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The World Heritage declaration

Almadén, Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real

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Historical milestone · Almadén, Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real

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In 2012 Unesco inscribed the mercury mines of Almadén on the World Heritage list, in a candidacy shared with those of Idrija, in Slovenia. The dossier recognised two millennia of extraction and the preserved mining landscape.

2012

Photo: Raimundo Pastor (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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