List of submerged places in Spain
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This is a list of submerged places in Spain. This list includes settlements which are submerged under the waters of a reservoir. When the water level is low, the structures are visible.
Submerged villages and municipalities[edit]
Villages and municipalities under the waters of a reservoir. Sometimes, a new village or municipality is created with the same name in another location:
- Old village of Benagéber in Embalse de Benagéber, Valencian Community
- Old village of Fayón in Embalse de Ribarroja, Zaragoza
- La Muedra in Embalse de La Cuerda del Pozo, Soria
- Old village of Mansilla de la Sierra in Embalse de Mansilla de la Sierra, La Rioja
- Mediano in Embalse de Mediano, Province of Huesca
- Anciles, Burón (partially), Éscaro, La Puerta, Old village of Riaño and Pedrosa del Rey in Embalse de Riaño, province of León
- Sant Romà de Sau in Embalse de Sau, Catalonia
- Santa María de Poyos in Embalse de Buendía, province of Guadalajara[1]
- Santolea in Embalse de Santolea, province of Teruel[2]
- Old village of Portomarín, in Embalse de Belesar, province of Lugo
- Old village of Castellar de la Frontera, in province of Cadiz
- El Atance in Embalse de El Atance, province of Guadalajara[3]
- Argusino in Embalse de Almendra, province of Zamora.[4]
- Old village of Tiurana in Embalse de Rialb, province of Lleida.[5]
- Old village of Lanuza in Embalse de Lanuza, province of Huesca.
- Talavera la Vieja in Embalse de Valdecañas, province of Cáceres.[6]
- Old village of Canales in Embalse de Canales, province of Granada.[7]
- Peñarrubia in Embalse de Guadalteba, province of Málaga.[8]
- Gascas de Alarcón in the Alarcón Reservoir, province of Cuenca.
Gallery[edit]
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Old village of Riaño in November 1984, three years before being submerged -
Embalse de Mediano, the tower of the Church of Mediano is visible -
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Submerged landmarks[edit]
Landmarks which are partially or completely under the waters of a reservoir. Some of them may be visible under some circumstances:
- Church of Mediano in Embalse de Mediano, Province of Huesca[9]
- Church of Sant Romà in Pantà de Sau, Province of Barcelona, Catalonia
- Hermitage of El Mibral in Embalse de Guadalcacín, province of Cádiz
- Hermitage of San Antonio in Embalse de Mediano, Province of Huesca[9]
- Hermitage of Virgen de Monclús in Embalse de Mediano, Province of Huesca[9]
- A medieval bridge in Embalse de Mediano, Province of Huesca[9]
- Reales Baños de La Isabela in Embalse de Buendía, Province of Guadalajara
- Castro Candaz, province of Lugo
Gallery[edit]
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Church of Mediano, Huesca -
Tower of the Church of Mediano, Huesca -
Castro Candaz, province of Lugo
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Moved landmarks[edit]
Some landmarks have been moved partially or completely to another locations and saved from being submerged:
- The Church of Pedrosa del Rey was moved from Pedrosa del Rey to New Riaño.
- The Church of Nuestra Señora del Rosario was moved from La Puerta to New Riaño.
- The Church of San Nicolás was moved from the old Portomarín to the new one.
- The Church of San Pedro was moved from the old Portomarín to the new one.
- The Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción was moved from El Atance to Guadalajara and renamed to Church of San Diego de Alcalá.[3]
- A fountain from El Atance was moved to a park in Sigüenza.[3]
- The facade of the Church of San Pedro was moved from the old village of Tiurana to the new one.[5]
Gallery[edit]
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Church of San Xoán, Portomarín moved brick-by-brick -
The facade of the Church of San Pedro, Tiurana
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Más de 300 personas conmemoran la historia de Santa María de Poyos (Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine) (in Spanish)
- ^ Santolea, un pueblo para no olvidar Archived 2010-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ a b c Pueblos deshabitados: El Atance (Archived May 30, 2015, at the Wayback Machine) (in Spanish)
- ^ Un libro rescata la historia de Argusino, anegado por un embalse hace 41 años (Archived July 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine) (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Tiurana renace tras sucumbir bajo las aguas de Rialb (Archived March 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine) (in Spanish)
- ^ Acontecimientos previos a la inundación de Talaverilla (Archived March 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine) (in Spanish)
- ^ Pueblo de canales (in Spanish)
- ^ Cuarenta años del éxodo de Peñarrubia (Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine) (in Spanish)
- ^ a b c d Mediano, Valle de la Fueva, Pirineo Aragonés Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Submerged places in Spain.
- Pueblos que yacen bajo las aguas (Archived June 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine) (in Spanish)
- Photos of Old Riaño () (in Spanish)
- Borrados del mapa (Archived July 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine) (in Spanish)