Ribadelago and the drowned city of Lake Sanabria

Legend said a city, Valverde de Lucerna, lay beneath Lake Sanabria, drowned for refusing bread to Christ; on 9 January 1959 the Vega de Tera dam broke and destroyed Ribadelago, killing 144.

1959 CE · 42.11, -6.73 · status: official

The account

Many saw the disaster as a grim echo of the legend, which Miguel de Unamuno had used in San Manuel Bueno, mártir (1931).

Connections in the atlas

• Shicheng, the Lion City under Qiandao Lake

Sources

1. Wikipedia (Spanish): Catástrofe de Ribadelago
2. Wikipedia (Spanish): Leyenda del lago de Sanabria