by AA.VV. · Junta de Castilla y León. Consejería de Cultura y Turismo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497181440
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«Las Médulas, patrimonio de la humanidad» is the catalogue of the exhibition by AA.VV. published by the Junta de Castilla y León in paperback (163 pages).
This book studies Las Médulas, a landscape formed by Roman gold-mining operations, considered the largest open-pit gold mine in the Roman Empire. It explains how extraction transformed the environment, creating reddish sands covered with chestnut and oak trees, and analyzes Roman engineering, the artificial plains and Lake Carucedo.
The exhibition was held at the Royal Botanic Garden of the CSIC (Madrid) from December 16, 2002 to March 23, 2003.
Aimed at readers interested in archaeology, Spanish history and cultural heritage.
