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⛏️ Las Médulas: Estéiles de Yeres

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⛏️ Las Médulas: Estéiles de Yeres
Roman mining settlement within Las Médulas UNESCO World Heritage zone, northwestern Spain


🕐 3 min read · Updated 11 Apr 2026 at 07:37

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

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  • Location: León province, northwestern Spain
  • Period: 1st–2nd centuries CE
  • Type: Roman mining settlement and worker residential complex
  • UNESCO inscription: 1997

Estéiles de Yeres is a Roman mining settlement in northwestern Spain that housed workers and administrators during large-scale ...

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