🏚️ Granadilla
A Spanish village abandoned in error when a reservoir was never built
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Cáceres province, Extremadura, Spain (40.268°N, 6.107°W)
- Abandoned: 1969 due to anticipated flooding from Gabriel y Galán reservoir
- Status: Preserved ruins; designated Bien de Interés Cultural (Cultural Heritage Site) in 1991
- Current access: Open-air archaeological site managed by Extremadura regional government
Granadilla is a largely intact medieval village in Extremadura whose population was forcibly evacuated in the late 1960s under the assumption that it would be submerged by the waters of the Gabriel y Galán reservoir. The anticipated flooding never occurred, leaving the settlement's houses, church, and defensive structures standing empty for decades. The village now functions as an open-air museum and archaeological site, offering insight into mid-20th-century Spanish state planning and rural ...