1105 Project Name City Region Gypsum quarries (recreational) Vilobí Barcelona Jayona Mine Fuente del Arco Badajoz Francisco Pablo Holgado Historical Mining Museum Almadén Ciudad Real Pozo Norte Mining Park Puertollano Ciudad Real Mining Museum Barruelo Palencia Navajún Mines Navajún La Rioja Castilla-La Mancha Museum of Science and Technology La Mancha Cuenca Geomineral and Archaeoindustrial Park La Unión Murcia Geological-mining Park Mazarrón Murcia La Celia Mines Jumilla Murcia Las Médulas Geological and Mining Park Las Médulas León Castile and León Mining Museum (steelworks building) Sabero León Salt mines railway (tourist route) Torre Vieja Alicante Mining Museum (Eugenia Mine) Bellmunt Tarragona Zerain Mining Museum (Aizpea Mining Complex) Lagazpi Guipúzcoa 4.2. Experiences in Central Europe: Integration and Diversification Large-scale redevelopment models have been developed in Germany. The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, combines tourism, creative and digital businesses, a design university, and a business incubator (Route Industriekultur, 2019). This approach created 2,780 jobs, a figure close to the number of miners who worked there in 1986. In the Leipzig Lake District, the conversion of a lignite mining area into a sustainable tourist destination was driven by government intervention and private investment (Canal 13C, 2018). 4.3. The United Kingdom Model: Historical Preservation and Community Leadership The Big Pit National Coal Museum in Wales represents a model of operational preservation and experiential tourism (Coupland, 2012). This coal mine, which operated until 1980, was acquired by the local government and converted into a museum by a charitable trust. Its main attraction is an underground tour led by former miners, who bring authenticity and “living history” to the experience. Table 3 lists the cases mentioned, their revitalization models, and their most notable results
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