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Sphere's old age, Cartagena
The Escombreras Valley, an old mining valley, is located southeast of Cartagena, in Murcia, Spain, and seems to belong to another planet; Salted fish factories already existed in these places in Roman times. In the middle of the 20th century, the first oil refinery on the Iberian Peninsula was inaugurated here. From that moment on, numerous petrochemical, gas, fertilizer and strontium chemistry companies began to establish themselves. This led to an increase in pollution that made residential life impossible for its neighbors and resulted in the disappearance of the old town. Large-tonnage ships from all over the world dock at its port. Oil and gas pipelines leave for the rest of the country. In this industrial framework, old, gigantic and abandoned spherical and cylindrical tanks coexist with other more modern ones whose whiteness stands out in the landscape. On the Escombreras' island, very close to the industrial complex, remains of a Greek sanctuary dedicated to Hercules and a Roman necropolis have been found.
Sphere's old age, Cartagena
The Escombreras Valley, an old mining valley, is located southeast of Cartagena, in Murcia, Spain, and seems to belong to another planet; Salted fish factories already existed in these places in Roman times. In the middle of the 20th century, the first oil refinery on the Iberian Peninsula was inaugurated here. From that moment on, numerous petrochemical, gas, fertilizer and strontium chemistry companies began to establish themselves. This led to an increase in pollution that made residential life impossible for its neighbors and resulted in the disappearance of the old town. Large-tonnage ships from all over the world dock at its port. Oil and gas pipelines leave for the rest of the country. In this industrial framework, old, gigantic and abandoned spherical and cylindrical tanks coexist with other more modern ones whose whiteness stands out in the landscape. On the Escombreras' island, very close to the industrial complex, remains of a Greek sanctuary dedicated to Hercules and a Roman necropolis have been found.