Category: 2023
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FORTE CULTURA Online Members Meeting (OMM) 2023
23 participants from 6 countries informed each other about current projects and activities in their fortress locations at the first FORTE CULTURA Online Member Meeting (OMM) at the end of November. Filippo Cailotto gave a vivid introductory lecture on the New European Bauhaus and Frauke Vos-Firnkes and Dirk Röder reported on current topics concerning the…
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Seelow (DE): Fortress Medzhybizh visit
Oleg Pogorelets, director of the Ukrainian fortress Medzhybizh, and Dirk Röder (FORTE CULTURA) met at the German–Polish border to exchange news and discuss upcoming activities. Oleg reported on the war and its impacts on the fortress — which has already suffered some damage from mis‑aimed projectiles and from shock waves of large explosions nearby. He stressed…
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Fort Gorgast (DE): Tour in easy language opened
Thanks to a grant from the Aktion Mensch lottery totalling €4,674.50, a new circular route in plain language has been established at Fort Gorgast.
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Fort Gorgast (DE): Annual Meeting of the Bund Deutscher Baumeister und Architekten (BDB), Bezirksgruppe Brandenburg
27 members and guests met on the occasion of the annual meeting of the BDB Bezirksgruppe Brandenburg at Fort Gorgast. Opening with welcome remarks by Tino Krebs (Director of the Amt Golzow), guest lectures by Dirk Röder on FORTE CULTURA, Josephine Kroneberg on the exemplary development of the Ravelin 2 Magdeburg restoration association, and Marcin…
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Rome / Latio (IT): FORTE CULTURA Pilot and Study Trip Successfully Carried Out
The 10‑day fortress tour, led by Dr. Hans‑Rudolf Neumann, included fortress monuments in Rome and the Lazio province, among them sections of the Campo Trincerato fortress ring in Rome, Castel Sant’Angelo, Vatican City, Vejano, Ostia, Nettuno, Civita Castellana, and Monte Soratte. The widely acclaimed pilot trip offered international participants a profound insight into the region’s…
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Râșnov (RO): Seminar, Workshops and a Medieval Festival
A medieval festival at Râșnov Fortress was the occasion for an international creative seminar with workshops, aimed at developing sustainable usage and management models for the fortress, which is currently under renovation. 30 participants from 8 countries used the framework of the excellently organized event (organized by Mioritics, Hands on History, and the city of…
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Hornisgrinde (DE): FORTE CULTURA Fortress Cluster Upper Rhine Project Meeting
19 partners of the German-French cooperation of fortresses and museums along the Upper Rhine met at the Grindel Hütte Hotel-Restaurant on Hornisgrinde to discuss current topics related to cross-border collaboration. Guests of honor included Katrin Schindele, Member of the Baden-Württemberg State Parliament and Deputy Chair of the Committee on Economy, Labor, and Tourism, and Reinhard…
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Windischleuba (DE): New FORTE CULTURA Station in Thuringia
The moated castle of Windischleuba was first established in 925 as a border fortress to protect the neighboring town of Altenburg and was later converted into a fortified manor. For a long time, it was owned by the Counts of Meissen and Münchhausen. The formerly trapezoidal complex has an enclosing wall with four defensive towers…
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Germersheim (DE): Aktion Mensch inclusion project completed
As part of the “#1 Barrier Less” funding programme of the Aktion Mensch lottery, FORTE CULTURA and the fortress town of Germersheim have already developed a circular route for blind and visually impaired people in 2021, which provides information about the fortress town of Germersheim on Braille signs and in audio files at 4 stations.…
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Ingolstadt (DE): FORTE CULTURA Regional Workshop
The meeting room in the tower of the Ingolstadt Army Museum, dating from 1420, provided the perfect setting to discuss the future of the Bavarian state fortress in connection with FORTE CULTURA. The workshop, attended by tour guides and representatives of the city of Ingolstadt as well as guests from Germersheim, Ulm, and Kronach, was…
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Šibenik (HR): New FORTE CULTURA Station on Croatia’s Adriatic Coast
The fortresses of Barone, St. John, and St. Michael, managed by “Kulturfestung Šibenik,” have been extensively renovated over the past 10 years and equipped with a wide range of recreational and educational functions. With numerous innovations and forward-looking investments, they rank among the European best practices in the sustainable development of historic fortifications, as was…
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Morocco: FORTE CULTURA pilot and study trip successfully
Although there are not “1,001” fortresses in Morocco, the 14‑day pilot and study tour led by Dr. Hans‑Rudolf Neumann nonetheless included more than 20 fascinating fortress monuments in Morocco and Ceuta (ES): among them Rabat, Salé, Tangier, Larache, Ceuta (ES), Fès, Essaouira, Ouarzazate, Erfoud, Tinghir, Mehdia, Marrakesh, El Jadida as well as along the “Kasbah…
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Koblenz (DE): Aktion Mensch inclusion project completed
Feste Kaiser Franz receives a leaflet about the fortress in plain language As part of the “#1 Barrier Less” funding programme of the Aktion Mensch lottery, FORTE CULTURA and the fortress city of Koblenz (Koblenz’s own green space and funeral services) have developed a circular route in plain language in the “Kaiser Franz Fortress Park”.…
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Ingolstadt (DE): Fortified City Becomes New FORTE CULTURA Station in Bavaria
The Bavarian state fortress of Ingolstadt was expanded over five historical periods into the large fortress system seen today. On both sides of the Danube, there are partially very well-preserved fortifications spanning five centuries, representing the Renaissance fortress, the post-Thirty Years’ War expansion, the Neoclassical fortress (reconstruction after demolition by Napoleon), as well as an…
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Šibenik-Knin (HR) 2023: FORTE CULTURA Jahreskongress
Cooperation in the field of fortified cultural heritage in the Adriatic region;Sustainable fortress tourism and integration with FORTE CULTURA;Start of the European Fortress Summer 2023 29-31 March 2023, Šibenik (HR) Historic fortresses are an extraordinary architectural backdrop for an impressive world of experiences: festivals, culture, art, sport, leisure, recreation, education, games and fun. Every year,…
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Seelow (DE): Cross-Border Tourism Network “Erinnerung verbindet” Launched
In the German-Polish border region east of Berlin, the new tourism brand “Erinnerung verbindet” Oder-Warthe has been developed over the past four years. The project, funded under the EU Interreg V-A Brandenburg-Lubuskie program, created, among other things, the foundations for establishing a multiperspective commemorative landscape along the Oder and Warta rivers. 180 sites represent fascinating…
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Berlin (DE): FORTE CULTURA at ITB 2023
After a long Corona-related pause, ITB 2023 took place again in early March at the trade fair grounds near the Funkturm in Berlin. FORTE CULTURA took the opportunity to learn about the latest trends and developments in the tourism market, to speak with attending members, to contact tour operators, and to prepare upcoming travel destinations…
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Fort Gorgast (DE): Aktion Mensch Inclusion project approved
The Aktion Mensch Lottery has approved further project funding for FORTE CULTURA e.V. to remove barriers, this time at Fort Gorgast (DE). An amount of €4,674.50 was granted for the creation of a circular trail with information for people with intellectual disabilities in plain language. Signs and audio guides in German and Polish will in…
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Râșnov (RO): Râșnov Fortress Becomes First FORTE CULTURA Station in Romania
Râșnov Fortress (Rosenau) is picturesquely situated on a hill above the eponymous town in Transylvania, Romania. The “peasant castle” is a 14th‑century refuge fortress that provided shelter to the local population during wartime, sometimes for decades. Today, Râșnov Fortress is a popular tourist attraction. In recent years, extensive restoration work has been carried out, and…
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Ferrol (ES): Fortress Conference “Apuntando Ao Mar”
The Provincial Council of A Coruña (Diputación de A Coruña) in Galicia, Spain, invited experts and best practices from across Europe to Ferrol to promote the development of the significant cultural heritage of the fortress monuments in the municipalities of Ares, Ferrol, and Valdoviño. As an important naval base and shipyard location, the natural harbor…
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San Marino (SM): Republic of San Marino Becomes FORTE CULTURA Station
San Marino is one of the oldest republics in the world. The small state in the southwest of the Italian province of Emilia-Romagna also possesses a pronounced fortress heritage, some of which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The fortresses of Guaita, Cesta, and Montale on the ridge of Monte Titano are even…
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