Santa Fe Reservoir, dam in Fogars de Montclús, Catalonia

Santa Fe Reservoir is a dam reservoir inside the Montseny Natural Park, in the municipality of Fogars de Montclús, Spain. The dam is built from local stone using an arch-gravity design and rises about 80 feet (24 meters) across the valley.

In the 1920s a wealthy Barcelona businessman bought the valley and built a small power dam to generate electricity. The main dam was finished in 1935, and after years of neglect it was repaired in the 1990s and put back into use.

The reservoir sits inside the Montseny Natural Park and draws walkers from the surrounding towns on weekends. Picnic tables along the shore are a common sight, used by families who come to spend time near the water.

The reservoir is easy to reach from Fogars de Montclús and there are walking paths around the structure. Wear sturdy shoes, as the terrain near the dam can be uneven, and mornings tend to be cooler and less crowded.

The luxury hotel that Ramon de Montaner i Vila had built was designed by architect Pere Domènech i Roura and completed in 1914 beside the Romanesque chapel of Santa Fe, using granite quarried in the same valley. The first small dam, at a spot called Estanyol, soon proved insufficient, which led to the present reservoir.