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⛏️ Las Médulas: Zona principal de la mina de oro de Las Médulas

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⛏️ Las Médulas: Zona principal de la mina de oro de Las Médulas
Roman open-pit gold mine in El Bierzo, northwestern Spain, 1st–3rd centuries CE


🕐 3 min read · Updated 11 Apr 2026 at 07:40

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: El Bierzo region, León province, northwestern Spain
  • Period: 1st–3rd centuries CE (Roman Empire)
  • Size: Approximately 2,000 hectares of transformed landscape
  • UNESCO inscription: 1997

Las Médulas is a Roman gold mine in northwestern Spain that employed hydraulic extraction technology at imperial scale ...

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