Category: News
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Torun (PL): Annual General Meeting of the INTERFEST Study Group
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by Friedrich Wein “The study group for international fortification, military and protective construction INTERFEST … has set itself the task of researching and documenting fortifications worldwide under historical, technical, political […]
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Cyprus (CY): Pilot and study tour successfully completed
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by Dr. Hans-Rudolf Neumann From 6 to 12 April 2024, a German-Swiss-Dutch specialist group led by Dr Hans-Rudolf Neumann visited both the Turkish and Greek parts of the separate fortress […]
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Strasbourg (FR): FORTE CULTURA Annual Congress 2024
Cultural heritage fortified monuments –a building block in the history of the DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT in Europe 8 – 10 April 2024, Strasbourg (FR) The history of democracy is the history […]
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Strasbourg (FR): FORTE CULTURA General Assembly 2024
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The FORTE CULTURA General Assembly 2024 took place on 8 April 2024 in Strasbourg in the building of the Collectivité européenne d’Alsace (Alsace European Community), with a view of parts […]
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Berlin (DE): FORTE CULTURA at the ITB 2024
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For the second time after a long Corona break, the International Tourism Fair – ITB – 2024 took place again at the exhibition centre under the radio tower in Berlin […]
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Forte di Bard (IT): New FORTE CULTURA station in Italy
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(Photo: ©Hagai Agmon Snir) The Bard fortress is one of the masterpieces of fortress architecture from the first half of the 19th century. After Napoleon had completely destroyed a previous […]
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Open Call: Night of Fortresses 2024
Join the third edition of the Night of Fortresses – online applications are open until mid-April! The Night of Fortresses, an event that connects and promotes programs at fortification locations […]
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Sabbioneta (IT): New FORTE CULTURA station in Italy
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The fortified ideal town of Sabbioneta was built between 1554-1571 and was one of the first of its kind in Europe. It was also the first autonomous town foundation of […]
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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 […]
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Seelow (DE): Fortress Medzhybizh visit
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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 […]
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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
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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 […]
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