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Tavertet is a small town located above some cliffs, 900m above sea level, in the area known as Collsacabra, north of the Guilleries, in the ''
Government data pages
Link with the web page: ''Associació Amics de Tavertet''
(in Catalan) Municipalities in Osona {{Catalonia-geo-stub
comarca
A ''comarca'' (, or , or ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a " ...
'' of Osona
Osona () is a comarca situated in Catalonia, Northeast Spain. Its capital is Vic. Its population in 2001 was 129,543. Osona covers roughly the same area as the historic Catalan county of Osona. The name Osona comes from ''Ausetans'', a group of ...
in Catalonia
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Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the no ...
.
Below the cliffs is Pantà de Sau
Sau Reservoir ( ca, Pantà de Sau) is a reservoir located on the Ter river, near Vilanova de Sau, Catalonia, Spain. The dam was completed in 1962, creating a reservoir with a storage capacity of 151.3 hm³ that covered the former town of Sant Rom� ...
, a reservoir that dammed the waters of the river Ter in the 1960s.
Tavertet is nowadays a tourist-oriented town with many holiday homes, where Raimon Panikkar
Raimon Panikkar Alemany, also known as Raimundo Panikkar and Raymond Panikkar (November 2, 1918 – August 26, 2010), was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a proponent of Interfaith dialogue. As a scholar, he specialized in comparative reli ...
lived.
Tavertet is linked by road BV5207 to the town of L'Esquirol, also known as Santa Maria de Corcó. There is also a minor road north of the village above the cliffs through a beech forest linking the town to Rupit.
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Government data pages
Link with the web page: ''Associació Amics de Tavertet''
(in Catalan) Municipalities in Osona {{Catalonia-geo-stub