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What to see and do in Almadenejos

What to see and do in Almadenejos (Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real): 11 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 5 Monuments · 2 Activities · 2 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

When to go to Almadenejos: festival calendar

August: Festival of el Emigrante (early August)
October: Festival of la Santísima Virgen del Rosario (first Sunday of October)

How far each place is from the centre of Almadenejos

Baritel of San Carlos 1.1 km

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What to see and do in Almadenejos

Almadenejos
Village
Municipality of the comarca of Valle de Alcudia, in the province of Ciudad Real, born at the end of the seventeenth century around the cinnabar mines of El Entredicho, Valdeazogues and La Concepción, in ranges whose extraction is documented since the fourth century BC, when Theophrastus referred to the vermilion coming from Hispania. It preserves the Baritel de San Carlos, a circular structure 17 metres across with a sixteen-sided outer wall that housed the animal-powered winding gear, the enclosure of furnaces for distilling the ore and the old miners' hospital on the Plaza de la Constitución.
Baritel of San Carlos
Monument
A remarkable example of industrial mining archaeology: a circular structure 17 metres in diameter with a sixteen-sided outer wall that housed the animal-powered winding gear used to raise the ore.
Cerco de Buitrones of Almadenejos
Historical milestone
Cerco de Buitrones (roasting-furnace enclosure) of Almadenejos, with the kilns where cinnabar was distilled to obtain mercury, built in the late 17th century together with the rest of the settlement, which grew up at that time around the mines of El Entredicho, Valdeazogues and La Concepción.
Mines of El Entredicho and Valdeazogues
Monument
Cinnabar workings in the municipal district which, along with the La Concepción Vieja and La Concepción Nueva (Gilobreros) mines, gave rise to the village in the late 17th century.
Wall and Gate of Almadén
Monument
18th-century defensive wall that completely enclosed the mining settlement of Almadenejos and had four access gates, of which only the Puerta de Almadén survives. This gate has recently been restored and is today the only standing remnant of that walled precinct that protected the town.
Church of la Inmaculada
Monument
The parish church of the town, raised during the period of expansion of the mining settlement in the 18th century.
Former Miners' Hospital
Monument
The former Hospital de Mineros (Miners' Hospital) of Almadenejos (Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real) stands on the Plaza de la Constitución and treated workers from the area's mines, who were affected by illnesses caused by mercury. It was built in the late 17th century, around the same time the Concepción Vieja mine was discovered and began to be worked.
The cinnabar cited by Theophrastus
Curiosity
Cinnabar extraction in these sierras is documented from the 4th century BC, when the Greek philosopher Theophrastus referred to the vermilion mineral coming from Hispania.
The separation from Almadén
Curiosity
Almadenejos began as a mining settlement dependent on Almadén and did not achieve the status of an independent municipality until 1836. Its origin as a settlement of its own dates back to the discovery of new cinnabar deposits between 1779 and 1780, which made it possible to sustain the mining operation on the spot without needing to transport the miners to Almadén.
Festival of la Santísima Virgen del Rosario
Activity
Autumn patronal festival in honour of the Virgen del Rosario (Our Lady of the Rosary), with a procession and popular events. It is held in Almadenejos, in the Valle de Alcudia, on the first Sunday of October each year.
Festival of el Emigrante
Activity
The Fiesta del Emigrante (Emigrant's Festival) of Almadenejos is held in early August, when the village welcomes back residents who emigrated and return on holiday to spend a few days in their home town, an event that reflects the heavy emigration the town suffered after the mining decline of the area.