This tiny village in the valley was basically wiped off the face of the earth nearly 45 years ago. To this day, nothing but toxic water and mud cover what used to be a happy, lively little village in the Romanian valley.
1978 was the year when the lives of over 1000 people were to be forever changed. Lured away by the promises of great riches and land, the families of Geamăna were, one by one escorted – or more like kicked out – from their homeland. The few kilometers that were initially announced to represent the distance from the village to the mine turned into hundreds. People were forced to leave their belongings and homes, as well as their whole lives in the village of Geamăna, the sinking village. All for the sake of what was to be, at that time, Europe’s largest copper mine.
