Sao Domingos Mine

Corte do Pinto, Portugal · built 1850

The São Domingos Mine is a deserted open-pit mine in Corte do Pinto, Mértola municipality, Alentejo region, Portugal. This site is one of the volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposits in the Iberian Pyrite Belt, which extends from the southern Portugal into Spain. It was the first place in Portugal to have electric lighting.

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