Calcination Kilns of Lucainena de las Torres

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Hornos de Calcinación Lucainena de las Torres, Lucainena de las Torres Directions (opens Google Maps)

Price

Free

Stone kilns lined with refractory brick, built in 1900 to roast iron ore from the Sierra Alhamilla before transporting it by train to Agua Amarga, 36 km away, for shipment to northern Europe; each processed 50 tonnes a day. Eight remain, one restored in 2006, beside the end of the old mining railway. A lovely walk to understand the village’s mining past.

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Protected heritage · Record in the Digital Guide of the Cultural Heritage of Andalusia (opens in a new tab) (IAPH, Junta de Andalucía, CC BY (opens in a new tab)) · read on 6 October

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