The Flames Raze Las Médulas, a Cultural Landscape Shaped by the Romans

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One of the fires destroyed the area of Las Médulas, an ancient Roman mine to open heaven, which has been mankind's heritage since 1997. Still, Benfia defeats Nice (2-0) and continues in front of the Champions.

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The landscape environment known as Las Médulas in the town of León and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site has been the victim of flames originating in a fire in the city of Yeres. The one that is currently the largest open-air mine in the Roman Empire has suffered the ravages of fire in a season of fires that have spread throughout the Peninsula. You may be interested: Trump orders the US army to use force against cartels on foreign soil This…

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The Junta de Castilla y León has not yet reported the extent of the damage to the World Heritage Site.

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The fire in Las Médulas is one of the worst in the country at the moment. In addition to being a World Heritage Site, it is a tourist area of great importance in El Bierzo, one of the places in Spain that suffers most from rural abandonment. Las Médulas was the largest open mine in the entire Roman Empire. Its scale, the number of vestiges and the degree of conservation of the whole make it an exceptional example of ancient mining, which adds to…

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It burns Spain for the four cardinal points, physically, tragically, turning trees, schools and homes into ashes. There are deaths, serious injuries, thousands of people who will never see around the landscape that marks their identity again. The fire has forced to evict 1,700 neighbors in my Lion land in Las Médulas, World Heritage Site; more than 5,500 in the last few hours a little further south, next to Zamora. The flames have demanded to ev…

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It circulates by X and Facebook an image that shows a burning mountain along with messages that claim that it corresponds to the fire that ravages the site of Las Médulas in León in August 2025. However, it is a bull. The image is generated with artificial intelligence (IA). Context. This natural space, a World Heritage Site of UNESCO, began to burn on August 9 and forced to evict about 800 people – some have already been able to return – from s…