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A hexagonal shape, unique in the world. A complex of 24 two-story houses surrounds the bullring, forming a single block. Built between 1752 and 1765 at the initiative of Superintendent Francisco Javier de Villegas. Purpose: to provide employment for miners during forced work stoppages and to raise funds for the Royal Miners' Hospital of San Rafael through bullfights and the rental of houses. First bullfights: October 1752, with 21 bulls fought. Declared a Site of Cultural Interest in 1979 and a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2012 as part of the "Mercury Heritage: Almadén and Idrija."

In the Alcudia Valley lies Almadén, a town linked to mining since ancient times, dyed with the reddish cinnabar of its cave paintings. The Romans opened up this land to extract the precious metal coveted in the empire as a dye, cosmetic or ointment. Since those times and despite the vagaries of exploitation or demand, Almadén has produced a third of the mercury consumed by humanity. The Almadén Mining Park offers us a trip to the interior of one of the oldest mines in the world. The park is completed with museums, interpretation centres and interesting displays of industrial archaeology. The Old School of Mine Foremen, created in the 18th century for the Study of Subterranean Geometry and Mineralogy. The House of the Superintendence located next to the mine allowed for greater control of it, of Baroque style only the enclosure remains. The San Rafael Miners' Hospital houses the historical archive of the Almadén Mines.

This is a very well-known town not only for where it is located but for what it represented in terms of mines and mineral extraction. In the square there is a statue that shows us the mining legacy of the nucleus.

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.

An old mining town, Almadén is located on the slopes of the Sierra Morena. The Almadén Mining Park has a nearby car park where you can start your cycling route.

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 https://parqueminerodealmaden.es/

A must-see is the Church of Santa María de la Estrella (1747), which has its origins in the Hermitage of Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno and was enlarged thanks to the alms of the miners.

It is also the headquarters of the Almadén Mines Historical Archive. In this case, it can be said that the archive brings together a large documentary corpus that dates back to the 17th century and that it constitutes a valuable source of information for learning about the exploitation of the mines throughout a long historical period. The archival collection has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest since May 2016.