List of submerged places in Spain
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This is a list of submerged places in Spain. Sometimes, entire villages are submerged under the waters of a reservoir. When the level of waters is low, the structures can emerge and be visible.
Submerged villages and municipalities[]
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 , Valencian Community
- Old village of Fayón in , Zaragoza
- in , Soria
- in , La Rioja
- in , Province of Huesca
- , Burón (partially), , , Old village of Riaño and Pedrosa del Rey in , province of León
- in , Catalonia
- in , province of Guadalajara[1]
- in , province of Teruel[2]
- Old village of Portomarín, in , province of Lugo
- Old village of Castellar de la Frontera, in province of Cadiz
- in , province of Guadalajara[3]
- in , province of Zamora.[4]
- Old village of Tiurana in , province of Lleida.[5]
- in , province of Huesca.
- in , province of Cáceres.[6]
- in Embalse de Canales, province of Granada.[7]
- in , province of Málaga.[8]
- Gascas de Alarcón in the Alarcón Reservoir, province of Cuenca.
Gallery[]
Old village of Riaño in November 1984, three years before being submerged
, the tower of the Church of Mediano is visible
ruins
Submerged landmarks[]
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 , Province of Huesca[9]
- Church of Sant Romà in Pantà de Sau, Province of Barcelona, Catalonia
- in Embalse de Guadalcacín, province of Cádiz
- in , Province of Huesca[9]
- in , Province of Huesca[9]
- A medieval bridge in , Province of Huesca[9]
- in , Province of Guadalajara
Gallery[]
Church of Mediano, Huesca
Tower of the Church of Mediano, Huesca
Moved landmarks[]
Some landmarks have been moved partially or completely to another locations and saved from being submerged:
- The was moved from Pedrosa del Rey to New Riaño.
- The was moved from to New Riaño.
- The Church of San Nicolás was moved from the old Portomarín to the new one.
- The was moved from the old Portomarín to the new one.
- The was moved from to Guadalajara and renamed to Church of San Diego de Alcalá.[3]
- A fountain from was moved to a park in Sigüenza.[3]
- The facade of the was moved from the old village of Tiurana to the new one.[5]
Gallery[]
Church of San Xoán, Portomarín moved brick-by-brick
The facade of the , Tiurana
See also[]
- List of reservoirs and dams in Spain
- List of missing landmarks in Spain
References[]
- ^ Más de 300 personas conmemoran la historia de Santa María de Poyos (Archived August 9, 2012, at WebCite) (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 August 9, 2012, at WebCite) (in Spanish)
- ^ Un libro rescata la historia de Argusino, anegado por un embalse hace 41 años (Archived August 9, 2012, at WebCite) (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Tiurana renace tras sucumbir bajo las aguas de Rialb (Archived August 9, 2012, at WebCite) (in Spanish)
- ^ Acontecimientos previos a la inundación de Talaverilla (Archived August 9, 2012, at WebCite) (in Spanish)
- ^ Pueblo de canales (in Spanish)
- ^ Cuarenta años del éxodo de Peñarrubia (Archived August 9, 2012, at WebCite) (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[]
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- Pueblos que yacen bajo las aguas (Archived August 9, 2012, at WebCite) (in Spanish)
- Photos of Old Riaño () (in Spanish)
- Borrados del mapa (Archived August 9, 2012, at WebCite) (in Spanish)
- Reservoirs in Spain
- Spain geography-related lists
- Submerged places