only post-industrial settlement in Europe that has been 95% preserved. Żyrardów, Poland’s former flax capital, delights visitors with the richness unexpected in such a small town of its industrial sites. [...] Another reason to visit Żyrardów is its rich cultural heritage. The many concerts, exhibitions, and theater performances offer something for everyone, no matter what his interests or moods. Testifying
and conveyor belts determined the lives of 5,000 miners and their families? The "Portal of IndustrialHeritage" translates this history to the entire Ruhr district: multimedia stations effectively showcase [...] Zollverein is the meeting place for past, present and future. The past is explored by the "Heritage Trail", bringing to life the history and technology of what was once Europe's largest coal mine. What [...] transformation in the Ruhrgebiet. In 2001 the site was inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
as an industrial dinosaur. It extends over an area of 600,000 square metres and exemplifies the combined power of more than 100 years of iron and steel manufacturing. It was the first industrial monument [...] monument to be inscribed into the United Nations list of World Cultural Heritage Sites. No wonder it is packed with visitors. Here expert guides will take you on a tour through the labyrinths of blast furnaces [...] furnace was once charged with coke and ore, you can get the best view of the mill and the surrounding industrial landscape of the Saar valley. The many different artistic events presented at the Völklinger Hütte
modern mining and conveying techniques during a trip on the colliery railway. A fine example of industrial architecture awaits visitors on the surface; the monumental processing plant designed by the architects [...] by vivid sound effects of everyday working conditions. The mine was inscribed as a World Cultural Heritage site in 1992 – along with the former Imperial Town of Goslar.
culture has developed here: from pottery, recognised by Unesco as an intangible cultural heritage, to industrial production, from the art scene to high-tech ceramic research. At the Westerwald Ceramics [...] became an object of desire in the Baroque period and how the region developed into an important industrial centre with a wide range of applications for modern high-tech ceramics. On the upper floor, a variety
Wentworth Woodhouse is one of the finest and grandest Georgian Houses in England. It is one of the most expensive ever built and ranks amongst Britain’s largest and most important country houses. It was [...] an earlier manor house built in 1630. An incredible house to visit –contrast it with the Elsecar Heritage Centre and the workers houses around it, and learn what happened when coal was dug underneath the
in the valley. Visitors to the mill see a short film on the history of the site and on the industrialheritage of the Auvézère basin, and are able to see the whole production line on which paper was produced
da Madeira. And, more recently, industrial history as well. This combination makes the city and its surroundings an exciting destination for fans of industrialheritage. The visitor center in the tower [...] through the city is that they combine manufacturing and interactive multimedia presentations of industrial history. The shoe production, for instance, is represented by a museum, an academy for shoe design
neoclassical architect Denis Antoine on the Quai de Conti. It is part of the Banks of the Seine World Heritage site. The 177-metre building that faces the quay contained the offices, while courtyards behind [...] s give visitors opportunities to touch artefacts, hear experts talk and even see and smell the industrial processes of carving, stamping and casting.
a wealth of heritage that it is easy to overlook the variety of industrial buildings from all periods and particularly the nineteenth century that lie within the city centre. The industrial economy of Norwich [...] block at Stewarts & Patteson´s Pockthorpe Brewery can still be admired, though much important industrialheritage has been lost. Casualties include the famous Rowntrees Chocolate factory and redevelopment [...] collection of industrial and social memories, is itself housed in a former shoe factory and one-time prison. The building encapsulates the contradictions of this medieval and later industrial city. Make a
many aspects of the history of the region has three principal exhibits that relate to the industrialheritage. The mechanical engineering workshop of Johann Hansson was established in 1907 and used hy [...] generator is by Siemens & Schuckert, and a later turbine was by R T Gilkes and Gordon of Kendal in England.
Sonneberg, the town of toys, was founded in the Gründerzeit (Wilhelminian era) as an industrial settlement with checker-board pattern streets, composing a structure of urban blocks. Over 90 percent of [...] 16 signposted stations and introduces visitors to the toy industry’s history, its architectural heritage and the life and work of Sonneberg’s inhabitants.
located in various European mining regions, provide a unique opportunity to discover the rich industrial mining heritage in a sustainable way, immersing visitors in the history and culture of the mining communities [...] by miners during the great mining epic. Walking along this Trail, you will encounter mines and industrial archaeological sites from the Sardinian mining era. The Santa Barbara Mining Trail, in italian [...] Park of Sardinia. The CMSB Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the tangible and intangible mining heritage, offering hikers a unique opportunity to discover the history of the miners and their cultural identity
completed, however, as the Industrial Conversion Decree was approved in 1983. After large mobilisations of the workers, the closure of the factory was imposed. As for the industrialheritage, buildings such as [...] and the Spare Parts Warehouse have been preserved, which will become the future Museum of IndustrialHeritage and the Workers' Memory of Puerto de Sagunto.
domestic beets contained the same sugar as sugar cane. Breeding increased the sugar content until the industrial production of sugar from beet was developed around 1800. The first beet sugar factory was built [...] of GDR industry is documented in the canteen and infirmary. The Oldisleben Sugar Factory Cultural Heritage Foundation took over the technical monument from Südzucker AG in 2021 and now ensures that it is
which moved to a new site in 1956. There are seven principal departments. Those dealing with industrialheritage include transportation, whose collections include motor cars and railway locomotives, geology
cotton spinning and weaving mills sold products across the Ottoman Empire and beyond. The IndustrialHeritage Centre is housed in a former woollen factory built in 1907. Under the name ERIA it produced
only monuments from the time of the Industrial Revolution, but also artefacts that are much older or younger. It thus offers a diverse picture of the industrialheritage so typical of the region. [...] important industrial areas in Central Europe with its coal mining, iron and steel production and vehicle industry. ‘Moravian-Silesian Tourism' highlights the evidence of the region's rich industrial and technical
was formally constituted in 1997. Its objectives are to promote research into the industrial and ecological heritage of the region, and to promote its interpretation, both to those who live there and
principal flax-spinning town in England, and its mechanical engineering, tailoring, printing and leather industries were also of major importance. The city’s industrial museum is at Armley Mills, located [...] about 1970, after which the site was purchased by Leeds City Corporation and opened as the city’s industrial museum in 1982. Visitors to the museum can see an array of textile machinery used and made in Leeds [...] ly the enterprise of Montague Burton (1885-1952) who was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, migrated to England to avoid pogroms in 1900, and established a nationwide chain of men’s clothing shops, supplied from
