in the 14th century, during Byzantine times due to the need of people to move from the coastal side and protect themselves from pirate and enemy attacks. Moreover, the diseases caused by mosquitoes on the coast drove residents to the mountain. When piracy was confronted from the Mediterranean Sea in the late 19th century, some inhabitants started to gradually move to the coasts where tourism had also started to develop. Hungary Béndekpuszta Derenk, was destroyed by the government, so that the area could be used for hunting. Gyertyánvölgy was one of the four settlements created by the workers of the glass huts founded in the 18th century. The other three settlements were Óhuta (today Bükkszentlászló), Újhuta (today Bükkszentkereszt) and Répáshuta (which still exists). The last glass hut operated here until 1897; the village was still inhabited at the beginning of the 20th century. In its cemetery, the first burial was in 1843, and the last in 1926. Gyűrűfű was repopulated in the form of an eco-village. Hertelendyújhely Iharkút: its fate was sealed by the discovery of the bauxite wealth below. The extraction started in 1979. The village's last inhabitants were moved to Bakonyjákó, Németbánya, Herend and Pápa. Jásztelekpuszta: its fate is similar to Kápolnapuszta. Kakpuszta: the inhabitants were moved because of the lack of road construction and electrification. Kápolnapuszta: the 2nd Ukrainian Reconnaissance Front of the Red Army exterminated nearly the entire population on March 16, 1945. Márcadópuszta Mónosokor Nagyecsér, the most famous ghost town in Hungary. It was abandoned following school closure, an aging population, and the population leaving; the road to Mezőnagymihály was never built. Nagygéc, was totally destroyed by the 1970s Szamos flooding; there is now a memorial park for the town. Révfalu, an isolated village, nowadays a popular tourist destination. Somogyszentimre Szentkirályszabadja, although the village is still populated, a small city sized Soviet military base is totally abandoned next to it. The settlement also has an airport, as well as panel buildings, shops, cinema, theater, kindergarten, and school for the families of the soldiers. The area was left when the soviet soldiers were withdrawn from Hungary in 1990. The airport operates to this day. This base is often called the Hungarian Chernobyl. Vágotpuszta Zelemér, the Tatars ravaged whole of Northern Hungary including this village, which failed to revive. Zsörk, the second-most famous ghost town in the country. Iceland The former village of Súðavík, in the Westfjords,