Las Medulas Leon

Las Médulas is a historic gold-mining site near the town of Ponferrada in the comarca of El Bierzo. It was the most important gold mine, as well as the largest open-pit gold mine in the entire Roman Empire. Las Médulas Cultural Landscape is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Advanced aerial surveys conducted in 2014 using LIDAR have confir…
Las Médulas is a historic gold-mining site near the town of Ponferrada in the comarca of El Bierzo. It was the most important gold mine, as well as the largest open-pit gold mine in the entire Roman Empire. Las Médulas Cultural Landscape is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Advanced aerial surveys conducted in 2014 using LIDAR have confirmed the wide extent of the Roman-era works.
  • Location: Province of León, Castile and León, Spain
  • Includes: Zone principal de la mina de oro de Las Médulas · Estéiles de la Balouta · Estéiles de Valdebría · Estéiles de Yeres
  • Criteria: Cultural: (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
  • Reference: 803
  • Inscription: 1997 (21st Session)
  • Area: 2,208.2 ha (5,457 acres)

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