List of submerged places in Spain

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:

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, 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ Más de 300 personas conmemoran la historia de Santa María de Poyos (Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine) (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Santolea, un pueblo para no olvidar Archived 2010-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  3. ^ a b c Pueblos deshabitados: El Atance (Archived May 30, 2015, at the Wayback Machine) (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Un libro rescata la historia de Argusino, anegado por un embalse hace 41 años (Archived July 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine) (in Spanish)
  5. ^ a b Tiurana renace tras sucumbir bajo las aguas de Rialb (Archived March 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine) (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Acontecimientos previos a la inundación de Talaverilla (Archived March 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine) (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Pueblo de canales (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Cuarenta años del éxodo de Peñarrubia (Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine) (in Spanish)
  9. ^ a b c d Mediano, Valle de la Fueva, Pirineo Aragonés Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
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