Las Médulas - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Las Médulas - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Las Médulas () is a historic gold-mining site near the town of Ponferrada in the comarca of El Bierzo (province of León, Castile and León, Spain). It was the most important gold mine, as well as the largest open-pit gold mine in the entire Roman Empire.El parque cultural | Paisaje cultural 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.LIDAR surveys at Las Médulas. Read more on Wikipedia
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