The crumbling St Ivan Rilski Church is the only remaining evidence of the community of Zapalnya , Bulgaria . It was built in the early 19th century and has been abandoned for over a hundred years. The settlement and two other villages were wiped out when the land was submerged in 1965 .
The crumbling St Ivan Rilski Church is the only remaining evidence of the community of Zapalnya , Bulgaria . Named after the patron saint of Bulgaria , the stone structure cuts a ghostly figure in the Zhrebchevo reservoir . The settlement and two other villages were wiped out when the land was submerged in 1965 .