The Bizarre Plan to Drain the Mediterranean: Atlantropa

2016-11-01

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Herman Sörgel wanted to create the largest civil engineering project the world has ever seen: a colossal dam across the Strait of Gibraltar, lowering the Mediterranean sea. There were, of course, a few problems with this.

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