List of submerged places in Spain

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.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Submerged villages and municipalities
New Riaño, the new village built after the flooding of Riaño, in the province of León, Spain. The old village is located under the bridge. The mountain on the left is Peak Gilbo.

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
Church of Sant Romà

Landmarks which are partially or completely under the waters of a reservoir. Some of them may be visible under some circumstances:

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 August 9, 2012, at WebCite) (in Spanish)
  2. Santolea, un pueblo para no olvidar Archived 2010-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  3. Pueblos deshabitados: El Atance (Archived August 9, 2012, at WebCite) (in Spanish)
  4. Un libro rescata la historia de Argusino, anegado por un embalse hace 41 años (Archived August 9, 2012, at WebCite) (in Spanish)
  5. Tiurana renace tras sucumbir bajo las aguas de Rialb (Archived August 9, 2012, at WebCite) (in Spanish)
  6. Acontecimientos previos a la inundación de Talaverilla (Archived August 9, 2012, at WebCite) (in Spanish)
  7. Pueblo de canales (in Spanish)
  8. Cuarenta años del éxodo de Peñarrubia (Archived August 9, 2012, at WebCite) (in Spanish)
  9. Mediano, Valle de la Fueva, Pirineo Aragonés Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
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