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Sevilla and Huelva Provinces : El Parque Minero de Río Tinto

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The Río Tinto (Red River) Mines, the world’s oldest, have been exploited as a source of mineral wealth for some 5,000 years, and the gradual stripping away of the rich ore has left a weird moonscape shot through with coloured fissures. A museum details the mines’ history.

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Museo Minero: Plaza Ernest Lluch; 959 59 00 25; Open 10:30am–3pm, 4–7pm daily; Adm

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