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Et le monde changea de visage... Parcours thématique européen des paysages industriels
Ce n’est que vers la fin du 19e siècle, au moment de la deuxième poussée de l’industrialisation, que les terrils de stériles dénudés, les halls d’usine recouverts de charbon, les rangées infinies de maisons ouvrières grises et l’acier des voies ferrées ont commencé à former d’immenses paysages industriels. Pourtant, les hommes ont commencé bien avant à créer de nouveaux paysages, et pas seulement là où de précieuses ressources minières les y invitaient.
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Aiseau-Presles | La Chaine des Terrils |
| Rue du Centre 78 | 6250 Aiseau-Presles | Belgium | |
| Aisneau is a small community about 6 km east of Charleroi which is the headquarters of La Chaine des Terrils, an organisation that protects, conserves and interprets pit heaps across Wallonia from Ber... plus >> |
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Amlwch | Mynydd Parys et Porth Amlwch |
| The Sail Loft, Porth Amlwch | LL68 9DB Amlwch | Great Britain | |
| Dès l’âge de bronze, on savait que le mont Mynydd Parys, dans le nord du Pays de Galle, abritait du cuivre. Ce n’est pourtant qu’en 1768 qu’on en apprit la quantité. Avec des conséquences ... plus >> |
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Argenta | Ecomuseum of Argenta |
| via Cadinale-Luc | Argenta | Italy | |
| The ecomuseum at Argenta is a federation of several museums and nature reserves that interprets and provides access to some of the lands reclaimed in the delta of the River Po in the early 20th centur... plus >> |
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Bedford, Bedfordshire | Briqueterie et colonie Stewartby |
| Stewartby | MK43 Bedford, Bedfordshire | Great Britain | |
| The Bedfordshire landscape is still dominated by the huge chimneys of the Stewartby brickworks. The iconic 90 m high brick structures were designed to carry away the waste gases particularly sulphur o... plus >> |
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Blaenavon | Big Pit Musée National de Houille |
| NP4 9XP Blaenavon | Great Britain | |
| Une petite localité, un grand destin : la petite ville dans le sud du Pays de Galles était jadis le fer de lance de la révolution industrielle. 200 ans durant, tout tournait autour du charbon et du... plus >> |
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Callington | Kit Hill Country Park |
| PL17 8HW Callington | Great Britain | |
| Kit Hill is a landmark hilltop located in the east of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape WHS. The hill has a rich mining heritage and its ornate feature chimney, a reminder of its mining pas... plus >> |
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Camborne | King Edward Mine |
| Troon | TR16 3SE Camborne | Great Britain | |
| The surface buildings at the King Edward Mine are the most complete of any tin-mining site in Cornwall, and include a calciner, a buddle house, a steam winding engine house with an adjacent boiler hou... plus >> |
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Capalbio | Capalbio industrial landscape |
| Capalbio | Italy | |
| Capalbio is a small but spectacular walled town, on the southern border of Tuscany, and 5 km from the Mediterranean coast. At Pescia Fiorentina, 4 km SW, is an integrated ironworks of the late 18th or... plus >> |
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Carbonia | Italian Centre for Coal Mining Culture |
| Grande Miniera di Serbariu | 09013 Carbonia | Italy | |
| The Italian Centre for Coal Mining Culture is the main coal mining museum in Italy. The site is a part of Geomineral Historical and Environmental Park of Sardinia, which is a member of UNESC... plus >> |
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Cromford | Derwent Valley Mills |
| Cromford Mill | DE4 3RQ Cromford | Great Britain | |
| Où se trouve la première usine moderne de l’histoire ? A Cromford dans la vallée du Derwent, tout près de Nottingham ! Le Derwent n’est pas un fleuve, mais ses eaux sont assez rapides pour fai... plus >> |
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Duisburg | Parc paysager Duisburg Nord |
| Emscherstrasse 71 | 47137 Duisburg | Germany | |
| « Bien propre et prêt à redémarrer ». Pourtant le haut fourneau 5 de l’ancienne usine de hauts fourneaux Thyssen à Duisburg n’a pas repris du service. S’il est resté froid, c’est parce ... plus >> |
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Falun | Falun Mine, World Heritage |
| Gruvgatan 44 | 791 61 Falun | Sweden | |
| The contrast could not be greater, hamlets and small villages bordering idyllic lakes, set within an expanse of woodland. Then, suddenly a red gorge appears: The Falun Mine. Once the world’s largest... plus >> |
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Finspang | Finspong ironworks museum |
| Bruksgatan 25 | 612 30 Finspang | Sweden | |
| The water-powered ironworks at Finspong, 30 km west of Norrkoping was established in the late 16th century by the Walloon Wellam de Wijk. It came to specialise in the production of cast-iron cannon, a... plus >> |
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Gavorrano | Mineral Country Park Gavorrano |
| Gavorrano | Italy | |
| The area around Monte Calvo near to Gavorano on the coast of Tuscany was heavily mined for pyrites in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The park incorporates many buildings once associated... plus >> |
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Großräschen | Centre des visiteurs des terrasses IBA / ancienne mine Meuro |
| Seestraße 100 | 01983 Großräschen | Germany | |
| The tours do not promise too much. One is called “Journey to Mars”, another “Jeep-Safari”. They lead deep into a scarred, alien landscape of yawning chasms, pockmarked excavations and strange ... plus >> |
