Minas de S. Domingos L1000038
Minas de S. Domingos
Minas de S. Domingos, Shadow selfie
Penedos, Afternoons
Penedos, Menina Estrelinha
Penedos, Soft light
Penedos, End of day
Penedos, Patio, view from the back
Penedos, End of day
Penedos, End of day
Penedos, Soft lights BW
Penedos, Carril, Soft light
Penedos, HFF
Ourique, Arco do Castelo
Ourique, Igreja Matriz
Ribeira do Vascão às Relíquias, dia de comício
Ribeira do Vascão às Relíquias
Penedos, Ribeira do Vascão, Oleandro
Penedos, Andorinha
Penedos, Blue rope, HFF
Serpa, Olaias
Penedos, Cerca, HFF
Vale de Açor de Baixo, Memórias
Minas de S. Domingos
Minas de S. Domingos L1000018
Minas de S. Domingos
Minas de S. Domingos
Penedos, Almost blue!
Penedos, Threatening clouds
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Penedos, Threatening clouds
Penedos, Blue imensity L1020366
Penedos, Dead and Alive
Ribeira do Vascão
Penedos, Retiro dos Namorados
Penedos, Retiro dos Namorados
Around Penedos. Sheepskull
Roncão.
Roncão.
Penedos, Architecture
Penedos, Architecture L1000610
Penedos, Architecture L1000620
Penedos, Architecture L1000622
S. Miguel do Pinheiro, HFF
Penedos, Patio
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Minas de S. Domingos
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Land of contrasts, the area of S. Domingos Mine has a uniqueness that leaves no one indifferent. The mining area of Santo Domingo, part of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, was from ancient times a sought after place for the extraction of minerals and there is evidence of gold, silver and copper mining works since the pre-Roman and Roman period.
Its modern operation began in 1854, at the initiative of the “Mason & Barry” mining company, which continued to operate it until 1966, with around 108 years of regular operation extracting more than 20 million tons of ore (copper, zinc, lead and sulfur). Mina de S. Domingos was the largest Portuguese mining area until the 1930s, with a continuously labour force of over a thousand workers. The mine provided a local development level much higher than the one experienced in the rest of the country. Here it was built, for example, one of the first railways to make the connection between the mine and the old river port in Pomarão. Also here it was built the first power plant in Alentejo. The local community also had accesses to a local hospital and movie theatre among other facilities.
The end of the mining exploitation – combined with the absence of an adequate rehabilitation, abandonment and subsequent vandalism of the remaining heritage – dictated the progressive decay of the territory and the population exodus. Nowadays, the development strategy is focused on the search for resolutions to the environmental problems and to the protection and valuation of the mining heritage.
On the 3rd of June 2013 the mine and urban area of Mina de S. Domingos was classified by the Portuguese authorities as a “Set of Public Interest” and currently this urban area and also the old industrial complex are part of a tour circuit that evokes the history and the living memory of the mine.
Source: visitmertola.pt/en/item/mina-de-s-domingos-the-mining-route
Land of contrasts, the area of S. Domingos Mine has a uniqueness that leaves no one indifferent. The mining area of Santo Domingo, part of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, was from ancient times a sought after place for the extraction of minerals and there is evidence of gold, silver and copper mining works since the pre-Roman and Roman period.
Its modern operation began in 1854, at the initiative of the “Mason & Barry” mining company, which continued to operate it until 1966, with around 108 years of regular operation extracting more than 20 million tons of ore (copper, zinc, lead and sulfur). Mina de S. Domingos was the largest Portuguese mining area until the 1930s, with a continuously labour force of over a thousand workers. The mine provided a local development level much higher than the one experienced in the rest of the country. Here it was built, for example, one of the first railways to make the connection between the mine and the old river port in Pomarão. Also here it was built the first power plant in Alentejo. The local community also had accesses to a local hospital and movie theatre among other facilities.
The end of the mining exploitation – combined with the absence of an adequate rehabilitation, abandonment and subsequent vandalism of the remaining heritage – dictated the progressive decay of the territory and the population exodus. Nowadays, the development strategy is focused on the search for resolutions to the environmental problems and to the protection and valuation of the mining heritage.
On the 3rd of June 2013 the mine and urban area of Mina de S. Domingos was classified by the Portuguese authorities as a “Set of Public Interest” and currently this urban area and also the old industrial complex are part of a tour circuit that evokes the history and the living memory of the mine.
Source: visitmertola.pt/en/item/mina-de-s-domingos-the-mining-route
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Muitíssimo bem documentado e comentado, Isabel!
Have a nice evening.
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