Soviet Heritage(scape) in Sillamäe: Documenting the Potential in an Emerging Tourism Destination
In 2014, the National Heritage Board of Estonia began the procedure for declaring the town centre of the former Soviet secret uranium town of Sillamäe in Northeast Estonia a heritage conservation area. The process is expected to be finalised in 2023, making it the first area where Soviet architectur...
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| description | In 2014, the National Heritage Board of Estonia began the procedure for declaring the town centre of the former Soviet secret uranium town of Sillamäe in Northeast Estonia a heritage conservation area. The process is expected to be finalised in 2023, making it the first area where Soviet architecture would be under protection in Estonia. By approaching the town theoretically and methodologically as a heritagescape where components of tangible landscape are used to create a distinct place of the past, looking at how the town’s official development policy relates to the existing representations of the past in the town’s memory institutions, and interviewing local stakeholders, this article provides a broader and more nuanced understanding of Sillamäe and its tourism potential. Sillamäe as heritagescape offers tourists the chance to experience a curated version of the Soviet era and contemplate on the legacy of nuclear industry, while remaining in the safety of a resort town in the periphery of the European Union. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-694bba8389764a99801714ea00d35ba62023-11-24T02:33:04ZengMDPI AGSocieties2075-46982022-09-0112512710.3390/soc12050127Soviet Heritage(scape) in Sillamäe: Documenting the Potential in an Emerging Tourism DestinationSaara Mildeberg0Jaanika Vider1Centre for Landscape and Culture, School of Humanities, Tallinn University, 10120 Tallinn, EstoniaCentre for Landscape and Culture, School of Humanities, Tallinn University, 10120 Tallinn, EstoniaIn 2014, the National Heritage Board of Estonia began the procedure for declaring the town centre of the former Soviet secret uranium town of Sillamäe in Northeast Estonia a heritage conservation area. The process is expected to be finalised in 2023, making it the first area where Soviet architecture would be under protection in Estonia. By approaching the town theoretically and methodologically as a heritagescape where components of tangible landscape are used to create a distinct place of the past, looking at how the town’s official development policy relates to the existing representations of the past in the town’s memory institutions, and interviewing local stakeholders, this article provides a broader and more nuanced understanding of Sillamäe and its tourism potential. Sillamäe as heritagescape offers tourists the chance to experience a curated version of the Soviet era and contemplate on the legacy of nuclear industry, while remaining in the safety of a resort town in the periphery of the European Union.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/12/5/127Soviet heritageheritagescapecultural tourismindustrial tourismNortheast Estonia |
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| title | Soviet Heritage(scape) in Sillamäe: Documenting the Potential in an Emerging Tourism Destination |
| title_full | Soviet Heritage(scape) in Sillamäe: Documenting the Potential in an Emerging Tourism Destination |
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| title_short | Soviet Heritage(scape) in Sillamäe: Documenting the Potential in an Emerging Tourism Destination |
| title_sort | soviet heritage scape in sillamae documenting the potential in an emerging tourism destination |
| topic | Soviet heritage heritagescape cultural tourism industrial tourism Northeast Estonia |
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