Spain
In the 1950s, a cement factory opened in the heart of the Pyrenees. The quarry was a stone's throw away, while the coal came from the nearby mines of Malpàs. What could go wrong?
Cement and concrete
Explore the solid foundations of Europe's industrial heritage through the history of cement and concrete sites.
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Sardinia
A limestone massif twenty kilometres long: that's all it took to attract lime factories and quarries to the island of Sardinia.
Limburg
Just under a hundred years after ENCI started extracting limestone from the Sint-Pietersberg, the quarry is being returned to nature.
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