The sites bear testimony to the intercontinental trade in mercury which generated important exchanges between Europe and America over the centuries. The two sites represent the two largest mercury mines in the world and were operational until recent times. Mercury played an important role in extracting gold and silver from ores, dug in American mines. In addition, both sites illustrate the various industrial, territorial, urban and social elements of a specific sociotechnical system in the mining and metal production industries.[1]
At the heart of the Almadén site is a Mining Park, where the public can go underground.[2] There are also buildings relating to the town's mining history, including Retamar Castle,[3] the San Rafael Mining Hospital (now an archive), and eighteenth-century dwellings which form a hexagonal bullring.[4]
The site in Idrija notably features mercury stores and infrastructure, as well as miners’ living quarters, and a miners’ theatre.
Idrija begun the process to inscribe the mercury heritage to the UNESCO's heritage list in 2006.[5] Initially, the nomination was made together with Huancavelica mercury mine in Peru, in relation to the intercontinental route Camino Real. In the second stage, a nomination focused on mercury heritage in relation to silver mining, together with San Luis Potosí mine in Mexico - however, the nomination did not gather sufficient support. The third, successful stage of the nomination focused on mercury mining in relation to technological and industrial processes that influenced the economical and cultural development of the two regions.[6]
List of registered monumentsedit
Furnace of Bustamante of the mines of Almadén.Headframe of the mines of Almadén.Building of the pump in Idrija.
The elements of the "Mercury Heritage" are the following:[7]
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Heritage of Mercury Almaden and Idrija is a joint UNESCO World Heritage Site in Almaden Castile La Mancha Spain and Idrija Slovenia The property encompasses two mercury mining sites In Almaden mercury has been extracted since Antiquity while in Idrija it was first found in 1490 1 Heritage of Mercury Almaden and IdrijaUNESCO World Heritage SiteAntonijev rov mine entrance in IdrijaLocationAlmaden Province of Ciudad Real Castile La Mancha Spain Idrija Municipality of Idrija Gorizia Statistical Region SloveniaCriteriaCultural ii iv Reference1313revInscription2012 36th Session Area104 1 ha 257 acres Coordinates38 46 31 N 4 50 20 W 38 77528 N 4 83889 W 38 77528 4 83889AlmadenIdrijaclass notpageimage Almaden and Idrija in Europe The sites bear testimony to the intercontinental trade in mercury which generated important exchanges between Europe and America over the centuries The two sites represent the two largest mercury mines in the world and were operational until recent times Mercury played an important role in extracting gold and silver from ores dug in American mines In addition both sites illustrate the various industrial territorial urban and social elements of a specific sociotechnical system in the mining and metal production industries 1 At the heart of the Almaden site is a Mining Park where the public can go underground 2 There are also buildings relating to the town s mining history including Retamar Castle 3 the San Rafael Mining Hospital now an archive and eighteenth century dwellings which form a hexagonal bullring 4 The site in Idrija notably features mercury stores and infrastructure as well as miners living quarters and a miners theatre Contents 1 Nomination process 2 List of registered monuments 2 1 Almaden 2 2 Idrija 3 References 4 See alsoNomination process edit nbsp Interior of one of the Almaden s mines Idrija begun the process to inscribe the mercury heritage to the UNESCO s heritage list in 2006 5 Initially the nomination was made together with Huancavelica mercury mine in Peru in relation to the intercontinental route Camino Real In the second stage a nomination focused on mercury heritage in relation to silver mining together with San Luis Potosi mine in Mexico however the nomination did not gather sufficient support The third successful stage of the nomination focused on mercury mining in relation to technological and industrial processes that influenced the economical and cultural development of the two regions 6 List of registered monuments edit nbsp Furnace of Bustamante of the mines of Almaden nbsp Headframe of the mines of Almaden nbsp Building of the pump in Idrija The elements of the Mercury Heritage are the following 7 Almaden edit Code Name Location Protection zone Coordinates 1313rev 001 Old town of Almaden Almaden 48 98 ha 38 46 31 N 4 50 37 W 38 775278 N 4 843611 W 38 775278 4 843611 Almaden Vieille ville 1313rev 002 Buildings of the Castle s Mine Almaden 0 22 ha 38 46 21 N 4 50 23 W 38 772500 N 4 839722 W 38 772500 4 839722 Batiments de la Mine del Castillo 1313rev 003 Royal Prison of forced labor Almaden 0 11 ha 38 46 19 N 4 50 03 W 38 771806 N 4 834167 W 38 771806 4 834167 Royal Forced Labour Gaol 1313rev 004 Hospital Real de San Rafael children Almaden 0 10 ha 38 46 22 N 4 49 53 W 38 772778 N 4 831389 W 38 772778 4 831389 Hopital royal San Rafael pour mineurs 1313rev 005 Bullring Almaden 0 25 ha 38 46 30 N 4 49 47 W 38 775091 N 4 829682 W 38 775091 4 829682 Bullring Idrija edit Code Name Location Protection zone Coordinates 1313rev 006 Old town of Idrija Idrija 47 33 ha 46 00 02 N 14 01 19 E 46 000612 N 14 022061 E 46 000612 14 022061 Vieille ville d Idrija 1313rev 007 Foundry Idrija 0 60 ha 46 00 25 N 14 01 52 E 46 006944 N 14 031111 E 46 006944 14 031111 Idrija Smelting Plant 1313rev 008 Kamst pump with water channel and tank Kobila Idrija 1 61 ha 45 59 56 N 14 01 51 E 45 998889 N 14 030833 E 45 998889 14 030833 Idrija Kamst water pump with the Rake water channel and Kobila dam 1313rev 009 Water tank Idrija 0 71 ha 46 01 04 N 13 56 22 E 46 017778 N 13 939444 E 46 017778 13 939444 Gorenja Kanomlja Kanomilja or Ovcjak Water Barrier 1313rev 010 Idrija Lagoon Idrija 1 21 ha 46 00 10 N 13 55 12 E 46 002778 N 13 920000 E 46 002778 13 920000 Vojsko Idrijca Water Barrier 1313rev 011 Putrih Reservoir on the Belca River Idrija 0 49 ha 45 58 34 N 13 56 01 E 45 976111 N 13 933611 E 45 976111 13 933611 Idrijska Bela Putrih s Water Barrier on the Belca creek 1313rev 012 Brus Reservoir on the Belca River Idrija 2 49 ha 45 58 13 N 13 57 08 E 45 970278 N 13 952222 E 45 970278 13 952222 Idrijska Bela Belca Water Barrier on the Belca creek or Brus s Water Barrier References edit a b Heritage of Mercury Almaden and Idrija UNESCO World Heritage Centre Mining Park Tourist Office of Rios EVA Mancomunidad Retrieved 10 July 2016 Retamar Castle Tourist Office of Rios EVA Mancomunidad Retrieved 10 July 2016 Bullring Tourist office of Rios EVA Mancomunidad Retrieved 10 July 2016 Obcina Idrija Dediscina zivega srebra Archived 2012 06 27 at the Wayback Machine Rudnik zivega srebra Idrija zapisan na Unescov seznam Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal MMC RTV Slovenija Fuente UnescoSee also editAlmaden Quicksilver County Park Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heritage of Mercury Almaden and Idrija amp oldid 1193471141, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
