Vilanova de Sau

Built around a rural parish, Vilanova de Sau grew into a small municipality in Catalonia’s Osona comarca, above the Ter River. The Sau Reservoir, formed after the Sau Dam was completed in 1962, defines the valley and reaches into the wooded slopes of the Guilleries massif. When water levels fall, the bell tower of the 11th-century Romanesque church of Sant Romà de Sau, from the former settlement inundated by the reservoir, may emerge above the water. The 11th-century Benedictine monastery of Sant Pere de Casserres occupies a peninsula nearby, linking the area’s landscape to medieval monastic life. Browse other webcams across Catalonia to place this Ter-valley setting in a wider geographic context.

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