Cerro Muriano: Mining History, Museum and Landscape

Cerro Muriano makes a distinctive contribution to cultural history: the Zona Minera de Cerro Muriano is protected as a Bien de Interés Cultural under the Sitio Histórico classification.

Other places at this level: Santa Cruz, Huertas Bajas de Cabra, Belalcázar, Fernán-Núñez, Castro Del Río, Villanueva Del Rey, Villa Del Río, El Cerezo.

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Culture

The Zona Minera de Cerro Muriano comprises 21 heritage sites distributed across the municipalities of Córdoba and Obejo. The cultural route “La minería en Sierra Morena: Cerro Muriano (Córdoba)” leads through various points of the Zona Minera de Cerro Muriano, which extends across the municipal areas of Obejo and Córdoba, and conveys its mining history.

The origins of mining in Cerro Muriano date back to the 3rd millennium BC, in the Copper Age. The Mina de Quitapellejos is the only mine in the Zona Minera de Cerro Muriano that was worked and abandoned between the Copper Age and the Late Bronze Age. The Pozo de mina San Rafael shaft was the main shaft for copper ore extraction and reached a depth of 470 metres.

The Museo del Cobre is located in a former Guardia Civil barracks building in the Cerro Muriano district and has three exhibition rooms. The third room displays Roman materials recovered during excavations at Cerro de la Coja. The outdoor grounds feature a reconstruction of a Republican Roman furnace excavated at the Los Pinares excavation site in Cerro Muriano.

Landscape

The ore-vein network of Cerro Muriano comprises more than 100 veins, including 17 veins that outcrop above ground. Piedra Horadada is a quartz reef with malachite and azurite efflorescences inside and is regarded as a landscape landmark of Cerro Muriano.

The Mirador del Cerro de la Coja features a paved astronomical viewpoint, information about astrotourism and elements explaining astronomical phenomena.

Cerro Muriano retains a railway station from the early 20th century and associated railway facilities on the Córdoba–Belmez line, including a station building, a residence for railway workers, a weighbridge and platforms.

The parish church dedicated to Saint Barbara was built on 12 February 1916 and officially began operating on 16 July 1917.

For the higher-level travel overview: Cordoba.