Another brick in the wall
Juan Carlos Prieto
Seville, Spain
This photo was taken during a trip to Almaden de la plata. It shows the old marble quarry that lies abandoned nowadays.
Near to this place in the Covachos hill there is an ancient roman quarry that was used to extract marble as well.
Category
Reuse
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Juan Carlos Prieto (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
PNG
Size
4.1 MB
Width
1600 px
Height
900 px
Aspect
16:9
Brand
SONY
Model
BQ AQUARIS X
Taken
27 March 2018
Coordinates
37.8790, -6.0691
Tint
Brilliant blue
Submitted
15 May 2018
Comments
The adjective "de la Plata" (silver) in the local name refers to other metals that were extracted here by romans, such as iron, copper and silver. Also quicksilver, which was used as an amalgam for gold and silver. In addition to the dehesa, is an example of landscape modified by human activity since ancient times. Nice photo!