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What to see and do in Nerva

What to see and do in Nerva (Cuenca Minera, Huelva): 8 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Nature · 3 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Nerva

Nerva
Village
Mining town that split off from Zalamea la Real and the hamlet of El Ventoso in 1885, and went on to exceed 16,000 inhabitants in 1910 thanks to the boom of the Rio Tinto Company Limited; it shares with Minas de Riotinto the landscape declared a Historic Site in 2005.
Segregación de Nerva
Historical milestone
Nerva was established as an independent municipality on 7 August 1885, splitting off from Zalamea la Real and the hamlet of El Ventoso.
Corta y nacimiento del río Tinto en Peña de Hierro
Nature
Beside the old Peña de Hierro opencast mine rises the río Tinto, its waters reddened by iron mineralisation, within the Río Tinto Protected Landscape.
Museo Vázquez Díaz
Monument
Museum dedicated to the Huelva-born painter Daniel Vázquez Díaz, housed in a building in Nerva's town centre.
Iglesia de San Bartolomé de Nerva
Monument
16th-century parish church, one of the few buildings in Nerva predating the great 19th-century mining boom.
Origen del nombre de Nerva
Historical milestone
The municipality's name comes from a Roman copper plaque dedicated to the emperor Marcus Cocceius Nerva, found in 1762 inside a mine gallery in the area.
Crecimiento demográfico de Nerva en el boom minero
Historical milestone
Driven by the working of the Peña del Hierro mine by the Rio Tinto Company Limited from 1873, Nerva's population rose from about 6,431 inhabitants in 1877 to 16,807 in 1910, one of the fastest growth rates in the province of Huelva.
Plaza de Toros de Nerva
Monument
19th-century bullring, built during Nerva's mining boom, which together with the old town hall forms part of the civil architecture of the town's golden age.