Bembézar Reservoir, lake in Hornachuelos, Spain
The Bembézar Reservoir is a water storage facility in Córdoba Province surrounded by steep valleys and forested hills. It collects water from the Bembézar River and several smaller streams that flow from the surrounding ridges.
Construction of the facility began in the 1950s and started operating in 1962 to provide water for irrigation and electricity generation across the region. The dam created a stable water supply for surrounding communities and transformed how the landscape functioned.
The reservoir is named after the Bembézar River that flows through the valley. Today, visitors use the area for hiking and wildlife watching, making it a place where people connect with the landscape.
The area is well suited for hiking and nature watching with many paths along the valleys and hills. Spring and autumn offer the most comfortable conditions for walking and observing the wildlife that inhabits this landscape.
The area around the water has been inhabited since ancient times, as evidenced by stone tools and carved artifacts found in local caves. These discoveries show that hunter-gatherer communities lived and hunted in this valley thousands of years before the dam was built.
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