Belegras Dockyards

Belegras Dockyards (Mirselec Belagras Hadunen) is a district in Isana. It houses the Port of Isana.

Formerly the busiest port in the world, the Belegras Dockyards eventually were phased out in favour of the larger and more spacious Port of Bresnga over the 2000s and 2010s; in 2007 a plan was launched to convert around two-thirds of the Dockyards to a commercial and leisure district, involving several major programmes like the greening of the entire area, the construction of an extension underground line serving the area, as well as the conversion or rebuilding of many original facilities

History

The Move

Over the 1980s and 1990s, the port of Bresnga continued to grow and Isana went on with its transition to a mostly service-based economy, plans began to be proposed to convert the Dockyards.

Belegras Dockyards Today

In modern Isana parlance "Belegras Dockyards" refers to the western two-thirds of the former port, adjoining Henoris Wharf, which has been rebuilt into a commercial district; the real Port of Isana, on the other hand, is simply known as the Port. The main passenger terminus and jetties, meanwhile, have been relocated to within Gardaus Bay in a brand new building that was completed in 2012.

In the conversion of the dockyards most of its large docks were kept intact, as were many canals formerly used for transportation between docks in the past. Road and foot bridges, many of innovative design, connect these islands; but there is also a system of small boats which ply the canals, mostly carrying tourists.

Major Constructions

Concert Halls

• 28 Kasinada Wharf, one of the most spectacular buildings in the area, converted from several large warehouses (formerly 26 - 31 Kasinada, with 28 being the central building).

• Sidefona - literally "Little Chambers" a complex with six small black box theatres, converted from 38 Neti Wharf.,