Category: General
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Daugavpils (LV): Daugavpils Fortress becomes FORTE CULTURA station in Latvia
Daugavpils Fortress (Dünaburg, Dwinsk) is located on the banks of the Daugava River in southeastern Latvia. It was built in 1810-1878 and, as a fortified ideal city with an area of more than 2 square kilometres, is an impressive example of European military architecture. As early as 1812, during the Napoleonic Wars, the fortress, which…
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Preserving the Czech Fortified Ideal Cities: National Support for Terezín and Josefov in the 21st Century
Author: Tomáš Jirouch The fortified cities of Terezín and Josefov, with their rich historical and architectural heritage, are among the most significant cultural landmarks in the Czech Republic. Over the years, efforts to preserve and revitalize these cities have fluctuated, often hindered by financial, political, and logistical challenges. However, recent government initiatives indicate a renewed…
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Helsinki (FI): Suomenlinna Fortress becomes FORTE CULTURA Station
The Suomenlinna sea fortress is located about 15 minutes by sea from Helsinki. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and an outstanding example of European military architecture of its time. The fortress is an irregular bastion fortress with its own unique character due to its role in the defence of three countries – Sweden,…
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FORTE CULTURA Guide Workshop in Büdingen (DE)
Büdingen tour guides train for the FORTE CULTURA certificate (Photo: Arnika Haury) On the initiative of the Büdingen tourist information centre under the direction of Arnika Haury, around 20 tour guides from the fortress town met at the end of January to be trained as FORTE CULTURA guides with a certificate. In the two-hour workshop,…
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Nysa (PL): Fort Prusy becomes new FORTE CULTURA station in Poland
Fort Prusy (Fort Prussia) is part of the Nysa Fortress in the Opole Voivodeship. The Nysa fortress was a key element of the Prussian defence system on the former border with Poland. Due to its strategic location, it was the scene of numerous conflicts and battles. In 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars, it successfully repelled…
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Fortress Study Group CIO (UK) and FORTE CULTURA agree on co-operation
The Fortress Study Group CIO (FSG) was founded in the UK in 1975 and is a registered charity dedicated to the study and preservation of fortifications from the artillery era (from around 1500 AD). In particular, research findings on fortifications are published in the regular FSG publications “FORT” and “Casemate”, which are widely read and…
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Sustain 4 Seniors in cultural heritage sites
ERASMUS+ Projekt „Nachhaltige Befestigungsanlagen als Lernzentrum für Senioren“ der Kulturfestung Festung Šibenik (Kroatien/Šibenik), gemeinsam mit Asociatia Mioritics (Rumänien/Constanța) und Viešoji įstaiga Kauno tvirtovės parkas (Litauen/Kaunas). Das Projekt Sustain4Seniors Hub wird im Rahmen des Programms Erasmus+ finanziert, einer Initiative der Europäischen Union zur Förderung der Zusammenarbeit in den Bereichen Bildung, Ausbildung und Kultur in ganz Europa.…
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10 years of FORTE CULTURA – Anniversary Congress in Kostrzyn nad Odrą (PL)
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of FORTE CULTURA, 60 participants from 9 countries came together at the founding location Kostrzyn nad Odrą (PL) to celebrate the anniversary. The two-and-a-half-day congress programme consisted of two conference parts and exciting excursions to the fortress heritage in the German-Polish Oder-Warthe region.
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Kostrzyn nad Odra (PL): cross-border project on the fortified heritage of the Oder-Warta Region
“FORTE CULTURA – Discover the cultural heritage of fortress monuments in the Euroregion PRO EUROPA VIADRINA (DE-PL)” – a joint project of City of Kostrzyn nad Odrą, FORTE CULTURA e.V. and Heimatverein Gusow-Platkow e.V., funded by Euroregion Pro Europa Viadrina (Small Project Fund) as part of the INTERREG VI A Brandenburg-Poland 2021-2027 cooperation programme with…
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Šibenik (HR): FORTIC project and EFFORTS Congress 2024
The EFFORTS Annual Congress 2024 took place as part of the FORTIC (Interreg Italy – Croatia) project at St John’s Fortress in Šibenik (HR).
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European Heritage Days 2024
HERITAGE OF ROUTES, NETWORKS AND CONNECTIONS Workshop FORTIFICATION ARCHITECTURE FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE: VALORIZATION OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN FORTIFICATIONS THROUGH CULTURAL ROUTES AND TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS der Universität Pula, der TU Graz und FORTE CULTURA. Anlässlich der European Heritage Days 2024 wurde durch das FORTE CULTURA Scientific Committee unter Leitung von Nataša Urošević ein Hybrid-Workshop in…
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Amsterdam (NL): FORTE CULTURA pilot and study tour
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
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 Tyrol. This masterpiece of Austrian fortress architecture extends over several floors with a labyrinth of rooms, corridors, courtyards and staircases. Originally designed as an impenetrable…
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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 to such an extent that the MO-S5 casemate was completely flooded. In Bratislava in the Austrian-Slovakian border region, the Danube has flooded casemate B-S4 for…
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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 is an open-air museum that impressively preserves the site of the Battle of Vicksburg in the American Civil War, which was fought from 29 March…
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Ingolstadt (DE): New leaflet about Fort Prinz Karl
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. It shows an elaborate three-dimensional reconstruction of the fort as it was in 1895 after the building was reinforced. In addition, the entire eventful history…
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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 (defence) historical significance could be extended considerably to make the journey to and from Normandy even longer. This year, however, the destination was actually Normandy…
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FORTE CULTURA donation for the Ukraine
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 permanent exhibition of artillery history “From Core to Projectile” and the only collection of automatic weapons in Europe. The National Historical-Architectural Museum is located in…
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Suomenlinna, Helsinki (FI): EFFORTS Board Meeting and workshops
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 network, the programme included tours and workshops on the development of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Suomenlinna Fortress. The international panel of experts discussed topics…
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