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• Almadén Mines. Almadén.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Almadén. Ciudad Real. (Castile-La Mancha) Fax.: +34 926265008 | E-mail: reservas@mayasa.es. http://www.parqueminerodealmaden.es/. Almadén Mines, en Ciudad Real, are part of the "Mercury Heritage: Almadén and Idrija", declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. They are the largest mercury sites in the…

• El Tolmo de Minateda Archaeological Park. Hellín.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera Nacional 301, de Abacete a Murcia. 02400. Hellín. Albacete. (Castile-La Mancha) E-mail: turismo@turismohellin.com. http://www.turismohellin.com/. Polychrome paintings of hunting scenes. The paintings were discovered by Juan Jiménez Llamas in 1914, and caused great interest amongst speciali…

• Solana de las Covachas Caves. Nerpio.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Parque El Molino s/n. 02539. Nerpio. Albacete. (Castile-La Mancha) www.parqueculturalnerpio.com. Prehistoric rock art in eastern Spain. The Solana de la Covachas system is at the head of La Taibilla River. It comprises nine caves that were discovered in 1954 by José Soto Pérez. The sites have adjace…

• Alpera Shelters. Alpera.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Cerro de El Bosque. 02690. Alpera. Albacete. (Castile-La Mancha) Rock paintings in the La Vieja and El Queso caves. There are important prehistoric shelters in Alpera where schematic human figures appear, invariably depicted in monochrome, as well as numerous scenes of hunting, dancing, fighting, ha…

• La Peña del Escrito Rock Shelter. Villar del Humo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 16370. Villar del Humo. Cuenca. (Castile-La Mancha) E-mail: villaturcuenca@gmail.com. http://www.villaturcuenca.com/. Cave paintings in Villar del Humo. Villar del Humo is the most westerly point in the Mediterranean Basin designated area. The mountain engineer, E. O’Kelly, discovered this post-Pala…