Mining Basins

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Las MedulasMore information
The best kept secret of the Roman Empire, the gold mines on which its power rested, has been shaped by time to become one of the most extraordinary landscapes of the Iberian Peninsula. Discover the beauty...
Museum of the RailroadMore information
The Ponferrada Railway Museum is located in the grounds of the old station of the Minero Siderurgica de Ponferrada, aimed at the exploitation of coal reserves of the basins of El Bierzo and Laciana.The...
The Light Factory. Energy MuseumMore information
The Light Factory. Energy Museum is a leisure and cultural divulging where coal is the main actor in all the way. The Museum is located in the old power station Minero Siderurgica Ponferrada (MSP), which...
Roman mines of LeitosaMore information
The Romans not only extracted gold from the Médulas, but there were mining operations along the course of the Sil River and its tributaries. On the Burbia River , there are the La Leitosa and Los Cáscaros
"Pozo Julia" MineMore information
At the beginning of the 1950s, the Julia Well was built, a vertical well that is 275 meters deep and had floors at levels 50, 100 and 270. Visitors will be able to enjoy a tour of just over an hour to...
Mining GalleryMore information
The Mining Gallery is a life-size recreation of a mine where we will learn, under a detailed explanation from a former miner, the evolution of the mining basin sector over time, how it was worked and the...
Museum of the Metallurgy and Mining in Castile and LeonMore information
Situated in Sabero Valley, a prime natural location, the Castilla y León Museum of Metallurgy and Mining (MSM) is dedicated to all those individuals that contributed to the creation of Spain’s first metallurgical...
Viewpoint of the EstrellasMore information
Astronomical viewpoint built in the former mining facilities adapted and equipped with an observatory. Visitors can go on a tour, day or night, to know the history of the building, a presentation of the...
Interpretation Center of the MiningMore information
The exhibit has 600 m2. The different exhibition rooms are concerned with various mining issues: mineralogy, geology, lithosphere ...Thanks to the modern interactive audiovisual technologies, visitors...