⚒️ Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija: Bullring
Circular structure built atop mercury mining operations in Castile-La Mancha, Spain
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Castile-La Mancha, central Spain
- Site area: approximately 0.25 hectares with 223.4-hectare buffer zone
- Structure type: Circular bullring built in 18th century
- UNESCO inscription: 2012
The Bullring at Almadén is a circular structure in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, that sits directly above one of the world's oldest and most productive mercury mining complexes. The Bullring at Almadén was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012 as part of a transnational designation shared with the Idrija mercury mine in Slovenia. The structure represents a direct confluence of public leisure architecture and industrial extraction, with mining operations continuing beneath the bullring ...