The image of the spa town of Szczawno-Zdrój in light of the transformation of the city of Wałbrzych at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries

Marek Piróg

marek.pirog@pwr.edu.pl
Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7770-7942

Abstract

The focus of the article is to determine the impact of the industrial transformation of the city of Wałbrzych, which took place at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, on the image of the spa town of Szczawno-Zdrój.

The paper discusses the growth of the city of Wałbrzych and its impact on the landscape and spa conditions of Szczawno-Zdrój.

The article presents the main activities which change the nature, structure of industry and landscape of Wałbrzych and which affect the neighboring spa town and its cultural landscape.

The article looks at how the transformations that took place in Wałbrzych at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries affected the spa activity of Szczawno-Zdrój.


Keywords:

Wałbrzych, transformation, landscape

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2020-06-30

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Piróg, M. (2020). The image of the spa town of Szczawno-Zdrój in light of the transformation of the city of Wałbrzych at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. Teka Komisji Architektury, Urbanistyki I Studiów Krajobrazowych, 16(2), 37–43. https://doi.org/10.35784/teka.1705

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Marek Piróg 
marek.pirog@pwr.edu.pl
Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Technology Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7770-7942

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