Las Médulas
World Heritage
Spain
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In the 1st century AD, Roman authorities began mining gold in this area of northwestern Spain using a technology based on water power. After two centuries of mining, the Romans withdrew, leaving behind a desolate landscape. In the absence of subsequent industrial activity, surprising traces of this remarkable ancient technology can be seen everywhere, such as steep walls on the hillsides and large areas of tailings, now used for agriculture.
# Hydraulic Technology
# agriculture
# Gold Mining
# Northwest Spain
# Ancient Technology
# Tailings
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Information extracted from Wikidata
| IPA transcription | 2130077 |
| ELSTAT geographical code | las-medulas |
| number of rooms | viaf-234339764 |
| office held by head of the organization | http://g.co/kg/m/0f9dvq |
| Commons category | Las Médulas |
| has part | Fuentes |
| coordinate location | Point(-6.7625 42.461666666) |
| Bien de Interés Cultural (BIC) code | RI-51-0000667 |
| official website | https://patrimonionatural.org/espacios-naturales/monumento-natural/monumento-natural-las-medulas |
| topic's main category | national monument of Namibia |
| Commons gallery | Las Médulas |
| WOEID | 764767 |
| start time | 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| start time | 1931-06-03T00:00:00Z |
| area | 1115 |
| World Heritage criteria | World Heritage selection criterion (ii) |
| World Heritage criteria | World Heritage selection criterion (i) |
| World Heritage criteria | Larousse Encyclopedia online |
| Atlas Obscura identifier | las-medulas |
| instance of | monument |
| executive body | Las Médulas |
| location of creation | Las Médulas |
| WOEID | 764767 |
| image | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Panor%C3%A1mica%20de%20Las%20M%C3%A9dulas.jpg |
| media legend | Panoramic view of Las Médulas |