Floods Swallow 900-Year-Old Spanish Monastery
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Floods swallow 900-year-old Spanish monastery
A medieval monastery that has stood for nearly 900 years has been partially submerged after violent storms sent rivers surging across northern Spain. Photos show muddy floodwater filling the monastery’s cloisters, a rare sight for a building that has stood for centuries. The Monastery of Santa María de La Vid, located in Burgos province, was hit after the River Duero burst its banks… Source
The Hydrographic Confederation counts thirteen extreme alarm points and 22 precautionary points, with the flood also affecting Burgos and Valladolid.
The historic building of the 12th century has the ground floor completely denied
The water of the river entered through the sewers and denied water the cloister, the kitchens, the church and the sacristy The Monastery of Santa Maria de la Vid, founded in the 12th century and recognized as Good of Cultural Interest in 1991, has been affected by the flood of the Douro River, whose waters have flooded cloister and dependencies of this property, located in La Vid and Barrios (Burgos). The water began to drown stays on Saturday n…
The increase in the last hours by the unpacking seriously affects the religious building, while the people can contain the water thanks to a quick reaction from the neighbors and the mayor
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