Minas de Riotinto, Mining municipality in Huelva Province, Spain.
The town covers 24 square kilometers at 426 meters elevation with neighborhoods including El Alto de la Mesa and La Dehesa in southern Andalusia.
Mining operations in the area began 5000 years ago with Tartessians and Phoenicians, reaching peak production during the Roman Empire period.
The Museo Minero, located in the former Rio Tinto Company hospital, exhibits mining artifacts and documents the regional industrial heritage from 1873.
The Mining Train excursion takes visitors through the former mineral transport route, showcasing the extensive mining landscape of the region.
The Bella Vista district maintains its British colonial architecture from the 1870s, including Victorian-era Casa 21 and the historic Club Ingles.
Location: Province of Huelva
Elevation above the sea: 426 m
Part of: Mancomunitat Cuenca Minera, Mancomunidad de Servicios de la Provincia de Huelva, Cuenca Minera
Shares border with: El Campillo, Nerva, El Madroño
Website: http://aytoriotinto.es
GPS coordinates: 37.69471,-6.59404
Latest update: May 26, 2025 21:03
Andalusia offers many sites away from typical tourist routes. This southern region of Spain is home to ancient troglodyte dwellings in Guadix, mountain villages like Zahara de la Sierra perched around medieval castles, and natural parks such as Cabo de Gata-Níjar extending over 50 kilometers of coast. Geological formations include the red volcanic rocks of Riotinto, a result of 5,000 years of mining, and canyons housing 240 Bronze Age dolmens in Gorafe park. Villages like Setenil de las Bodegas feature unique architecture, with houses built beneath natural rock overhangs shaped by the Trejo River. The Castle of La Calahorra, built in 1509 at an altitude of 1200 meters, combines Spanish fortifications with Italian Renaissance decoration. Further north, Baños de la Encina hosts the Burgalimar Castle dating from 968, surrounded by extensive olive groves. These sites showcase different facets of Andalusian heritage, from prehistoric remains to Moorish inscriptions, in environments ranging from mountains to Mediterranean coastal zones.
Riotinto-Nerva mining basin
1.8 km
Corta Atalaya
1.2 km
Riotinto Mining Museum
260 m
Casa consistorial de Minas de Riotinto
249 m
Casa 21
395 m
Embalse de Zumajo
1.7 km
Capilla presbiteriana
428 m
Malacate del Pozo Maestro de Peña del Hierro
4.8 km
Pozo Rotilio
3.4 km
Cemetery of Rio Tinto Mines
456 m
Embalse de Campofrío
6.2 km
Museo Vázquez Díaz
3.9 km
Unidad industrial Cerro Colorado
2.1 km
Rio Tinto 201
403 m
Iglesia de San Bartolomé
3.8 km
Puente Gurugú
3.5 km
Campo de Fútbol
82 m
Cemetery of Nerva
3.4 km
Canaleos de la Cementación Naya
4.3 km
Túnel del piso 11
1.7 km
Chimeneas de la fundición de piritas
2.8 km
Puente de Lavadoras
4 km
Chimenea de fundición de Corral Cerda
2.4 km
Colegio Virgen del Rosario
262 m
Puente-Pasarela sobre el río Tinto
7.3 km
Riotinto mining landscape
256 m
Locomotive 922 (Rio Tinto)
3.8 km
Cuartel de la Guardía Civil de El Valle
321 mReviews
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