Category: General
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Ziegenhain (DE): European Fortress Summer
FORTE CULTURA meets renew Europe in the fortress and confirmation town of Ziegenhain. At the end of August, the town of Ziegenhain and the Renew Europe political group took the European Fortress Summer as an opportunity to organise a lavish summer party on the parade ground in the fortress town. Host Engin Eroglu (MEP) welcomed…
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Four á Chaux, Lembach (FR): New FORTE CULTURA centre in Alsace
The Four à Chaux in Lembach is an underground fortification of the Maginot Line from the 20th century. Managed and organised by the Association des Amis de la Ligne Maginot de Lembach, tens of thousands of visitors marvel at the extensive complex every year. Many exciting features, from the retractable machine gun cupola to the…
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Germersheim (DE): 4th symposium on the expansion of fortress cooperation on the Upper Rhine
The Upper Rhine region is one of the European regions with the most fortified monuments from 2000 years of history. Since the fortified town of Germersheim joined FORTE CULTURA in 2017, a Franco-German cooperation network for fortress tourism has been established in the Upper Rhine region. The 4th symposium dealt with the question of how…
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Pula (HR) 2021: Sustainable valorisation of fortified cultural heritage – European best practice
Online evaluation conference on European best practice 6. Mai 2021, Pula (HR), hosted by FORTE CULTURA and Juraj Dobrila Universität in Pula (HR) The joint scientific committee FORTE CULTURA / EFFORTS organised an evaluation conference on the SUSTAINABLE VALORISATION OF FORTRESS HERITAGE under the patronage of the Juraj Dobrila University in Pula (HR). The online…
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European Fortress Summer 2021 launched with press conference on the Upper Rhine
The European Fortress Summer 2021 was launched at a press conference in Germersheim on 15 April. The campaign developed by FORTE CULTURA in 2018 to market summer events in fortresses will be implemented together with EFFORTS from this year onwards and will be given a new label. The European Fortress Summer includes the “Elbe Fortress…
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New marketing instruments “Cultural heritage fortress monuments on the Upper Rhine”
On the initiative of the fortress town of Germersheim, supported by the PAMINA Eurodistrict and the Baden-Alsace-Palatinate Tourist Association (Vis-à-Vis), FORTE CULTURA has developed a fortress flyer with a map, a stamp pass and a travelling exhibition on behalf of the Upper Rhine Marketing Association. The marketing tools are now available from the 30 participating…
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New FORTE CULTURA station(s) on the Upper Rhine (DE-FR)
We welcome the regional fortress group “Fortresses and defence history on the Upper Rhine 1929-1999” with the Dettenheim Bunker Museum, the Hausach Bunker Tour, the Hornisgrinde Bunker, the Neumühl Camouflage Bunker, the Emilie Museum Bunker (all DE) and the Musée Mémorial Walbourg (2MCLADN, FR) as new FORTE CULTURA sta- tions in our network. The fortress…
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Büdingen (DE): Fortress town of Büdingen becomes FORTE CULTURA station
With the signing of the membership application by Mayor Erich Spamer, the town of Büdingen has be- come the latest FORTE CULTURA member. The Upper Hessian fortress town not only has a pictur- esque old town with half-timbered houses and a for- tified castle, it has also been protected for centuries by a well-preserved massive…
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Sandomierz (PL): New FORTE CULTURA centre on the Vistula
Sandomierz is located on the western bank of the Vistula in the Holy Cross Voivodeship. The formerly fortified old town with its central town hall square is home to buildings from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods. It is one of the most beautiful and best preserved in the whole of Poland. The fortified…
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Büdingen (DE): Fortress town of Büdingen becomes a FORTE CULTURA site
With the signing of the membership application by Mayor Erich Spamer, the town of Büdingen becomes the newest FORTE CULTURA member. The Upper Hessian fortress town not only features a picturesque old town with half-timbered houses and a fortified castle, but has also been protected for centuries by a well-preserved massive city wall with rondels.…
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Elbe Fortresses (DE-CZ): New FORTE CULTURA Image Folder
In a cross-border cooperation, the Elbe fortresses Grauerort, Dömitz, Magdeburg, Torgau, Dresden, Pirna, Stolpen, Königstein, Terezín, and Prague have developed and financed new FORTE CULTURA marketing tools. An attractive image folder for the Elbe fortresses was produced in three languages, providing an overview of the cultural heritage of fortress monuments along the Elbe. An additional…
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Dęblin (PL): New associate member on the Vistula
The Polish town of Dęblin is located east of the Vistula River in the Lublin Voivodeship. Commissioned by Russia, the Ivangorod Fortress was constructed starting in 1832 and became one of the strongest Tsarist fortresses securing the Vistula crossing. A citadel directly on the Vistula and a bridgehead on the left bank were built in…
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EFFORTS (BE): Annual Congress held online
The Belgian partner network EFFORTS held its annual congress in 2020 as an online event. Under the patronage of the cities of Oudenaarde (BE) and Šibenik (HR), around 60 members and partners followed a series of engaging presentations, including contributions from the European Institute of Cultural Routes. The main focus of the congress was a…
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FORTE CULTURA Contact Tour – Fortress Heritage Poland
FORTE CULTURA Vice President Agnieszka Żurawska-Tatala visited ten Polish fortress sites during a one-week contact tour to introduce them to the FORTE CULTURA Cultural Route. Her itinerary included Modlin, Warsaw, Kraków, Zamość, Przemyśl, Krzyżtopór, Sandomierz, Łańcut, Dęblin, and Lublin. The largely positive discussions at the various locations demonstrated a strong interest in promoting fortresses in…
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Open Monument Day 2020 – digital
On Open Monument Day 2020, there were once again many exciting monuments to discover. Due to the COVID-19 situation, numerous sites innovatively invited visitors to take part virtually. Our member fortresses, such as the Federal Fortress of Ulm and the Citadel of Mainz, took this opportunity to draw attention to themselves and to their valuable…
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Launch of the FORTE CULTURA promotion “Fortress of the Week”
As part of the campaign “FORTE CULTURA – Fortress of the Week,” one full member fortress is featured each week through several posts on social media. The aim of the campaign is to raise public awareness of the fascinating cultural heritage of fortress monuments and to showcase special highlights at our member sites.Facebook, Instagram
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European Fortress Day 2020
The European Fortress Day (EFD) is organized by the FORTE CULTURA partner EFFORTS (European Federation of Fortified Sites) and will take place virtually in 2020 with a new concept. European Fortress Day is part of the FORTE CULTURA initiative European Fortress Summer (www.fortress-summer.eu). All members, network partners, and non-members are invited to participate in this…
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FORTE CUTURA®: Application for certification as “Cultural Route of the Council of Europe” submitted
The application for certification of FORTE CULTURA® as a “Cultural Route of the Council of Europe” was submitted in Luxembourg just in time for the deadline. FORTE CULTURA® is thus officially a candidate for certification, alongside 15 other cultural route candidates. To be certified, cultural routes must meet defined criteria, which will be reviewed by…
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Srebrna Góra (PL): Silberberg Fortress becomes a new network member
The Srebrna Gora fortress is the highest mountain fortress in Europe. Built between 1765 and 1777, it reinforced the defence of the Prussian state borders in Lower Silesia. The Silberberg fortress system consists of the bastion “Fort Donjon” – the heart of the complex, as well as the surrounding secondary fortresses of “Wysoka Skala”, “Fort…
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Berlin (DE): General Assembly decides to change the name and statutes of the network
At this year’s virtual Annual General Meeting, far-reaching resolutions were passed that will have a lasting impact on the development of our network and cultural routes. The most striking change is the name change from “European Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing Network e.V.” to “FORTE CULTURA e.V.” with the subheading “Fortress Monuments Cultural Route Network”.…
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Berlin (DE): Cooperation agreement with EFFORTS expands network base and gives FORTE CULTURA members a voice in Brussels
The European Federation of Fortified Sites (EFFORTS) network, based in Brussels, was founded in 2017 in the Spandau Citadel. As a lobby organisation, EFFORTS is the interface between European institutions and fortified monuments or networks that deal with the preservation and use of the European cultural heritage of fortified monuments. In addition to practical work…
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