Goriška is Travelog's home for Idrija, part of the Heritage of Mercury: Almadén and Idrija UNESCO listing inscribed in 2012, a genuinely shared, two-country recognition spanning Slovenia and Spain, credited for mining operations that together represented the two largest mercury mines in the world, both running until relatively recent times.
Idrija's UNESCO listing is genuinely shared across two countries, worth understanding as one connected story of mercury mining spanning Slovenia and Spain rather than two separate, unrelated listings that happen to share a name, live below with its full landmark coverage.
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