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Las Médulas Roman Gold Mines

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 🇪🇸

December 23, 2022

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It was the most important gold mine, as well as the largest open pit gold mine in the entire Roman Empire.

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September 10, 2022

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The area of the medulla (former Roman gold mine) offers the opportunity to enjoy a large number of routes and a landscape that will remain etched in the retina. Comfortable shoes, water and snack is advisable.

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Peter Franken

July 28, 2024

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The extraordinary landscape is a result of the ruina montium, a Roman mining technique. Pliny the Elder describes it in his Naturalis historia as drilling holes in the mountains and …

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