⚒️ Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija: Vojsko – Idrijca Water Barrier

Archaeology & Antiquity Slovenia Europe

The Vojsko–Idrijca Water Barrier is a hydraulic engineering structure in western Slovenia that functioned as critical infrastructure for the Idrija mercury mine, one of Europe's historically significant cinnabar extraction centres. The Vojsko–Idrijca Water Barrier was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012, as part of the transnational serial ...