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23 DESTINATIONS TO DO MINING TOURISM.
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Salt Mountain of Cardona
The Salt Mountain is a unique natural phenomenon in the world and today it still grows as the rain erodes it. Its 120 meters are just the tip of a huge diapir about two kilometers deep. For an hour, you will go up to 86 meters and enjoy the spectacle of shapes and textures offered by the salt massif.
Cercs Mines Museum
The Cercs Mines Museum, dedicated monographically to coal, is an interpretation center to explain and publicize the multiple and close relationships between this fossil fuel and the geological, scenic, economic and human environment of Alt Berguedà.
BELLMUNT MINES MUSEUM
The Mines Museum offers visitors the opportunity to enter the galleries on the first floor of the Eugènia mine
MINAS DE GAVÁ ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK
Beneath the foot of the city, the Neolithic mines of Gavà are the oldest gallery mines in Europe, dedicated to the exploitation of variscite. The miners and miners reused some cavities to bury the dead, accompanied by rich trousseau with objects that came from remote places, through exchanges, and attracted by the variscite. And also to leave the day-to-day waste, of incalculable value to know what the communities that lived in Gavà in the Neolithic were like and what the landscape that surrounded them was like.
French oil mine of Riutort
In the 340 meters of the Riutort Oil Mine, between the main gallery, the transversal and the secondary one, and during the 10 years that it was in operation (1906 - 1916), approximately 3,500 tons of bituminous marls were extracted, which gave a average that did not exceed 70 liters of oil per ton. At the beginning, the oil was extracted from the layers of bituminous marls that surfaced outside, but later, and to get more out of it, the bituminous marls were searched through a system of galleries.
Victoria Mine
Historically Val d'Aran has been an important mineral extraction area. At the beginning of the 20th century, with the encouragement of the industrial revolution, the exploitation of zinc ore began basically in the Arres and Bossòst areas. In 1912, the Victòria Mine was already in full operation. Around eighty tons of crude ore were extracted per day and between 100 and 150 people worked there, distributed between the interior and exterior of the galleries. At the same time, a mineral wash was also put into operation in Bossòst.
Routes of the mines
The mining heritage is part of the historical memory of the region, it is a testimony of the technical and industrial development of past times and essential to understand the present reality of our territory. The years of mining exploitation marked the territory and the social life of its inhabitants and left a rich heritage. Most mine routes are circular, have different levels of difficulty and run through the municipalities of Queralbs, Pardines, Planoles, Toses and Ribes de Freser. Of the 11 itineraries, 4 pass through Ribes de Freser
Ogassa Mines
The main use of coal from the Ogassa mining basin was for the Catalan manufacturing industry, which was booming at the beginning of the s. XX with the industrial revolution as a framework for the country's growth. The way to extract the coal was in Pic i Pala, in galleries with batteries, caps and woods, to try to extract the stones from the bowels of the mountain. We remember the lost trades of the mines: choppers, laborers, locksmiths, carpenters, bricklayers, wagon workers, brakemen (difficult and risky trade) and coal washers. Tools such as tips, mallets, guns, carbide lights and hand tools that we have almost lost from memory today.
Salinas of Gerri de la Sal
The spring or source of salt water is officially registered with the name of "Mina Ofita" and is located to the right of the river Noguera Pallaresa, at a height of 620 meters above sea level.
Cement Museum
The old Asland cement factory, located in the Clot del Moro area, in the municipality of Castellar de n'Hug, operated from 1904 to 1975. The remains visible today still reveal the spectacular nature of one of the most incredible manufacturing complexes of Catalan industrialization, framed in a unique natural environment.
The small train of the Mina Nova de Coll de pradell
The small train of the mines, from the Nova de Coll de Pradell Mine (Vallcebre) has been making trips, to all the people who may be interested in the history of this genuine mining train and its mine, since it was completed in 2005 the 1st phase of the recovery project, allowing access to the mine once the access trace to the mine was recovered.
CEMENT TRAIN
It is a line that historically linked the old Asland cement factory in Castellar de n'Hug with Guardiola de Berguedà, from where the narrow gauge railway line to Berga and Manresa started. The journey of the old Ciment Train, which lasts approximately 20 minutes, is carried out by a diesel locomotive with four cars that have capacity for 25 passengers each. It has a 3.5 km route and stops at 4 stations:
Geology Museum "Valentí Masachs"
The “Valentí Masachs” Geology Museum of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia is located in the Manresa Superior Polytechnic School of Engineering. It was founded in 1980, and Dr. Valentí Masachs Alavedra was its first director. With its private collection of fossils and minerals together with the mineral samples collected by members of the museum, the first mineralogy and paleontology showcases with which it was inaugurated were set up.
CENTRAL CATALONIA GEOPARK
The UNESCO World Geopark of Central Catalonia is made up of 29 municipalities in Bages, 5 municipalities in Moianès (Moià, Calders, l'Estany, Monistrol de Calders and Santa Maria d'Oló), plus the municipality of Collbató, in Baix Llobregat . Broadly speaking, the surface of the Geopark is about 1,250 km2 and has 190,000 inhabitants.
PYRENEES ORIGINS GEOPARK
Located in the southern sector of the Catalan Pyrenees, in the province of Lleida, it is a territory with exceptional geological values that has been part of the UNESCO World Geoparks Network since April 17, 2018. There are 2,040 square kilometers of territory that includes a total of 19 municipalities:
Termes Romanes del Puig de Sant Grau
I-IV centuries d. C. Historical Monument of National Interest. Roman baths are of great value, for all that they represent and for being the best preserved of the ancient Aquae Calidae, the current Caldes de Malavella.
Canelles Energy and Geology Interpretation Center
The Energy Interpretation Center is a link between the public and scientific and technical knowledge, which brings the visitor closer to the world of Energy, Geology and the Natural Environment. The Center takes advantage of the characteristics of a unique space at the foot of one of the most important dams in Europe, the Canelles Dam, with a height of 152 m. in the Serralada del Montsec.
TAVASCAN WATER INTERPRETATION CENTER
Within the scope of the Alto Pirineo Natural Park, the Tavascan Water Interpretation Center wants to promote the dissemination of the importance of the role of water as a key element and backbone of the territory, in the different aspects, tourism (excursions to the many lakes and rivers), environmental (knowledge of the biodiversity of flora and fauna of the river environment), industrial (electricity generation).
CAPDELLA HYDROELECTRIC MUSEUM
The large water reserve of the Vall Fosca, which exceeds 50 million m3, allowed Emili Riu, a journalist and politician from Sort, to project the use of this resource at the end of the 19th century and to build the Capdella hydroelectric plant.
GOLD INTERPRETATION CENTER
The Segre Gold Interpretation Center is a space located in the building annexed to the Molí de l'Esquerrà that goes beyond the journey through the history of the exploitation of gold in the Segre river and that invites the visitor to live the experience of the real gold diggers.
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Rock Garden in Rubió. Alt Pirineu Natural Park
The garden is made up of twelve characteristic rocks of the natural park with a circular route accessible to people with reduced mobility that aims to simulate a trip back in time, from the oldest rock, 540 million years ago, to the most modern, from ago 220 million years. In addition, it has information panels on each rock and indicators of the appearance or extinction of species.
Geological Museum of the Seminary of Barcelona
Geological Museum of the Seminary of Barcelona is a museum whose object of study is paleontology, mainly invertebrates. It was founded in 1874 by Jaime Almera Comas and depended on the Barcelona Council Seminary. Since 1885 he has made the geological map of the province of Barcelona and since 1951 he also receives financial support from the CSIC. It has a library with 13,000 Titles, a collection of 68,000 fossils, 1 laboratory and 1 historical archive. In 1994 the association Friends of the Geological Museum of the Barcelona Seminary / AMGS) was created to collaborate in the Diffusion of the museum. Edit the battle magazine.
Monfulleda Museum of Mineralogia
In 1988, Joaquim Mollfulleda i Borrell donated his mineral collection to the Arenys de Mar City Council, and a new section of the Arenys de Mar Museum was inaugurated under the name of the Mollfulleda Museum of Mineralogy. Until his death in May 2006, Joaquim Mollfulleda i Borrell dedicated himself to expanding the Museum's mineral collection through the donations of many mineralogy enthusiasts and various acquisitions.
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LISTENING MINING MUSEUM
The Listening Mining Museum is a real coal mine (Lignite) enabled to be visited by tourists. The oldest record of this mine is from the second half of the 19th century (1850), with many owners having ownership of this mine, now a museum. The Cuencas Mineras de Teruel region, to which the municipality of Hearing belongs, and the municipality itself, have a history and a mining identity for more than 150 years when Azabache (a variety of coal used especially in jewelry) and Lignite coal (used as a heating element, mainly for large industries).
MUSEUM OF THE MINE OF MEQUINENZA
The Mequinenza Mine Museum keeps the stories of coal mining alive and collects and preserves the important mining heritage of the Mequinenza coal basin. A museum space where you can explore more than 170 years of mining history.
UTRILLAS MINING THEME PARK
Feel like a miner for a day aboard our original Hulla Nº1 locomotive from 1903. Thousands of people of all ages have already been able to enjoy this experience and learn about the authentic history of Utrillas mining, its past and its industrial heritage. A museum-driven tour of the different elements that make up the old Santa Bárbara Well mining operation.
MWINAS. ANDORRA MINING MUSEUM
The Mining Park, MWINAS, is a project aimed at achieving the sustainable development of our territory through the recovery of historical memory and the innovative use of old mining spaces. The Mining Park -MWINAS- offers the visitor a unique, living and constantly evolving space whose verterbrador axis is coal mining. Our proposal, which makes it different from other existing mining museums, is to show the entire region as an open-air museum whose common thread, mining, has reference points scattered throughout the territory, offering us a complete vision of the history of this sector, the basis of our economy.
SOBRABE GEOPARK
Sobrarbe is located in the heart of the Pyrenees and is the only Geopark located in this mountain range. If we stop at the Sobrarbe-Pyrenees Geopark we can enjoy, observe and learn while we remember our place in the natural world that sustains us. In every corner of Sobrarbe we can find a piece of the puzzle of the history of the Earth that is written on the rocks. In addition to the geological wealth, it includes an extraordinary ecological heritage (Nature reserves, original flora and fauna) and cultural (Art, folklore, gastronomy, etc.).
MAESTRAZGO GEOPARK
The Maestrazgo Geopark has an extensive territory that includes 43 Teruel municipalities where monumental complexes abound and natural wonders highlighted by their geological interest are appreciated. Likewise, the realities of the Sierra and Somontano coexist and there is a rich variety of landscapes and peasants, traditional festivals, history and contrasts ... Don't wait for them to tell you!
Aliaga Geological Park
The Aliaga Geological Park is a natural space, as well as a viewpoint from which you can contemplate the last 200 million years of our planet's history. Some of its magnificent geological formations and structures, modeled on spectacular reliefs, are considered by scientists as almost unique examples in the world. It represents the possibility of directing a new look on the Earth; to ask and ask questions ... The layers, accumulated one on top of the other, are the sheets of a book where the history of our planet is told.
MONTALBÁN GEOLOGY AND SPELEOLOGY INTERPRETATION CENTER
This center, installed in a large cavity under the church of Santiago, which served as a cellar, interprets the Geology of the Cultural Park as well as the underground cavities and speleological practice. The visitor is shown different routes and geological points of interest, as well as various underground routes.
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Samuño Valley Mining Ecomuseum
The Valle de Samuño Mining Ecomuseum opened its doors to the public on June 15, 2013 after the execution of a project that had been demanded for years by popular initiative. The fundamental