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Old church of Sant Romà de Sau

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Vilanova de Sau. Old church of Sant Romà de Sau, submerged under the waters of Sau reservoir. 11th Century and later additions (26286517166)
Vilanova de Sau. Old church of Sant Romà de Sau, submerged under the waters of Sau reservoir. 11th Century and later additions (26286517166)

The old church of Sant Romà de Sau is an 11th-century Lombard Romanesque parish church of the abandoned old village of Sant Romà de Sau in the municipality of Vilanova de Sau, Osona county, in the mountain region of the Guilleries, Catalonia, Spain. Consecrated in 1062 and submerged in 1962 through the completion of the Sau Reservoir on the river Ter, the church has been recognised as the oldest standing submerged church worldwide by the Official World Record Organisation. While the historic church and village, normally 23 metres underwater, can be reached on foot during dry periods, the tip of the church's iconic bell tower is invariably visible above the surface, serving as a popular indicator of the level of water resources.

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Old church of Sant Romà de Sau
Camí inundable del Pantà de Sau,

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Sant Romà de Sau

Camí inundable del Pantà de Sau
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Catalonia, Spain
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Vilanova de Sau. Old church of Sant Romà de Sau, submerged under the waters of Sau reservoir. 11th Century and later additions (26286517166)
Vilanova de Sau. Old church of Sant Romà de Sau, submerged under the waters of Sau reservoir. 11th Century and later additions (26286517166)
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Roda de Ter
Roda de Ter

Roda de Ter (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈrɔðə ðə ˈteɾ]) is a municipality in the comarca of Osona, province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, near Vic, on the Ter River above the Sau Reservoir. Population: 5,435 (2004), area: 2.18 km². Its church is dedicated to St. Peter. Main monuments: Pont Vell ("Old Bridge") and the Capella del Sòl del Pont (Chapel of the floor of the Bridge). The Virgin Mary, La Mare de Déu del Sòl del Pont is the patron of the village. On the site of an Iberian town a Roman villa was established. In its later fortified state it existed until 826, when was destroyed by Aissó, in revolt against the Frankish count Bernat of Septimania. Many years passed before it was repopulated and grew slowly. The fierce independence of the mountain people of northern Catalonia manifested itself in banditry in which villagers were encouraged to participate, even by their silence, by a share in the takings. The bandit leaders might be peasants or local noblemen. On one occasion in 1646, the whole of the village of Roda de Ter was briefly incarcerated as fautors ("abettors") for their part in sheltering members of a local gang.The Catalan fighters against the French forces of the Bourbon Philip V of Spain are an easily overlooked local part of the European War of the Spanish Succession, but Roda was a hotbed of partisans for the unsuccessful Habsburg claimant. One of them, Francesc Macià i Ambert (died 1713), who came from Roda de Ter, is memorialized in Barcelona by a street and a metro station that bear his nom de guerre Bac de Roda. Before the comarca was called simply Roda; it took the name of Roda de Ter in late 20th century when the municipality was split into Roda de Ter (the town) and Masies de Roda (the rural zone). Roda de Ter lies on Catalan route C-153. The foundry Fundiciones de Roda produced fine cast iron components for hydraulics. The Catalan poet Miquel Martí i Pol was born in Roda de Ter, March 19, 1929. Children's author Miquel Obiols is also from Roda.