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The Bendigo Goldfields region covers three former settlements: the township of Bendigo, and the two unofficial townships of Logantown and Welshtown.Bendigo initially serviced the early alluvial goldminers on the lower reaches of Bendigo Creek (near Goodall's Hotel), Aurora Creek, and the upper Rise and Shine Creek.
Ex-convict William Speary took over operating the inn and then built the present Diggers Rest Hotel in 1854.' [3] With the construction of the Bendigo railway line in 1859-62, the hotel's business declined. George Lock took over the hotel in 1883 although it was in the ownership of Misses Jane and Emma Sully around this time and up to 1892 ...
The mine was opened in 1939 by the Central Deborah Gold Mining Company during a 1930s revival of the gold industry, extending an existing 108 ft shaft from many years earlier with new machinery. It was one of the last mines to open on the Bendigo goldfields and one of the few to stay open during World War II. It was expanded during 1945–46 ...
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In 2003, the Grande Bretagne underwent a €112-million renovation. The hotel has 320 rooms and suites, including a 400 square metre (4,305 sqf.) suite on the fifth floor. The hotel also has a roof garden restaurant. In January 2023, the hotel housed numerous European royals who were arriving in Athens the funeral of Constantine II of Greece. [9]
Athens: 198 m: Under Construction: 2026 [1] 3 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tower: Athens: 190 m: Approved: 2026 [2] 2 Vouliagmenis Mixed-Use Tower: Athens: 160 m: Proposed - [3] 4 Kerameia Allatini Tower Thessaloniki: 100 m Proposed [4] 5 Hellinikon Mall Hotel Tower: Athens-Proposed-[5] 6 Hellinikon Office Tower: Athens-Proposed-[6] 7 Hellinikon ...
After the Persians fled Athens around 479 BCE, the city needed to be rebuilt. [6] Over the next century lead from the mines would be brought to make countless different water pipes and clamps that would aid in the rebuilding of Athens. [9] Loss of free men and slaves as a result of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) caused the mines to shut down.
Greece is set to develop the area of the former Athens airport in Elliniko in the coming years. Work began on the Hellenikon Metropolitan Park in July 2020. It aims to build and operate a casino along with luxury hotels and conference and recreation facilities on the disused airport, as a way to further boost investments in Greece and attract more visitors in the Athens Riviera.