Illustration
A brick courtyard
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An arched gateway opens onto an intimate courtyard, with wet paving deepening the warm brick colours. The motif recalls Silesian workers’ settlements but depicts no identified house or address.
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Nikiszowiec: brick, courtyards and everyday life
Construction of the Giesche miners’ settlement began in 1908. Its former laundry now houses the city museum’s ethnology department. The exhibitions offer a way to understand Nikiszowiec through residents’ homes, work and creativity, as well as its striking architecture.
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