FORTE CULTURA Network

For the preservation and use
of the cultural heritage of fortified monuments

FORTE CULTURA Activity & Science Blogs Categories List

Thematic categories

  • Science Blog – Groups articles aimed at experts and scientists. These are usually longer than Activity Blog posts. The blog has its own dedicated page HERE.
  • Overall
    • Cultural management – Focuses on the tourism, educational, and cultural reuse of fortress heritage
    • Fortress management – Concerns the structural conservation, maintenance, and operational management of fortress sites, including funding, architecture, policies, regional development, cohesion, governance, etc.
  • Horizontal:
    • Creative – Articles about creative tourism
    • Digital – About emerging digital technologies and AI connected to fortress interpretation and management…
    • Green – Articles about environmentally responsible approaches in fortress preservation and tourism, including energy efficiency, landscape protection, and eco-friendly mobility. Both hard and soft sustainability interventions covered
    • History – Articles about the history of fortifications
    • Inclusive – Articles on how fortress heritage is made accessible to everyone through barrier-free designs, multilingual interpretation, and inclusion of diverse social groups, including people with disabilities
    • Participative – Information about how the communities, local actors, and visitors are involved in spatial planning, tourism, cultural events etc. both for planned hard and soft interventions in fortifications
  • Other
    • Awards
    • EU – Highlights FORTE CULTURA’s alignment with EU and the Council of Europe policies and its role in European cooperation
    • Funding – Offers information about funding opportunities for all relevant stakeholders
    • Heritage protection – Articles focusing on the preservation and safeguarding of fortress heritage, including legal frameworks, conservation techniques, risk management, and documentation of historical structures.
    • Fortress in focus – Features personal experiences from fortresses.
    • Conference articles – The category introduces international conferences, symposiums, and workshops (please see the difference with the category “previous fortress conferences“)
    • from the member stations – Highlights news, stories, and initiatives directly from individual fortress sites.
  • General – Covers general information, updates, and resources relevant to the fortress network.
    • Network
    • Network Meetings – Regular gatherings for fortress managers, experts, and partners to exchange knowledge, plan joint projects, and strengthen cooperation across Europe.
    • News – Provides updates about the FORTE CULTURA network.
    • European Fortress Summer – A Europe-wide programme of cultural events, exhibitions, concerts, and re-enactments held at fortress sites, celebrating Europe’s shared fortress heritage.

Special categories

  • Pilot trips – Showcases the development of travel routes and study tours. Posts in this category are shared on the FORTE CULTURA Academy page HERE.
  • Leading fortress conferences – Provides a special archive of past fortress conferences, including documentation, outcomes, and presentations from across Europe. Each previous conference receives only one post/report on a dedicated page HERE, and also appears on the FORTE CULTURA Academy page HERE. In contrast, the category “Conferences” is open to individual articles about any aspect of a conference, so a single conference can have multiple articles.
  • Projects – Presents current and completed initiatives within the FORTE CULTURA network that highlight innovation and sustainable heritage development. Projects also have a dedicated page HERE.

Topographical categories

  • Locations – Highlights fortress sites and member destinations along the European cultural route, each offering its own story and visitor experience.

Temporary categories

  • By year: 2024, 2025, 2026…

Articles by years

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