Category: Pilot trips
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Portugal (PT): FORTE CULTURA pilot and study trip successfully completed
Group photo of the tour participants in front of the bastioned castle in Marvão Photo: H.-R. Neumann, 25 September 2025 Military architecture is an important part of Portugal’s architectural and artistic heritage. Both medieval and modern fortifications can be found along the coast and in Portugal’s border regions. At 1,214 kilometres, the border between Spain…
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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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Cyprus (CY): Pilot and study tour successfully completed
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 island of Cyprus. The focus was on Venetian fortifications, among which the star-shaped fortress ring of Nicosia stood out in particular. The restoration work of…
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Rome / Latio (IT): FORTE CULTURA Pilot and Study Trip Successfully Carried Out
The 10‑day fortress tour, led by Dr. Hans‑Rudolf Neumann, included fortress monuments in Rome and the Lazio province, among them sections of the Campo Trincerato fortress ring in Rome, Castel Sant’Angelo, Vatican City, Vejano, Ostia, Nettuno, Civita Castellana, and Monte Soratte. The widely acclaimed pilot trip offered international participants a profound insight into the region’s…
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Morocco: FORTE CULTURA pilot and study trip successfully
Although there are not “1,001” fortresses in Morocco, the 14‑day pilot and study tour led by Dr. Hans‑Rudolf Neumann nonetheless included more than 20 fascinating fortress monuments in Morocco and Ceuta (ES): among them Rabat, Salé, Tangier, Larache, Ceuta (ES), Fès, Essaouira, Ouarzazate, Erfoud, Tinghir, Mehdia, Marrakesh, El Jadida as well as along the “Kasbah…
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FORTE CULTURA Study Tour: Croatia – Montenegro – Bosnia and Herzegovina
In September 2022, the study tour led to the fascinating fortress heritage around the Bay of Kotor, with fortification structures of the Venetians, the Ottomans, the Habsburg Monarchy, the Second World War, and the Cold War. In addition, the fortresses in Trebinje, Herceg Novi, Dubrovnik, Tivat, and Budva were visited.(Photos: H.-R. Neumann) Expansion of contacts…
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Armenia: FORTE CULTURA study tour successfully carried out
Originally planned for 2020, the FORTE CULTURA study tour with Dr. Hans-Rudolf Neumann could only be carried out now due to the pandemic. The study tour led from Yerevan to Amberd, Dashtadem, Gyumri, Vanadzor, Lori, Haghpat, Dilijan, Sevan, Bjni, Yeghegis, Tatev, and back via Smbataberd. Armenia’s fortress heritage is rooted in the Christian struggle to…
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Malta (MT): FORTE CULTURA® Pilot Tour successfully carried out
Author: Dr. Hans-Rudolf Neumann As part of a FORTE CULTURA pilot tour to Malta and Gozo, initial contacts were established with the Maltese state heritage organization HERITAGE MALTA. The participants of the pilot tour, coming from four European countries, were impressed by the renovation and restoration work carried out on the fortifications in Malta and…
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