Category: General
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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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Küstriner Vorland (DE): Fort Gorgast Becomes New FORTE CULTURA Station
Fort Gorgast was built at the end of the 19th century and is an outer fort of the former Küstrin Fortress (Kostrzyn nad Odrą, PL). The Prussian Biehler fort is the only one of the four outer forts of Küstrin Fortress located on the western side of the Oder River, and it is also the…
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Koblenz (DE): Aktion Mensch inclusion project at Fort Kaiser Franz approved
“#1 Barrier Less” is a funding program of the Aktion Mensch lottery that supports inclusive projects with up to €5,000. After FORTE CULTURA has already been able to implement two projects together with the Fortress City of Germersheim, a project in Koblenz has now also been approved. The “Fortress Park Kaiser Franz,” newly opened in…
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Berlin (DE): FORTE CULTURA General Assembly 2022
Around 35 members and guests from seven countries took part in the General Assembly, which was held online. In addition to the detailed reports from the Executive Board and the Scientific Advisory Board, the FORTE CULTURA stations were also able to report on the many activities and forward-looking developments at their fortress monuments. During an…
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Jaroměř (CZ): Ideal fortress town of Josefov complements the FORTE CULTURA cluster of “Bohemian Fortresses” in the Czech Republic
Josefstadt Fortress is located in Jaroměř, in eastern Bohemia, near the Polish border at the confluence of the Aupa and Mettau rivers into the Elbe. It was built in 1780-87 by the Habsburgs against Prussia and renamed in memory of Emperor Joseph II (formerly Ples Fortress). In FORTE CULTURA, it complements both the cluster of…
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Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki (PL): Modlin Fortress becomes FORTE CULTUTRA station in Poland
One of the largest fortresses in Europe now complements the FORTE CULTURA stations in Poland. The Modlin fortress system is located 30 minutes north of Warsaw at the strategically important confluence of the Vistula, Narew and Wkra rivers. The Swedish King Karl Gustav first utilised the advantage of the location in 1660 and built a…
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Kaunas (LT): EFFORTS Europe Annual Congress
As European Capital of Culture 2022, Kaunas was the venue for the EFFORTS Europe Annual Congress 2022. Fortress experts from 10 countries came together to talk about European cooperation and to find out about developments in the Kaunas fortress system in workshops. The European Fortress Summer 2022 also concluded in Kaunas. The EFFORTS Award 2022…
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Terezín (CZ): The ideal fortress town of Terezín becomes the second FORTE CULTURA station in the Czech Republic
Terezín is one of around 50 fortified ideal towns in Europe. Terezín, named after Empress Maria Theresa, was built by the Habsburgs against Prussia in 1780-90 in the area where the Eger flows into the Elbe. The imposing, ideal fortress city with an underground mine system around 20 kilometres long is one of the largest…
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Kaunas (LT): Conclusion of the European Fortress Summer 2022
Since its launch on 6 April at the FORTE CULTURA Fortress Conference in Terezín (CZ), around 100 fortress events in more than 15 countries took part in the European Fortress Summer 2022. The European Fortress Summer, powered by EFFORTS and FORTE CULTURA, concluded in Kaunas at the EFFORTS Annual Congress. FORTE CULTURA presented the new…
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Rastatt (DE): Rastatt Defence History Museum (WGM) becomes FORTE CULTURA Station on the Upper Rhine
The Rastatt Museum of Military History (WGM) is located in the south wing of the Residenzschloss in Rastatt and deals with modern German military history. Covering an area of around 1,500 square metres, the museum offers an overview of German, and in particular south-west German, military history from 1500 to 1918 and shows the connection…
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Germersheim (DE): Another Aktion Mensch project reduces barriers
Following the successful completion of the Aktion Mensch project “Durchblick – Germersheim Erkennen,” the city of Germersheim has now received a second grant to further reduce barriers and expand inclusive tourism services in the fortress city. The project was submitted by FORTE CULTURA as part of the Aktion Mensch program “#1 Barrier Less,” under which…
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Venice (IT): Declaration on the establishment of the Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) of EFFORTS and FORTE CULTURA signed
EFFORTS and FORTE CULTURA form a great network of fortress monuments. But above all, this is a network of people, of experts from different fields of fortress heritage. When these experts come together and share their best practices and experiences, ground-breaking new ideas and project approaches emerge that contribute to the protection and sustainable use…
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Venice (IT): Conference Fortress Systems – from Border Places to European Cultural Corridors
Forte Marghera, located on the bridge to the lagoon city of Venice, provided a worthy setting for the conference, which brought together fortress experts from Italy, Finland, Germany, Poland, Croatia, Spain, Belgium and Ukraine. The event, organised by the Fondazione Forte Marghera and supported by EFFORTS and FORTE CULTURA, offered best practices in the fields…
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