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Mining, quarrying and milling heritage in Languedoc-Roussillon

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4 mineral heritage element dans le Languedoc-Roussillon

Former Bocard Silver Lead Mine
Mine
48220 Vialas

The former Bocard Silver Lead Mine, located in Vialas, Occitanie, is an industrial vestige of the 19th century, marked by its peak in 1868 and its closure in 1894, illustrating the mining history of the region.
Career of the King of Caunes-Minervois
Career
11160 Caunes-Minervois

The King's quarry, exploited in the 17th and 18th centuries at Caunes-Minervois (Occitanie), is an ancient extract of jasper marble that provided Versailles and other French monuments. Ranked in 2006, it bears witness to the golden age of Languedoc marbles.
Biot mill marbrier set in Félines-Minervois
Watermill
34210 Félines-Minervois

The marbrier complex of the Biot mill, located in Félines-Minervois (Occitanie), is an industrial testimony of the mid-19th century using wind energy to saw the marble of the Minervois.
Puits Ricard de La Grand-Combe
Mine wells
30110 La Grand-Combe

The Ricard well, a former 20th-century coal mine in La Grand-Combe (Gard), is an iconic mining site transformed into a museum, classified as a historical monument in 2008. Its metal straddling and its installations testify to the Cevenola industrial history.
Roman career of the Roquet

30260 Montmirat

The Roman quarries of the Roquet, an ancient archaeological site located in Montmirat in the Gard, bear witness to mining under the Roman Empire in Occitanie.
Southern Estel Career

30210 Vers-Pont-du-Gard

The Southern Estel quarry, located in Vers-Pont-du-Gard in Occitanie, is a historic site combining ancient exploitation and 18th-century appliance house, a witness to past extraction techniques.
Pine Mine

66320 Valmanya

The Pinouse mine, an ancient 20th-century iron mine located in Valmanya (Pyrénées-Orientales), was a high mining and resistant site, marked by tragedies such as the avalanches of 1917 and major historical events.