Xata

Xata club

Posted: 30 Oct 2019


Taken: 30 Aug 2019

21 favorites     14 comments    436 visits

1/125 f/13.0 28.0 mm ISO 50

LEICA CAMERA AG LEICA Q2

SUMMILUX 1:1.7/28 ASPH.


See also...

15+ Favourites 15+ Favourites


Tolerance Tolerance


Color My World Color My World


Pictorials Pictorials


TRAVELOGUE TRAVELOGUE


FORUM PHOTO FORUM PHOTO


5+ Favourites 5+ Favourites


10+ Favourites 10+ Favourites


Portugal Portugal


architecture architecture


See more...

Keywords

Mértola
Minas de S. Domingos


Authorizations, license

Visible by: Everyone
All rights reserved

436 visits


Minas de S. Domingos

Minas de S. Domingos
PIP ABOVE


Minas de S. Domingos L1000018

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

Special K, Jörg, Ernst Doro, Nouchetdu38 and 17 other people have particularly liked this photo


14 comments - The latest ones
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne
Beautiful pictures of the old mine buildings. Well recorded. The sky is amazing!
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Rosalyn Hilborne
Obrigada Rosa
5 years ago.
 ╰☆☆June☆☆╮
╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
Lovely composition, well done :-)
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to ╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
Obrigada June
5 years ago.
 X-pose
X-pose club
Beautiful, dark picture. I like it!
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to X-pose club
Obrigada Anne
5 years ago.
 Boro
Boro
Jolie série !!
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Boro
Obrigada Thierry
5 years ago.
 Paulo Moreira
Paulo Moreira club
Memórias de outros tempos. Boa foto, Isabel.
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Paulo Moreira club
Obrigada Paulo
5 years ago.
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
Tudo em tons de ferrugem!
Muito bem adequada, Isabel!
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to J.Garcia club
Obrigada Judite
5 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Exceptional pair!

Admired in:
www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance
5 years ago.
Xata club has replied to William Sutherland club
Obrigada William
5 years ago.

Sign-in to write a comment.