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Museum Of The Siderurgy
The Museum of the Siderurgy of Asturias (in Spanish ''Museo de la Siderurgia de Asturias''), is a museum located in La Felguera, in the Principality of Asturias, northern Spain. It is also known as ''the MUSI''. History The museum is located inside of a former tower of refrigeration of the Felguera Factory. At the mid 19th century, Pedro Duro established here one of the most modern metallurgical factories of Spain, that would manage to be one of the most important of the country. It was placed in the heart of the Mining Asturian Zone, close to coal and to the Nalón River. The factory disappeared in 1984 but there remain some buildings, inner the Technological Center Valnalón. The museum The museum was inaugurated in 2006 into the ancient chimney of refrigeration, and it consists of three floors. At the first (underground) there is a space dedicated to Bayer, that produces in the zone the acetylsalicylic acid. At the second floor there are an audio-visual room, a model of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asturias
Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory that was part of the larger Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages. Divided into eight Comarcas of Asturias, ''comarcas'' (counties), the autonomous community of Asturias is bordered by Cantabria to the east, by Province of León, León (Castile and León) to the south, by Province of Lugo, Lugo (Galicia (Spain), Galicia) to the west, and by the Cantabrian Sea, Cantabrian sea to the north. Asturias is situated in a mountainous setting with vast greenery and lush vegetation, making it part of Green Spain. The region has a oceanic climate, maritime climate. It receives plenty of annual rainfall and little sunshine by Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
