List of submerged places in Spain explained
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
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.
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Submerged landmarks
Landmarks which are partially or completely under the waters of a reservoir. Some of them may be visible under some circumstances:
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Moved landmarks
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.
- A fountain from El Atance was moved to a park in Sigüenza.
- The facade of the Church of San Pedro was moved from the old village of Tiurana to the new one.
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See also
External links
Notes and References
- http://eldiadigital.es/not/6802/mas_de_300_personas_conmemoran_la_historia_de_santa_maria_de_poyos/ Más de 300 personas conmemoran la historia de Santa María de Poyos
- http://www.santolea.es Santolea, un pueblo para no olvidar
- http://lospueblosdeshabitados.blogspot.com/2009/02/el-atance-guadalajara.html Pueblos deshabitados: El Atance
- http://www.nortecastilla.es/20080422/zamora/libro-rescata-historia-argusino-20080422.html Un libro rescata la historia de Argusino, anegado por un embalse hace 41 años
- http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/sociedad/20080705/tiurana-renace-tras-sucumbir-bajo-las-aguas-rialb/print-234925.shtml Tiurana renace tras sucumbir bajo las aguas de Rialb
- http://www.paseovirtual.net/talaverilla/inundar.htm Acontecimientos previos a la inundación de Talaverilla
- http://www.pueblodecanales.com Pueblo de canales
- http://www.diariosur.es/v/20100314/malaga/cuarenta-anos-exodo-penarrubia-20100314.html Cuarenta años del éxodo de Peñarrubia
- http://www.lafueva.com/mediano-2.htm Mediano, Valle de la Fueva, Pirineo Aragonés
