Reg.Nr. HA-2003/SP/10

Heritage of the Riotinto Mining District

The project intends to highlight the mining heritage of the area and use it as a cultural tourist product. An old English hospital has been rehabilitated into a museum and history centre, a workers neighbourhood has been restored and an old mining railway now can bring visitors ...
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Project details

Title:Heritage of the Riotinto Mining District
Entr. year: 2003
Result:Diploma
Country: Spain
Town: Minas de Riotinto, Huelva (Andalusia)
Category type: industrial and engineering structures and sites
Building type/ Project type: industrial heritage
Former use:Mining district
Actual use:Heritage visitor park, museum and history center
The Jury's citation: For the important initiative taken to comprehensively develop a former and convert it into a heritage tourist park.
GPS:37°15'42.7"N 6°56'42.2"W
Web, Links:

parquemineroderiotinto.es

Description:
The project intends to highlight the mining heritage of the area and use it as a cultural tourist product. An old English hospital has been rehabilitated into a museum and history centre, a workers neighbourhood has been restored and an old mining railway now can bring visitors to the biggest open cast mine in Europe. To project is bringing a positive light to a depressed area. A Roman necropolis is accesible for visitors.