrid, he said: “I have created the most beautiful place in the world, but people are too sinful to live in peace on the shores of this lake. Well, I'll send a monster. Nobody knew what the monster was, but everyone was scared and nobody had the courage to live near the lake. One day, a boy named strugs went up to the lake and dived into the water to fight the monster. It was a fight to the death. At the end of it, the monster won the battle and devoured the young man. After that the local people decided to challenge the monster. They found the courage to build a village on the lake shore, calling it in honor of the hero Struga.
There is also a true story from the Albanian side. It speaks of a town buried under Lake Ohrid belonging to the Enkeleidas tribe of Illyria. The remains of this city are underwater. Legend has it that an earthquake caused the sinking of the city under water. Legends make this old lake even more interesting. /Bota.al
