Carucedo

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Image of Las Medulas located in Carucedo, Spain | One of the passages of Las Médulas. (Wikimedia Commons)
Carucedo, Spain

Las Medulas

Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site

A historic site in Spain, Las Medulas was once the most important gold mine in the Roman Empire. Named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the area, which is near the town of Ponferrada in the region... »

Intriguing Environs | Edited by Nicholas Jackson, wythe and others

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