"Katowice" - dormant mine, the plot of land for the new location of The Silesian Museum in Katowice.

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XIX century industrial architecture. Winding towers and old buildings -fragment of closed "Katowice" coal mine in city downtown. The new Silesian Museum inclusive of the adaptation of the post-industrial site that once was part of the ‘Katowice’ coal-mine, was announced on 30 October, 2006.

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Size: 3550px × 2366px
Location: Katowice, Upper Silesia, Poland.
Photo credit: © Janusz Gniadek / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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