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Sign In Home Search Directory Featured documents API Welcome to the Archives Portal Europe The Archives Portal Europe provides access to information on archival material from different European countries as well as information on archival institutions throughout the continent. You can search in: 296,410,718 descriptive units of archives 26,899 persons and entities 7153 institutions #Industrial Heritage - Latvia: The construction of the Kegums Hydro Power Plant and the rise in living standards The construction of Kegums Hydro Power Plant was one of the most important events in Latvia in the 1936-1939 period. It was positively welcomed by the entire society, which recognised it as an opportunity for rapid economic growth, electrification of the Latvian territory, and general improvement of the living standards. Charter of Privileges by George II. Rákóczi, Prince of Transylvania Imogen Holst archive: papers of a passionate and open-minded woman musician Archivo Simón Ruiz: European commerce in the Modern Ages The archive of the merchant banker Simón Ruiz Envito (Belorado, 1525 – Medina del Campo, 1597) unquestionably represents a unique set of documents of its kind in Spain, since no other such record of a major businessman of the 16th century has been preserved. #BuildingPeace – Serbia: the treaties From theHistorical Archives of Belgrade,a copy of the Treaty of Versailles, the Treaty of Saint-Germain and the Treaty of Neuilly #BuildingPeace – Germany: the conditions of peace The documents on the German reparations discussed during the Paris Peace Conference, one of the most heated points of discussion #IndustrialHeritage - Greece: setting Europe in motion Railway Athens - Piraeus archives from the collection of the General State Archives of Greece (1920s) #IndustrialHeritage - Germany: practice makes the master A visit to Royal Mercantile College in Chemnitz from the collection of Chemnitz University of Technology (1875 to 1930s) #Industrial Heritage - Hungary: privilege from the tailor and cropper guild of Zilah #IndustrialHeritage - Lithuania: changing everyday life From the collection of the Lithuanian Central State Archives (1920s to 1930s) #IndustrialHeritage - Albania: from the mines to luxury products Highlights from the collection of the Photographic Archive of the Central State Archives (1920s to 1940s) ETH Zurich University Archives: The First Sketch of the Eiffel Tower In 1884 the ETH Zurich alumn Maurice Koechlin drew a sketch of a "tower 300 m tall" – the initial idea for the later world famous Eiffel Tower constructed as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair in Paris. #AllezDemocracy 03 - The Slovenian independence referendum (1990) An #AllezDemocracy special on the 1990 referendum for the independence of Slovenia, a landmark date in the history of the Balcans The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk- 3 March 1918 Coronation Diploma of King Francis Joseph I (1867) #AllezDemocracy 02 - The Law of Epidaurus: Provisional Government of Greece #AllezDemocracy 01 - Swiss Federal Archives: The Geneva Conventions Lithuania: Pope Gregory XIII Bull Confirming the Establishment of the University of Vilnius Swiss Federal Archives: Carl Durheim's police photographs of stateless persons In 1852 and 1853 Carl Durheim, a pioneering photographer from Bern, was commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office of Police to photograph hundreds of stateless persons and travellers who had been picked up and detained. The result was a unique collection of police photographs. Reference: CH-BAR#E21#1000/131#20507*, ref. 09.1.4.1, Fotosammlung der Heimatlosen A-Z, 1852-1853 Cartographic Collection from the Croatian State Archives Highlights from the Cartographic Collection of the Croatian State Archives, which has more than 4600 processed and analytically described cartographic items – and counting Explore our topics: Armed forces Charity Churches Church records and reg... Colonialism Concentration camp Genealogy archives Health Monasteries Politics Poverty Religion Second World War Socialism Women View all our topics Joint access to European archives By giving access to archival material from all over Europe, the Archives Portal Europe provides the opportunity to detect common relations in a comprehensive approach while at the same time reflecting the diversity of national and regional developments.Read more... 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