Vilanova de Sau
Vilanova de Sau has served as a rural settlement in Catalonia’s Osona comarca since the Middle Ages. The municipality lies in the wooded Guilleries, where the Ter River was impounded to form the Sau Reservoir, an important water reserve for Catalonia. Across the water rise the sandstone escarpments of the Cingles de Tavertet, whose layered rock faces define this stretch of inland Catalonia. The reservoir was created after the dam was completed in 1962. Beneath it lies the former settlement of Sant Romà de Sau; its 11th-century Romanesque church emerges when the water level recedes. Vilanova de Sau is a quiet base for exploring reservoir shores, forest roads and the surrounding uplands.
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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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