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Gold mines of Boinás

Belmonte de Miranda, Oviedo, Asturias

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Gold mines of Boinás

Curiosity · Belmonte de Miranda, Oviedo, Asturias

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The Romans worked one of the great gold deposits of the north-west here, and open workings and channels can still be made out at Boinás, Alvariza, Castañedo and La Brueba. The El Valle-Boinás lode was reopened in recent times.

Photo: FDV (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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