We welcome you to the archaeological remains of Almadén’s Royal Forzados Prison.
This 18th century historic building was demolished in the late 1970s, with the purpose of using its grounds to build what is now Almadén’s School of Mining and Industrial Engineering, which is part of the University of Castilla-la Mancha.
In the summer of 1996, excavation works were carried out in the school’s courtyard to prospect the remains of the former Royal Forzados Prison. After three months, these works were able to shed light on the dungeons of this prison.
In the year 2000, a new building was built in the school, with the task of integrating the ruins of the Royal Prison, and the new space for the museum and historical library with the classrooms and professor offices.
It serves as a multipurpose building, dedicated to culture and engineering education, built on the foundations of the old prison, trying to make the citizens of Almadén feel identified with it, since the discovered ruins corresponded to a building bound to their history for hundreds of years.
In 2006 the Interpretation centre of the Royal Forzados Prison (Centro de Interpretación de la Real Cárcel de Forzados) was inaugurated, serving as a place to review the mining life of forzados in Almadén between the 16th and 20th centuries.
Starting the 30th of June 2012, the ruins of the Royal Forzados Prison are included in the World heritage list, forming part of the “Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idria” record, therefore constituting an important place of remembrance.
We will now leave this place, but you can continue discovering more of Almadén’s stories by visiting the next point of interest.
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