Textiles

Connected Sites: 27

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  • Crespi d'Adda
    Inscribed: 1995
    2.40
    153
    7
    Started by the textile manufacturer Cristoforo Benigno Crespi
  • Brugge
    Brugge
    Belgium
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.97
    504
    21
    Cloth Hall
  • Lyon
    Lyon
    France
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.22
    308
    9
    Musée des Tissus (Museum of Textiles - 1864)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Siena
    Siena
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.05
    377
    10
    The Fontebranda fountain "was built in the 13th century by the Guild of the Wool-makers (Lana)." One of its uses was "to wash clothes, especially the textiles made by Arte della Lana (Guild of Wool-makers)".
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Champagne
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.16
    222
    9
    Several Champagne houses were founded by textile merchants, e.g. Nicolas Ruinart, Philippe Clicquot et Florens Ludwig Heidsieck. (Nomination file, p. 194)
  • Flemish Béguinages
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.78
    356
    13
    "In all cases, each [beguine] had to provide for her own keep, and many worked in the textile industry." (AB Ev) From the 17th century on, textile production was definitively abandoned in favour of the education of young girls. (Nomination file, p. 8) - The first Beguines in Bruges were, as elsewhere, girls of modest origin, who made a living by working in the cloth industry. Much water was needed to treat the cloth, so they settled near a watercourse.
    See nl.wikipedia.org
  • New Lanark
    New Lanark
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.69
    142
    11
  • Derwent Valley Mills
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.38
    122
    12
  • Provins
    Provins
    France
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.90
    189
    13
    It bears witness to early developments in the organization of international trading fairs and the wool industry (UNESCO website)
  • Amiens Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.41
    224
    12
    The creation of wealth linked to the trade in drapery and woad explains why in the cathedral, the axial chapel of the Virgin was originally dedicated to "Our Lady the draper" (Notre-Dame drapière). (wiki fr)
  • Water Management System of Augsburg
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.31
    157
    7
    Especially in the east of the city, numerous textile factories along the canals and water courses, so that Augsburg was also called the Manchester of Germany. (nom file)
  • Val d'Orcia
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.23
    198
    11
    The existence of fulling mills at Bagno Vignoni is documented from 1416. (Nomination file, p. 123)
  • Tugendhat Villa
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.98
    170
    16
    Fritz Tugendhat owned a textile factory
  • Tomioka Silk Mill
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.54
    77
    6
    "the first appearance in the country of the large functional and mechanised factory for the mass production of textiles" (AB ev)
  • Saltaire
    Saltaire
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.28
    132
    13
  • Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
    Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
    Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.03
    249
    15
    the oldest textiles in Europe dating to 3,000 BC come from the pile dwellings (AB ev)
  • Kraków
    Kraków
    Poland
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.02
    439
    19
    Sukiennice Cloth Hall
  • Heritage of Mercury
    Heritage of Mercury
    Slovenia, Spain
    Inscribed: 2012
    2.65
    152
    8
    Idrija: The same routes used by mercury were also the trade routes for Idrijan lace, created by miners' wives from the 17th century onwards. (nom file)
  • Hedeby and Danevirke
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.23
    130
    6
    The numerous pit houses in Hedeby probably served to process textiles during summer.
  • Florence
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    588
    15
    "Palazzo dell' Arte della Lana" was the guildhall of the Florentine wool merchants
  • Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland
    Inscribed: 2012
    2.36
    69
    6
    Linen : The wealth of Hälsingland derived to a significant degree from the growing of flax and the production of linen. An earlier version of the nomination included a flax mill and the Gästgivars farmhouse contains a "flax barn". The nomination file contains an entire section titled "Linen production" and includes the following - "The processing of the flax into finished textiles was performed at home on the Hälsingland farms".
  • Damascus
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.89
    77
    5
    Lace
  • Colonies of Benevolence
    Colonies of Benevolence
    Belgium, Netherlands
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.13
    147
    7
    At its inception, the Colonies project was essentially agricultural, but soon introduced a variety of supplementary industries, such as cotton weaving, to generate income. By 1841, it was the second-largest exporter of cotton cloth to the Dutch East Indies colony. (Nomination file, p. 84)
  • Chinchorro Culture
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.47
    25
    3
    In river mouth environments, an important diversity of species emerges when there is good irrigation, forming wetland areas locally known as chimbas. In these wetlands, abundant swordgrass and southern cattails can be found, the main components of diverse Chinchorro textiles. The characteristics of these wetlands can still be seen today (...) in Camarones, in areas that have suffered little intervention and are closely associated with the remains of the Chinchorro occupation. (Chinchorro Culture Nomination Text, p. 91)
  • Camino Real
    Inscribed: 2010
    2.61
    137
    8
    Ojuelos - 19th century wool textile buildings (AB ev)
  • Belfries
    Belfries
    Belgium, France
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.95
    445
    17
    Cloth Hall of Ypres
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Talayotic Menorca
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.93
    49
    4
    13 spindle whorls and 67 loom weights, all made of ceramic, were found in "a Late Talayotic dwelling at the Torre d'en Galmés settlement (Component C7), known as circle 7". "From this and other finds, we can conclude that spinning and weaving tasks are rather well documented in Menorca during the Late Talayotic period. However, the technology used for such processes during earlier periods remains unknown (...)." (Nomination file, p. 274-275)