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Natural Monuments

Castile and León

Las Médulas Roman Gold Mines

Natural Monuments

Castile and León

Las Médulas Roman Gold Mines

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Las Médulas Roman Gold Mines

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Location: Carucedo, Bierzo, León, Castile and León, Spain

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

June 24, 2024

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Las Médulas, located in Bierzo, northwest of the Montes Aquilanos and along the valley of the Sil River, is a fantastic landscape resulting from Roman gold mining. This place has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Although no one would say that the steep cliffs hide, beneath their bowels, the gold of the Romans, the mining exploitation silenced for centuries has become a beautiful landscape of great tourist attraction.

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June 20, 2024

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This landscape was created over 250 years by an estimated 60,000 slaves to supply the Roman Empire with around 1,650 tons of gold. A UNESCO World Heritage Site

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July 6, 2024

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When looking at the rock formations of LAS MEDULAS, one must remember that this landscape is not natural, but rather the (sad) remains of a mountain massif that was ruthlessly exploited for its gold ore as early as the Roman Empire. Nevertheless, this landscape of ruins is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A 15-minute film documentary about this (in German) is available in the ARD media library as part of the highly recommended series “Treasures of the World - Heritage of Humanity”:
zdf.de/swr/schaetze-der-welt/page-video-ard-las-mdulas-und-seine-goldminen-spanien-100.html

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Elevation 790 m

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Location: Carucedo, Bierzo, León, Castile and León, Spain

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