In 2003, the Almadén mines, the oldest mines in the world, were permanently closed after 2,000 years of mining in the area. Tickets can be purchased at the box office or at parqueminerodealmaden.es

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April 23, 2023

The Almadén Mining Park is the living heritage of the two thousand years of Almadén exploitation. After the closure of the mining activity in 2003, the oldest mines in the world whose activity has been maintained to this day, show their secrets.

Mercury, the living silver of the Romans, is shown in the Park in all its aspects, the extraction of its mineral, cinnabar, mercury sulfide, its transformation in metallurgical furnaces, its physical and chemical properties, its uses and, of course, its eternal history.

The facilities of the Mining Park, the shafts, buildings and facilities are the heart of the Spanish assets registered on the list of World Heritage Sites under the name of Mercury Heritage. Almaden and Idrija.

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Location: Almadén, Montes Sur, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

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