The former saltpetre mine of Humberstone (in operation until 1961) has been abandoned and the associated settlement is a ghost town. However, the place has been declared a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site together with the nearby site of Santa Laura and is open to visitors.
- Location
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- Created
- on Tuesday 6 February 2018 by Martin Mergili
- Region
- Keywords
- capitalism, ghost town, mining, mirror of the past, museum, science|education
- Visits and license
- 4637 visits, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license