Did you know?

Antonio Molina filmed the movie “Esa voz es una mina” outside the San Julián mine shaft, and for it, they created the song “Yo soy Minero”.

The shot you are seeing was made by a Goya award winner: Chema Gallardo from Puertollano, also the creator of “Los Fruitis”.

The youngest player of Real Madrid lives in Puertollano: Rivera.

Cristina García Rodero, from Puertollano, is the first woman to have a photography museum named after her.

Spain's first female firefighter is from Puertollano, María Luisa Cabañero.

Two sports pavilions in Puertollano owe their names to two champions from the town.

Marek, winner of La Voz Kid in 2019, is from Puertollano.

Manuel Prior has in Puertollano the only painting painted on both sides, and he was born here.

Pedro Almodóvar premiered his movie Volver at the Puertollano auditorium.

At the bathhouse, General Narváez, Suances, and Queen Mariana of Neuburg once bathed.

Pablo Sorozabal conducted the Puertollano Municipal Band at the Concha de la Música.

The "Agua Agria" (sour water) has been sold all over Europe.

José Zarate premiered the "Canto a Castilla la Mancha" in Puertollano.

Julio Iglesias and Rafael gave a concert at the Fuente de los Leones.

In Puertollano, there is a dormant and buried volcano (perhaps the only one in the world); it is the Asuquía volcano and is located beneath a spoil tip from the open-cast mines.

The best Carboniferous fossils in the entire world were extracted from the mines of Puertollano and are distributed among museums and collections in Australia, England, Germany, France, and Spain.

Sharks swam in Puertollano 300 million years ago.

Miguel Hernández stayed here.

The person handing over the key in this painting, "The Surrender of Breda," is from Puertollano. 

The Paralympic champion Marta Francés brought a collection of medals to Puertollano.

The legendary athlete Sánchez Menor has his stadium in Puertollano.