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Central Museum Of Textiles, Łódź
The Central Museum of Textiles is a museum of textiles located in the Ludwik Geyer's White Factory in Łódź, Poland. It is the first textile museum in the world and it has the biggest textile collection in Europe. History First attempts to create an organized collection of textiles in the area date back to 1952, when Krystyna Kondratiuk led to establishing a Weaving Department in the Museum of Art in Łódź. Owing to the success of this enterprise, the department was transformed into a branch of the Museum of Art. As an independent organizational unit, the museum has functioned since 1960, when the Museum of the History of Textiles was established. It was renamed to the Central Museum of Textiles in 1975. The White Factory—the seat of the museum—is a complex of classicist buildings erected by the family of Ludwik Geyer in the years 1835 – 1886. It is considered one of the most beautiful and unique monuments of industrial architecture in Poland. It owes its exc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piotrkowska Street
Piotrkowska Street ( pl, ulica Piotrkowska), the main artery of Łódź, Poland, is one of the longest commercial thoroughfares in Europe, with a length of around 4.2 km. It is one of the major tourist attractions of the city. It runs longitudinally in the straight line between the Liberty Square (Plac Wolności) and the Independence Square (Plac Niepodległości). From the very beginning this street was the central axis, around which the city grew bigger, and its development spontaneously gave the present shape to its centre. At first the city was mainly the highway, but later it changed into the city's showcase, the leisure and shopping centre, where the life of growing industrial agglomeration could be observed. The street deteriorated remarkably after World War II. Only after 1990 was it revitalized step by step and changed into a kind of pedestrian precinct. It has a function similar to a market square of old towns in other cities. Nowadays the buildings, town-planning, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
