The church was never completely lost, though – its striking belfry has always sliced through the water's surface. But, come summer, you can see even more of this haunting sacred site. The waters recede in the warmer months and the church's battered shell is left out to dry. Tourists come to peer at the ruin, which rises up before a backdrop of tree-covered peaks.

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