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