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Prehistoric mines of Texeo

Riosa, Oviedo, Asturias

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Prehistoric mines of Texeo

Monument · Riosa, Oviedo, Asturias

Copper and cobalt workings opened some 4,500 years ago on the eastern slope of the Aramo, between 1,200 and 1,600 metres; the engineer Van Stralen rediscovered them in 1888 along with 191 human remains of miners in the galleries.

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