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Gate of Carlos IV and the aludel kilns

Almadén, Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real

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Gate of Carlos IV and the aludel kilns

Monument · Almadén, Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real

Image of Almadén, not of the place itself.

The outer ensemble of the mining compound, made up of the monumental Carlos IV gateway and the 17th-century aludel furnaces used to distil cinnabar and obtain mercury.

Photo: Miguel Calvo (CC BY 4.0)

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