The property includes the mining sites of Almadén
(Spain), where mercury (quicksilver) has been extracted since antiquity,
and Idrija (Slovenia), where mercury was first found in AD1490. The
Spanish property includes buildings relating to its mining history,
including Retamar Castle, religious buildings and traditional dwellings.
The site in Idrija notably features mercury stores and infrastructure,
as well as miners’ living quarters, and a miners’ theatre. The sites
bear testimony to the intercontinental trade in mercury which generated
important exchanges between Europe and America over the centuries.
Together they represent the two largest mercury mines in the world,
operational until recent times.
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| Almadén and Idrija - Chapel of the Holy Trinity |
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| Almadén and Idrija - Grad Gewerkenegg |
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| Almadén and Idrija - Idrija |
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| Almadén and Idrija - Kanomeljiske klavze |
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| Almadén and Idrija |
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| Almadén and Idrija |
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