Category: Terezín
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Secrets of Terezín’s Underground Revealed!
Beneath the fortified city Terezín (CZ) lies one of Europe’s most sophisticated historical defensive systems. Recent research has provided a detailed mapping of this underground network, revealing its complexity and engineering brilliance. The study was conducted as part of a project supported by the Czech Ministry of Culture and led by Steinmetz Terezín 1780, an…
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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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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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Terezín (CZ) 2022: International Fortress Conference
The Terezín International Fortress Conference aims to draw attention to today’s challenges for the cultural heritage of fortified monuments and to present best practices in cross-border cooperation, projects and networking.
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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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Dresden (DE): Project Consultancy Elbe-Festungen
At the end of February, representatives of the fortresses in Stade, Königstein, Terezín (CZ), Torgau, Pirna, Magdeburg and Dresden (here Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsen gGmbH) as well as the Elbe Cycle Route and our network met at the Albertinum in Dresden. The aim of the consultation was to further develop the cooperation of…
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Magdeburg (DE): 2nd Forum Cultural Heritage Elbe Fortresses
Rainer Nitsche, Deputy Mayor of Magdeburg in Department III Economy, Tourism and Regional Cooperation, opened the “2nd Elbe Fortress Cultural Heritage Forum”, which was attended by the Mayor of Dömitz as well as representatives from Stade, Königstein, Terezin (CZ), Torgau, Dresden and the fortress network. Among other things, joint marketing instruments for the new regional…
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Newsletter 3: European Conference of Fortified Ideal Cities in Josefov (CZ)
Agreement for intensive cooperation in the culture route FORTE CULTURA and presentation of the Fortified Ideal Cities in the tourism market. Josefov – the former Josefstadt – a creation of the Habsburg Emporer Joseph II. was the place for the European Conference of Fortified Ideal Cities for transnational cooperation in fortress tourism and fortress marketing.…
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