Category: General
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Amsterdam (NL): FORTE CULTURA pilot and study tour
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The unknown fortress – “Stelling van Amsterdam” (by Hans-Rudolf Neumann); From 28 September to 5 October 2024, a pilot and study tour took place with seven international experts from Germany, Switzerland, […]
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Fortezza (Franzensfeste, IT) becomes FORTE CULTURA Station
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The Franzensfeste fortress has guarded the Brenner Pass on the Italian side since 1838. With its 65,000 square metres of building space, it is the largest historical complex in South […]
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Flood 2024 – Fortress monuments in need
Unfortunately, the current flood situation in Eastern Europe has also left its mark on the fortress monuments there. In Ostrava in the Czech Republic, the River Oder burst its banks […]
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FORTE CULTURA in the USA
On a tour of the mid-south of the USA, Dirk Röder sought contact with various fortress sites and museums of military history. In Vicksburg Mississippi the Vicksburg National Military Park […]
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Ingolstadt (DE): New leaflet about Fort Prinz Karl
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Cover photo: The board and advisory board of the Friends’ Association present the new leaflet The Förderverein Bayerische Landesfestung Ingolstadt e.V. has published a large leaflet on Fort Prinz Karl. […]
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80 years of D-Day Normandy – On site with FORTE CULTURA
A travelogue by Friedrich Wein Kehl – Strasbourg – Nancy – Toul – Reims – Versailles and finally: Normandy. The names and number of interesting places with fortress monuments and […]
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FORTE CULTURA donation for the Ukraine
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FORTE CULTURA donates a notebook to the partner fortress Medzhybizh in the Ukraine.
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Kiev (UA): National Historical-Architectural Museum “Kiev Fortress” becomes FORTE CULTURA Station
Kiev Fortress is a monumental complex of former Russian fortresses from the 17th-19th centuries. The complex is one of the largest preserved fortresses in Europe. Visitors can see a unique […]
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Suomenlinna, Helsinki (FI): EFFORTS Board Meeting and workshops
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The impressive Suomenlinna Fortress hosted this year’s board meeting of EFFORTS (European Federation of Fortfied Sites). In addition to a hybrid meeting to coordinate current and future activities of the […]
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Poznan (PL): 5th International Biehler-Fort Conference
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by Friedrich Wein Numerous participants at the Interfest Annual General Meeting took the opportunity to visit another fortress city. In the week following the Annual General Meeting, the 5th International […]
