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111 Places in Birmingham That You Shouldn't Miss
Engelsk Paperback
111 Places in Birmingham That You Shouldn't Miss
Engelsk Paperback

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Welcome to Birmingham, a super-diverse city with an ever-shifting identity. This is the quiet medieval market town that overnight became the centre of the industrial revolution, over the centuries rolling out leather wares, jewellery, steam engines, motor cars, fountain pens, gun smithery, toys, chocolate, heavy metal music and nanotechnology. The city’s drive to successively reinvent itself as motor city, conference capital and shopping destination reflects that initial burst of energy. The result is a city of many layers, bold planning experiments, overlapping fragments and pockets of creative endeavour which can be tough to navigate without a guide. However, its many treasures coruscate more brilliantly for being lost. This book tells the story many would miss through the art, places, buildings, people and the dynamic mix of cultures that reveal the Birmingham identity, from the smallest architectural details to epic civic structures. Only here can you chill on a bench with local heroes Black Sabbath, will you be greeted at the museum by the fallen angel Lucifer, chance upon a golden Burmese peace pagoda, time travel in the Shakespeare Library and find the world’s oldest surviving instance of railway architecture.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
240
ISBN-13:
9783740822682
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
3740822686
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
7 jun 2024
Længde:
20mm
Bredde:
140mm
Højde:
205mm
Forlag:
Emons Verlag GmbH
Oplagsdato:
7 jun 2024
Forfatter(e):
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