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[ES] La Alhambra se encuentra asentada en el extremo más occidental de un depósito aluvial con el nombre de Cerro del Sol. En este promontorio, que actúa como elemento separador entre las cuencas de los ríos Darro y Genil, está atestiguada la existencia de oro, encontrándose presente en el Conglomerado Alhambra. Con la romanización se inició la explotación a gran escala de los recursos auríferos del sudeste de la península Ibérica, haciendo uso de diversas técnicas propias de la minería hidráulica. En el caso del Cerro del Sol las zonas de extracción se ubicaron tanto en las laderas del valle del Genil como en las del Darro, siendo la más espectacular la del Hoyo de la Campana, donde se aplicó masivamente el sistema de cortas de minado. Para ello fue necesario abrir una canalización que condujese el agua desde un punto situado a más de una decena de kilómetros de los frentes de explotación.
[EN] The Alhambra is located at the westernmost end of an alluvial deposit known as the Cerro del Sol. On this ridge, shich acts as a dividing line between the basins of the rivers Darro and Genil, there is evidence of the existence of gold in the Alhambra Conglomerate. The advent of the Romans saw the beninning of the large scale exploitation of the gold deposits in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, using various hydraulic mining techniques. In the case of Cerro del Sol, gold was extracted from the slopes of both the Genil and Darro valleys, but the most spectacular workings were at the Hoyo de la Campana where there was large scale application of the "ruina montium" or hushing system of mining. This involved the construction of a network of channels to carry the water from over ten kilometres away to the working faces.
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Granada, Minas de oro romanas, Hoyo de la Campana, Canales, Channels, Roman gold mines and mining
Granada, Minas de oro romanas, Hoyo de la Campana, Canales, Channels, Roman gold mines and mining
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