El Centenillo I

Published on 02/02/2015

Baños de la Encina (Sierra Morena)

Nature, Monuments

About 20 km from La Carolina, though in the municipality of Baños de la Encina, lies the mining village of El Centenillo.
Its layout is typically English, because its mines were first worked by foreign companies.
In this first instalment (we will devote several articles to it) we follow a lovely path to the Pozo Nuevo, the last shaft opened in El Centenillo, where we can enjoy spectacular views of the Río Grande valley.
At the start we come across the “bachelors’ quarters”, built to house the unmarried workers. On the way to the Pozo Nuevo we walk along the old railway bed that linked this shaft with the Santo Tomás one.

More about this place…

A mining village in the municipality of Baños de la Encina, El Centenillo grew to more than 2,700 inhabitants at the height of mining in the area. In this first article we follow a path that leads to the Pozo Nuevo, the last shaft opened here. From its buildings we can enjoy incredible views over the Río Grande valley.