Europe’s surviving mine headframe and winding tower sites

Surviving shaft-headframe site of the former Solvay-Lieres coal mine at Lieres, Siero, later known as Pozo Siero under HUNOSA.

Former coal shaft in central Mieres, Asturias, with a preserved 1941 riveted-iron headframe and buildings forming part of an industrial heritage park and geothermal energy scheme.

Closed Palencian coal shaft retaining its distinctive stone-masonry headframe, the only surviving example of its kind in Spain, with a mine interpretation centre nearby.

Closed Asturian coal shaft site at La Foz de Laviana, the easternmost vertical shaft in the Asturian mining basin, closed December 2018.

An active mining museum housed within a real lignite mine at Escucha, open to visitors since 2002 and unique in Spain.

Closed Asturian coal shaft in Tuilla, Langreo, retaining a rehabilitated 1950 welded-steel headframe and a deteriorated engine house, both protected by heritage listing.

Demolished coal shaft site at Santa Lucía de Gordón, León, the oldest of the Nueva Mina group, whose 18-metre headframe was demolished in October 2017.

Demolished coal shaft site at Llombera de Gordón, León, scene of a fatal 2013 grisú disaster; headframe demolished 2021 and site converted to agricultural use.

Restored coal mine interpretation centre at San Andrés de Turón, featuring a unique 1927 riveted-iron extraction tower with wooden cab, open to visitors in the Turón valley.

Preserved antracite shaft and heritage visitor centre, declared a Bien de Interés Cultural as part of the Cuenca Minera de Fabero in 2021.