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The church tower of Graun rises from Lake Reschen in South Tyrol, an artificially dammed body of water that flooded three villages in the 1950s. This tower is a relic of the old parish church and the only visible testimony to the submerged settlement. Its isolation in the lake, surrounded by the mountains of the Vinschgau, is the defining element of this place.

The fascination of the tower stems from the history of destruction and new beginnings that is inscribed in the landscape. Those who only seek the motif of the tower miss the deeper meaning of the place. The surroundings of Lake Reschen, with their heavily tourist-influenced infrastructure, often contrast with the melancholy that the tower radiates.