Sant Salvador de la Vedella, Benedictine monastery in Catalonia

Sant Salvador de la Vedella is a Romanesque monastery whose surviving church stands on a hilltop in the middle of the Baells reservoir. The church has a single short nave covered by a pointed barrel vault, a semicircular apse and two side apsidioles. A small later bell tower with two openings rises above the west facade, and the entrance door is on the south side.

Monks from Sant Serni de Tavèrnoles founded the monastery in 830 during the Carolingian resettlement of Berguedà. In 835 Abbot Carlot de Tavèrnoles obtained from King Louis the Pious protection and the right to elect the abbot freely. Its importance faded after the 12th century, and in 1580 Pope Clement VIII assigned its revenues to the seminary of La Seu d'Urgell.

The monastery's name, Sant Salvador de la Vedella, refers to the Saviour; "Vedella" is a local place name. Its church, rectory and priory are the surviving parts of the complex, and the altar, chalice, paten and a carving of Christ the King are kept at the Museu Episcopal de Vic. Since the Baells Reservoir filled in 1976, the church has stood on a summit in the water, and in April 2023 a drought let people walk out to it again.

The monastery stands on a hilltop in the middle of the Baells Reservoir. In normal years it is surrounded by water and can only be seen from the shore or from boats. During droughts, as in April 2023, the water level drops enough to walk to the monastery.

The monastery's altar, chalice, paten and a carving of Christ the King are kept at the Museu Episcopal de Vic, not at the flooded site. In April 2023 a drought lowered the Baells reservoir enough that visitors could walk out to the monastery again.