http://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/20/524/OR_Collserola_i_Barcelona_des_del_Tibidabo.jpg 45a87bf5da187b656641ad673b8ff29d http://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/20/524/Collserola.m4a 688b6175cfa4f4a24669208b1b485dad http://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/20/524/Collserola_-_Graziella_Dominado.pdf f84359de0a448652b9f9f63c86f67698 PDF Text Text Collserola Mountain Range The early 1900s marked the arrival of a plethora of amusement parks in the Collserola mountain range, including Tibidabo Park, Turó Park, the Rabassada, and Lake Valley. These amusement parks in Collserola emerged as a business opportunity to make profit by advertising “healthy, moral and entertaining” locations to guests (Sastre-Juan and Valentines-Álvarez 2016: 102). These parks were essentially areas promoted as a utopian universe, offering glorious landscapes and grandiose hotels. Turó Park was publicized as being “dominated by the fresh airs” from Collserola, while the Rabassada was referred to as “Eden”, which may have been a tiny bit of a stretch. The irony in this is laughable, as pristine and unadulterated air was heavily promoted by those same elites who owned the factories polluting the same air and water. Urban planners continued to endorse this illusory environment through the construction of rides in Tibidabo that were meant to illuminate the “views of the mountain and the sea” (Sastre-Juan and Valentines-Álvarez 2016: 105). Despite the false advertisement spearheaded by the upper class, these amusement parks had much success during their time, performing as beacons of “technological fun” and paving the way for many more advancements in mechanized thrill rides. However, no advancements could have occurred without the impetus of electricity. The year 1875 began Barcelona’s introduction to electric lighting, and from that instant onwards, electricity shaped everyday life by welcoming technology into daily functioning and easing Barcelona into its character of a “ciudad maravillosa,” outweighing its faults. (Ferrán and NietoGalan 2016: 242; Hughes 2003: 98). � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Digital Barcelona Subject The topic of the resource Sights around Barcelona Description An account of the resource The items (text documents, audio, video) used in the collection were created by the students from Fall 2016 HONS 2011.003: Barcelona: An Urban Cultural history class taught by Dr. Benjamin Fraser. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Benjamin Fraser Irina Swain Camille Kresz Language A language of the resource English, Spanish Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Digital Barcelona Date Created Date of creation of the resource. January 2017 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Irina Swain Camille Kresz Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Collserola Subject The topic of the resource Collserola Mountain Description An account of the resource Collserola Mountain in Barcelona, Spain Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Graziella Dominado, Benjamin Fraser Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Irina Swain Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/01/2017 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Language A language of the resource English, Spanish Type The nature or genre of the resource Document, Still Image, Sound Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 02/01/2017 Barcelona Collserola Mountain Range Graziella Dominado Spain