In 1928, a German architect planned to block the Strait of Gibraltar, drain the Mediterranean and create a new continent called Atlantropa

In 1928, German architect Hermann Sörgel unveiled one of the most ambitious engineering visions ever imagined: Atlantropa, a plan to block the Strait of Gibraltar, lower the Mediterranean Sea level and create a new Europe-Africa supercontinent. The extraordinary proposal aimed to generate massive hydroelectric power, reveal vast areas of new land and reshape the relationship between two continents through a network of bridges, railways and settlements.

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