Irina Swain Omeka MetsExport Plugin The software used to generate this document is called Omeka MetsExport, which operates as a plugin for Omeka. Documentation can be found at http://github/MetsExport/ Collserola Collserola Mountain Collserola Mountain in Barcelona, Spain Graziella Dominado, Benjamin Fraser Irina Swain 02/01/2017 English, Spanish Document, Still Image, Sound 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).  Item changed by user 26 at 2017-02-01 10:24:53.Updated: CreatorItem changed by user 26 at 2017-02-01 10:19:17.Created manually by user