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

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

Old village of Riaño in November 1984, three years before being submerged
Embalse de Mediano, the tower of the Church of Mediano is visible
Old village of Mansilla de la Sierra ruins
Old village of Portomarín 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 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

Church of Mediano, Huesca
Tower of the Church of Mediano, Huesca
Castro Candaz, province of Lugo

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.^[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

Church of San Xoán, Portomarín moved brick-by-brick
The facade of the Church of San Pedro, Tiurana

References

^ 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

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)

List of submerged places in Europe

Sovereign states