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80.Tianjin Italian-Style Area: a model of historical and cultural inheritance on the bank of Haihe River
http://www.tj-summerdavos.cn 2014-09-08 19:49

Tianjin, with the name of “Miniature of Chinese Modern History”, has fully developed the economical, historical and cultural value of historical buildings in recent years. The Italian-Style Area is built as the model of historical and cultural inheritance and protection on the bank of Haihe River as well as a bridge of communication for Chinese and foreign economy and culture.

Italian-Style Area is located at the Southern part of Hebei District in Tianjin downtown area. It is the only Italian style building resources and the biggest Italian cultural seedbed in Asia. This community is the biggest and most functional as well as the only Italian-Style Area in China. It wins the reputation of “World Building Exposition” together with other European style buildings.

At present, Italian-Style Area has been pinpointed as the biggest cultural cooperation project between Chinese and Italian governments. What is more, it has also been listed in the key items of “The Eleventh Five-Year Plan” (2006-2010) of Tianjin and the important links of the development and reform of Haihe River.

People can see Italian-style buildings of different periods, including more than 30 former residences of celebrities. Almost every house and every street here records the changes of Chinese modern history and implicates innumerable stories, such as the Italian Consulate, the Italian Barracks, Pelota Field, Former Residence of Tang Yulin, etc.

Liang Chichao, the outstanding figure in political stage and academic forum in Chinese modern time, once lived here and wrote down masterpieces like Methods of Historical Research. Chinese playwright Cao Yu, who wrote the classic modern drama Thunderstorms, spent his childhood and youth period here.

As the important links of the development and reform of the Haihe River, Italian-Style Area occupies about 28.45 hectares in its first period, and the whole construction space is about 400 thousand square meters and the investment of this item has reached to about RMB 2 billion yuan. Now, this project goes smoothly. In its first period, the renovation of 10 roads of 6 kilometers in length, coal gas, water, electricity, communication and other environmental landscapes have been completed. The Convention and Exhibition Center with the construction space of about 32 thousand square meters is also making rapid progress.

In Italian-Style Area, construction and rennovation of 62 buildings have been finished. At present, Italian Style Area has regained its old look in whole with integration of some modern elements. Scenic spots like Marco Polo Square, the Former Residence of Liang Chichao, the Former Residence of Cao Yu, and the Italian Barrack have been completed and opened to the public.

Italian-Style Area has attracted the attention of Chinese and foreign elites by its good location, abundant cultural implication and rich repayment from industrial investment. The then Italian Premier Romano Prodi, together with a lot of entrepreneurs, once visited the Italian-style Area. In recent years, many investment groups from Italy, Germany, the US and the UK have visited the place, with many cooperation agreements and intentions reached.

Source:Enorth.com.cn

Editor: Zhang Jialu
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