塞维尔矿业城镇

塞维尔铜矿城位于智利卡查波阿尔省玛查尔里市,距首都圣地牙哥南方85公里处,处于安地斯山脉中海拔2000公尺以上的极端气候中,塞维尔铜矿城是由布莱登铜业公司(Braden Copper company)在20世纪初为了全球最大的地下铜矿产区厄尔特尼恩特(El Teniente)的矿工所建。源自当地劳工与工业国家的资源融合、在采矿与加工出高价值的自然资源的过程中产生了这个小镇,它同时也是许多产生于世界各偏远角落的公司城的杰出范例。在它的鼎盛时期,塞维尔拥有15.000居民,但是到了1970年代,大部份都已被遗弃。这个城镇沿着从火车站爬升的巨大中心阶梯而建,因为地势陡峭,一般轮式交通工具无法到达。沿着由树木和植物所装饰围绕成的不规则方形区块,构成了小镇上主要的的公共区域或广场。距离中央阶梯不远,小径沿着山区的轮廓,通往较小的广场以及连接不同区域的二级阶梯。沿着街道搭建的房屋是以原木为主要建材,通常漆成鲜艳的绿色、黄色、红色和蓝色。这些房屋是在美国设计,因此大多数呈现出19世纪美国的建筑风格,但是其他建筑,例如:工业学校(Industrial School)则是由现代主义的灵感而来。塞维尔是20世纪唯一一个为了全年开采而建造的大规模山区工业开采据点。

Situated at 2,000 m in the Andes, 60 km to the east of Rancagua, in an environment marked by extremes of climate, Sewell Mining Town was built by the Braden Copper company in 1905 to house workers at what was to become the world’s largest underground copper mine, El Teniente. It is an outstanding example of the company towns that were born in many remote parts of the world from the fusion of local labour and resources from an industrialized nation, to mine and process high-value natural resources. The town was built on a terrain too steep for wheeled vehicles around a large central staircase rising from the railway station. Along its route formal squares of irregular shape with ornamental trees and plants constituted the main public spaces or squares of the town. The buildings lining the streets are timber, often painted in vivid green, yellow, red and blue. At its peak Sewell numbered 15,000 inhabitants, but was largely abandoned in the 1970s.

国别智利 Chile
中文名称塞维尔矿业城镇
英文名称Sewell Mining Town
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