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According to the older people, there were four or five prominent houses in Susqueda: la Grabulosa, Puig de Rejols, Rocasalva, the new house of Sabatés, the new house of Lau and Cal Marqués, whose inhabitants exploited the fields and forests of environment
Now, with the prolonged drought that is being recorded in Catalonia, part of the ruins of these houses, especially Cal Marqués and Rocasalva, have been exposed as a ghostly memory of what they once were, as we see in The Photos of the Readers of La Vanguard.
Cal Marqués is still unmistakable thanks to the remains of the peeled trunk of the century-old elm that is right next door and that has barely endured all these last years under the waters of the swamp.
Susqueda is part of a system of three swamps, together with those of Sau and Pasteral, which unite the counties of Osona and La Selva.
The Susqueda reservoir is a hydraulic infrastructure built on the river Ter, formed by a dam at the height of the municipality of Osor.
It so happens that this swamp is a historical reference for fishing fans, as can be seen in these video images.
