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The argentiferous lead mines

Mestanza, Sierra Morena, Ciudad Real

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The argentiferous lead mines

Curiosity · Mestanza, Sierra Morena, Ciudad Real

Image of Mestanza, not of the place itself.

The municipal district preserves an extensive mining heritage with workings such as the La Gitana complex, the Encinarejo mine and the headframe of the Las Pozas mines. Extraction went on from Roman times until the closure of the Diógenes mines in 1979.

Photo: Driebex (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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