Las Médulas (Spanish pronunciation: [las ˈmeðulas]) is a historic gold-mining site near the town of Ponferrada in the comarca of El Bierzo (province of...

after its conquest by Augustus in 25 BC. One of the largest sites was at Las Médulas, where seven 30 mile long aqueducts were used to work the alluvial gold...

An example of badlands created by mining is the Roman gold mine of Las Médulas in northern Spain.[citation needed] The word badlands is a calque from...

Las Médulas and in surrounding areas show badland scenery on a gigantic scale owing to hydraulicking of the rich alluvial gold deposits. Las Médulas is...

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at Dolaucothi in Wales (with a maximum gradient of about 1:700) and Las Medulas in northern Spain. Where sharp gradients were unavoidable in permanent...

Press. 2012. Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Las Médulas". Whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 13 June 2017. "Las Médulas". Castilla y León World Heritage UNESCO (in...

sites are still visible in the area, one of the most spectacular being Las Médulas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997. Romans also imported grapevines...

large enough to fragment thick rock walls. Hushing Hydraulic mining Las Médulas Mountaintop removal mining Pliny the Elder (1857) with John Bostock and...

sites are still visible in the area, one of the most spectacular being Las Médulas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997. Romans also imported grapevines...

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north-west Spain, such as the very much larger site of alluvial mining at Las Médulas and Montefurado. The Romans may have used slave labour taken from the...

the Duerna and Eria rivers and the Bierzo, with the exploitation of Las Médulas. The city is mentioned on several occasions in classical historiography...

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bed of the river. The site is near the spectacular Roman gold mine of Las Medulas. Several earthen dams are known from Britain, including a well-preserved...

probably refers to mining in Northern Spain, especially at the large Las Médulas site. Pliny describes methods of underground mining, including the use...

in his Natural History. He might have visited the mine excavated at Las Médulas. The last position of procurator, an uncertain one, was of Gallia Belgica...

in Roman mining projects, especially the very rich gold deposits at Las Médulas. Conquering the peoples of the Alps in 16 BC was another important victory...

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the Vía de la Plata, to transfer the gold extracted in the deposits of Las Médulas, in the Leonese comarca of El Bierzo, the route started from Asturica...

Monastery and Site of El Escorial Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija3 Las Médulas Monastery of Saint Mary of Guadalupe Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro...

Landscape resulting from the ruina montium mining technique at Las Médulas, Spain, one of the most important gold mines in the Roman Empire...

from extensive alluvial (loose sediment) deposits, such as those at Las Medulas. Mining was under the control of the state but the mines may have been...

resulting ore. Examples of this Roman mining technology may be found at Las Médulas in Spain and Dolaucothi in South Wales. The gold recovered using these...

Roman Empire and was a centre for trade in gold, which was mined at Las Médulas nearby. In 540, the city was conquered by the Arian Visigothic king Liuvigild[citation...

sophisticated way of extracting large alluvial gold deposits such as those at Las Médulas in northern Spain, and for hard rock gold veins such as those at Dolaucothi...

resulting ore. Examples of this Roman mining technology may be found at Las Médulas in Spain and Dolaucothi in South Wales. The gold recovered using these...

Landscape resulting from the ruina montium mining technique at Las Médulas, Roman Spain, one of the most important gold mines in the Roman Empire...

Astures took refuge in the Mons Medullius (some scholars locate it at Las Médulas basing their opinions on Florus who specifically names the site in his...

Las Médulas, remains of the most important gold mine in the Roman Empire. The spectacular landscape resulted from the Ruina montium mining technique...