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⚒️ Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija

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⚒️ Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija
Transnational mercury mining complex in Spain and Slovenia, inscribed 2012


🕐 3 min read · Updated 9 Apr 2026 at 17:23

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Almadén, Ciudad Real province, Spain; Idrija, Slovenia
  • Core site area: 0.22 hectares; buffer zone: 223.4 hectares
  • Mining period: Almadén—antiquity to recent decades; Idrija—circa AD 1490 onwards
  • UNESCO inscription: 2012

The Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija is a transnational serial property comprising two mercury mining complexes that ...

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