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2004 Study Tour - Calalonia, Spain
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February 25, 2004 - March 10, 2004: SIA Study Tour to Catalonia, Spain, Spring 2004
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Select a photo below to select 1 of 2 different slide shows about the SIA Study Tour to Catalonia
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James Douet, an Ironbridge Institute graduate and consultant with the Spanish National Museum of Industry and Technology, has agreed to guide and make local arrangements for our 2004 Study tour to Calalonia, Spain, with the help of Pat Martin. |
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The logistical concept for the Tour is to take advantage of Barcelona’s centrality to the transport system of Catalonia and stay based at the same hotel the whole time. Only one of the day tours involves a ride of more than ninety minutes. This will also give us plenty of opportunities to take in the great cultural variety offered by the city of Barcelona. |
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Two short extensions are suggested for those with more time to stay in Catalonia. An Early bird tour will go north up into the foothills of the Pyrenees where there are many surviving pre-industrial sites, and a Stayover trip will move south for three days to the World Heritage city of Tarragona, with the rich architectural legacy from making the unique Priorat wines nearby. |
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The main tour reflects the strong influence that the textile industry had on the industrial development of the region, and gives a taste of the remarkable industrial architecture created by Catalonia’s famous Modernista or Art Nouveau architects at the start of the last century. It presents four models of industrial settlements – Barcelona itself; the mill city of Terrassa; the small medieval paper-making town of Capellades; and the colònia, or turbine textile settlement, the special Catalan solution to their debilitating lack of coal resources. And it throws in a number of otherwise completely unclassifiable places, such as the ruins of the Clot del Moro Portland cement works. |
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The backbone of the visit is the Catalan industrial museum, the mNACTEC, a modern network museum whose goal is to explain the region’s experience of industrialization and its uniqueness in a southern European context. As well as conserved, interpreted sites, however, the tour includes a mix of unrestored industrial buildings, modern industrial enterprises, and activities like making hand-made paper. There will be a program of talks and the chance to meet up with Catalan industrial archaeologists and conservationists. |
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We expect that people will travel to Barcelona on their own. The Early Bird Tour will run from Wednesday February 25 through Friday the 27th. The Main Tour will convene on Saturday the 28th and conclude on Sunday March 7th. The Stayover Tour will run March 7-10. |
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Registration for this tour is now closed. For further information please contact Pat Martin via email at pem-194@mtu.edu |
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