Ivars and Vila-sana lake

"Water is life" is an affirmation that makes singular sense in the case of the Ivars and Vila-sana lake. Located in the heart of the Pla d'Urgell region, in the land of the dry land, the lake energised social, cultural and economic life, until it was dried up in 1951 to turn the land into arable land. Known everywhere for the abundance of water birds, in recent years the lake has become one of the most emblematic wetlands in Catalonia, thanks to an ambitious recovery project requested from the population itself and encouraged by the lasting memory of the landscape it used to be.

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Originally it was an endorheic lagoon with a significant salt concentration. The construction of the Urgell Canal (1861) was supposed the contribution of fresh water and the enlargement of its surface.

The recovery of the space, begun in 2005, has been translated into the return of ecological and landscape conditions, the recovery of a part of cultural memory and a lifestyle, the enrichment of biodiversity and an opportunity for the socio-economic development of the territory.

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