CategoriesLake cities
Lake cities
Settlements built out over water — on piles, on islands, on floating ground.
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CategoriesLake cities
Settlements built out over water — on piles, on islands, on floating ground.
🇨🇳 China · Submerged site
Warring States to Eastern Han (c. 300 BCE – 100 CE) · Dian Kingdom / Han
Dian kingdom lake city 20 m deep in Fuxian – 2 km² walled town and pyramid platform.
🇷🇺 Russia · Lake city
Legendary 1164–1237 foundation; literature 1780s–1810s Kitezh Chronicle (Ketija letopisets) · Vladimir-Suzdal Rus' / Old Believer / Orthodox folk eschatology
Batu Khan's 1237 target – Yuri's city that sank invisible into 30 m Svetloyar Lake, bells still claimed heard.