Name: Rodalquilar Gold Mine Ruins
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Location: Níjar, Campo Nijar Y Bajo Andarax, Almería, Andalusia, Spain

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1. Rodalquilar Gold Mines – View of Isleta del Moro loop from Pozo de los Frailes

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2. View of Isleta del Moro – Rodalquilar Gold Mines loop from Las Negras

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3. Rodalquilar Gold Mine Ruins – Rodalquilar Gold Mines loop from Las Negras

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

January 16, 2025

Today, the Rodalquilar mines are a major tourist attraction. The old mining town has been restored and turned into a museum, where visitors can learn about the history of gold mining in the area.

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Jay Be

December 28, 2018

Great Lost Place in Rodalquilar. Factory of the old gold mines and minerals processing. Video here:

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Oliver🌍

January 2, 2021

Rodalquilar, in the Níjar district of the Andalusian province of Almería, is a former mining village in what is now the Cabo de Gata Natural Park. Its history can be traced back to the beginning of the sixteenth century, when Spaniards and Genoese mined alum in the El Playazo valley of Rodalquilar in the diocese of Almería. Mining was carried out to varying degrees from the 16th to the 20th century on various minerals and rocks: amethyst for jewelry in the 18th century, kaolin for ceramics in the 19th and 20th centuries, granite for pavement in the 20th and silver ores in the 19th, gold in the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1966, the gold mine was shut down by the owner company Adaro. In 1989 the mine was temporarily opened again, only to be closed permanently in 1990.

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Location: Níjar, Campo Nijar Y Bajo Andarax, Almería, Andalusia, Spain

Rodalquilar Gold Mine Ruins

1. Rodalquilar Gold Mines – View of Isleta del Moro loop from Pozo de los Frailes

2. View of Isleta del Moro – Rodalquilar Gold Mines loop from Las Negras

3. Rodalquilar Gold Mine Ruins – Rodalquilar Gold Mines loop from Las Negras

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