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The salt mines of Minglanilla

Minglanilla, La Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca

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The salt mines of Minglanilla

Curiosity · Minglanilla, La Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca

Image of Minglanilla, not of the place itself.

A salt diapir beside the Cabriel gorges was worked from Roman times using the room-and-pillar method, in the hands of private owners, the State and various companies. Now inactive, the complex was declared a site of geological interest in 2013.

Photo: Millars (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

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