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.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011)

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

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

Gallery

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  Church of Mediano, Huesca
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  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 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

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

See also

• List of reservoirs and dams in Spain
• List of missing landmarks in Spain

References

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)