Las Médulas
Las Médulas is a historic gold-mining site near the town of Ponferrada in the comarca of El Bierzo. It was the most important gold mine, as well as the largest open-pit gold mine, in the entire Roman Empire.Photo: Frayle, Public domain.
- Type: Locality
- Description: cultural property in Borrenes y Carucedo, Spain
- Also known as: “Las Medulas”
- Postal code: 24442
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castro de Orellán and Casa del Parque de las Médulas.
Castro de Orellán
Archaeological site
Photo: FCPB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castro de Orellán is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Las Médulas.
Casa del Parque de las Médulas
Tourism office
Photo: Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Casa del Parque de las Médulas is a tourism office, which is situated 3½ km north of Las Médulas.
Carucedo town hall
Town hall
Photo: Hovallef, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carucedo town hall is situated 3½ km north of Las Médulas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Las Médulas and Salas de la Ribera.
Salas de la Ribera
Hamlet
Photo: Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Salas de la Ribera is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km southwest of Las Médulas.
Vilar de Silva
Hamlet
Photo: Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vilar de Silva is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km west of Las Médulas.
Las Médulas
- Categories: mine, monument, and archaeological site
- Location: Carucedo, Leon, Castile and León, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Las Médulas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لاس مدولاس”
- Armenian: “Լաս Մեդուլաս”
- Asturian: “Las Médulas”
- Basque: “Las Medulas”
- Basque: “Las Médulas”
- Catalan: “As Médulas”
- Catalan: “Las Médulas”
- Catalan: “Les Médules”
- Catalan: “Les Mèdules”
- Catalan: “Monument Natural de las Médulas”
- Chinese: “拉斯梅杜拉斯”
- Croatian: “Las Médulas”
- Czech: “Las Médulas”
- Danish: “Las Medulas”
- Danish: “Las Médulas”
- Dutch: “Las Medulas”
- Dutch: “Las Médulas”
- Esperanto: “Las Médulas”
- Finnish: “Las Medulas”
- Finnish: “Las Médulas”
- French: “Las Medulas”
- French: “Las Médulas”
- Galician: “As Médulas”
- Galician: “Las Médulas”
- Georgian: “ლას-მედულასი”
- German: “Las Medulas”
- German: “Las Médulas”
- Greek: “Λας Μέδουλας”
- Hebrew: “לאס מדולס”
- Hindi: “लास मेदुलास”
- Hungarian: “Las Médulas”
- Italian: “Las Medulas”
- Italian: “Las Médulas”
- Japanese: “ラス・メドゥラス”
- Lithuanian: “Las Médulas”
- Luxembourgish: “Las Médulas”
- Malayalam: “ലാസ് മെഡുലാസ്”
- Maltese: “Las Medulas”
- Maltese: “Las Médulas”
- Persian: “لاس مدولاس”
- Polish: “Las Medulas”
- Polish: “Las Médulas”
- Portuguese: “Las Médulas”
- Russian: “Лас-Медулас”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Las Médulas”
- Slovak: “Las Médulas”
- Slovenian: “Las Médulas”
- Spanish: “Las Medulas”
- Spanish: “Las Médulas”
- Spanish: “Monumento Natural de Las Medulas”
- Spanish: “Monumento Natural de las Médulas”
- Swedish: “Las Médulas”
- Turkish: “Las Médulas”
- Vietnamese: “Las Médulas”
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