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15.05.13
ERIH Annual Conference 2013 - Save the date - Call for papers now open
ERIH Annual Conference 2013 – Back in the Ruhr
Subject: “Measuring the benefits of industrial...
10.03.13
Review of the ERIH Annual Conference 2012
More than 100 delegates from 15 European Countries attended the ERIH Conference 2012 in September...
21.02.13
Call for papers: Rust, Regeneration and Romance: Iron and Steel Landscapes and Cultures
International Conference Announcement and Call for Papers from the Ironbridge International...
Après le travail ... Parcours thématique européen du secteur tertiaire et de l’industrie des loisirs
Quand l’industrialisation fit pousser des cheminées comme des champignons, et que les usines, les mines de charbon ou les exploitations de fer s’étendirent de plus en plus, les villages devinrent des villes et les petites villes négligées se transformèrent en métropoles dynamiques. Dans les nouveaux centres à forte densité de population, le commerce, l’administration et les divertissements durent pour la première fois être organisés de façon à satisfaire une foule de clients.
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Bilbao | Bullring and Museum |
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Martin Aguero 1 | 48012 Bilbao | Spain |
| The first bullring at Vista Alegre in Bilbao was designed by the architect Sabino Goikoetxea Etxebarria, and opened in August 1882. Some 1817 ‘festejos’ took place there until it was destroyed by ... plus >> |
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Blackpool | La Tour de Blackpool |
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Bank Hey Street | FY1 4BJ Blackpool | Great Britain |
| One of the most recognised landmarks in the region owes its existence to Victorian engineering ingenuity, opening in 1894 at a cost of £64,000. Situated on the seafront between the North and Central ... plus >> |
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Bochum | L’hall des siècles |
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An der Jahrhunderhalle 1 | 44793 Bochum | Germany |
| This impressive hall was built as an exhibition hall by the Bochumer Verein ironworks for the 1902 world exhibition in Düsseldorf, after which it was used as a gas-blower and dynamo station in the ca... plus >> |
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Brussels | Galeries Royales de Saint-Hubert |
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Galerie du Roi 5 | 1000 Brussels | Belgium |
| The Galeries Saint-Hubert form one of the most elegant retailing complexes in Europe. As with later developments in London and Naples, they were built in part in order to obliterate an area of squalid... plus >> |
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Dublin | Croke Park Stadium |
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Dublin | Ireland |
| Croke Park is the fourth largest sports stadium in Europe. It is owned by the Gaelic Athletic Association, formed on 1 November 1884 at a clandestine meeting at Hayes’s Commercial Hotel, Thurles, Co... plus >> |
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Düsseldorf | Tietz department store |
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Königsallee 1 | 40212 Düsseldorf | Germany |
| The ‘grande dame of Dusseldorf’s consumer temples’ is one of Europe’s most imposing department stores. Its imposing Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) frontage, with ten pilasters, vast areas of glass a... plus >> |
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Gelsenkirchen | Glückauf Kampfbahn |
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Kurt-Schuhmacher Straße 143-145Ernst-Kuzorra-Platz | 45891 Gelsenkirchen | Germany |
| The Kampfbahn Glückauf is a monument that symbolises the place of football in the working-class culture of the Ruhrgebiet. It stands in the former mining community of Gelsenkirchen, amongst houses an... plus >> |
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Great Yarmouth | The Resort |
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NR30 3BX Great Yarmouth | Great Britain |
| Great Yarmouth was one of Europe’s principal industrial fishing ports of the late nineteenth century, and also one of the most prosperous of the English seaside resorts that benefited from the openi... plus >> |
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Great Yarmouth | The Hippodrome |
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St George’s Road | NR30 2EU Great Yarmouth | Great Britain |
| The Hippodrome is one of only three remaining purpose-built indoor circus buildings in the world, and is remarkably well-preserved. It was constructed in 1903 for the circus proprietor George Gilbert,... plus >> |
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Harwich | Electric Palace |
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Kings Quay Street | CO12 3ER Harwich | Great Britain |
| The Electric Palace is one of the earliest surviving purpose-built cinemas. In most countries movie films were first shown to public audiences in existing buildings, such as theatres or corn exchanges... plus >> |
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London | Prudential Building |
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Laurence Pountney Hall | EC4R 0HH London | Great Britain |
| The growth of manufacturing industry in Europe was sustained by the development of financial institutions that provided capital for entrepreneurs and a measure of security for the population at large.... plus >> |
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Marianske Lazne | Marianske Lazne townmuseum |
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Goethovo namesti 11 | 353 01 Marianske Lazne | Czech Republic |
| Marienbad was one of Europe’s most celebrated spas in the decades before the First World War when Bohemia formed part of the Habsburg Empire. Amongst those who stayed there were Friedric Chopin, Joh... plus >> |
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Milan | Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II |
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Piazza del Duomo | 20121 Milan | Italy |
| The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is much more than a shopping mall. It has been described by a distinguished authority as ‘the ultimate amongst nineteenth-century arcades and a powerful symbol of I... plus >> |
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Miskolc | National Theatre of Miskolc |
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Deryne utca 3 | 3525 Miskolc | Hungary |
| The theatre in Miskolc traces its origins to 1823, when it was the first permanent, stone-built theatre to be built within the boundaries of present-day Hungary. The first building was destroyed by fi... plus >> |
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Napoli | Galleria Umberto I |
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Via San Carlo | 90132 Napoli | Italy |
| The gallery that takes its name from King Umberto I of Naples is one of the most spectacular shopping centres in Europe. It was built in 1887-90 as part of the ‘risanamento’ (restoration to health... plus >> |
