The sharp drop in the water level in Spanish reservoirs due to drought has revealed ruins such as a 1,000-year-old church, which will lead to a new attraction for tourists to see the recently appeared relics.
And the Spanish newspaper, “La Bangordia”, indicated that the drought that struck Spain revealed the presence of a church in Sant Roma de São in Catalonia, which was flooded by the dam’s water in the sixties, and it appeared almost completely once more following the water level fell, following it was the bell tower that was Hardly visible.
In the absence of rain, the reservoirs, which were built to ensure water accumulates to supply cities and crops in a severely arid country, reached 36 percent of their capacity in August, according to official data..
Many people posted pictures of the church on social networks, as part of “drought tourism”, and to see this church, which dates back to the eleventh century, up close.
Spain had also witnessed the emergence of stones dating back to the Neolithic era in the province of Cáceres following the water level decreased in the Tagus River and the Valdecanas reservoir in the same province, where the so-called Spanish Stonehenge or Guadalperal Dolmen It is believed that it is a circle made up of dozens of rocky stones and dates back to 7000 years.
“It’s a surprise… it’s a rare opportunity to reach them,” said archaeologist Enrique Cedillo of the Complutense University in Madrid, and one of the experts who rushed to study the stones. Another in 1963, these stones are arranged vertically and resemble tombs.
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Drought reveals a church in Spain
Spanish Church
Church before drought
Spanish Church
