Cassels Konserthus, Grängesberg

Cassels Konserthus (in English, Cassel's Concerthall) is a building paid for by the English industrialist Sir Ernest Cassel who owned the mines in the area around the small town of Grängesberg, Sweden. With a neo-classical facade copying the Bank of England in London, the building, also called Cassels Donation or just Cassels, was designed to house a library and cultural activities for the workers. It has an auditorium with excellent acoustics, often used for recordings. Cassels was inaugurated in 1900, but burnt down on April 30, 1992. After a reconstruction it was re-opened in August 1994.