Latest news from the FORTE CULTURA network
Šibenik(HR): FORTIC Projekt und EFFORTS Kongress 2024
Projekt FORTIC Konferenz & EFFORTS Jahreskongress „Nachhaltige Geschäftsmodelle für Befestigungen“ Der EFFORTS Jahreskongress 2024 fand im Rahmen des Projekts FORTIC (Interreg Italy – Croatia) in der St. John’s Festung in […]
European Heritage Days 2024
HERITAGE OF ROUTES, NETWORKS AND CONNECTIONS Workshop FORTIFICATION ARCHITECTURE FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE: VALORIZATION OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN FORTIFICATIONS THROUGH CULTURAL ROUTES AND TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS of the University of Pula, TU [...]
Amsterdam (NL): FORTE CULTURA Pilot- und Studienreise
Die unbekannte Festung – “Stelling van Amsterdam“ (von Hans-Rudolf Neumann); Vom 28. September bis zum 05. Oktober 2024 fand eine Pilot- und Studientour mit sieben internationalen Fachleuten aus Deutschland, der Schweiz, […]
Fortezza (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 area, it is the largest historical complex in South Tyrol. This masterpiece of Austrian fortress architecture extends over [...]
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 Oder has burst its banks to such an extent that [...]
FORTE CULTURA in the USA
Dirk Röder travelled around the mid-south of the USA in search of various fortress sites and museums of military history. In Vicksburg Mississippi, the Vicksburg National Military Park preserves [...]
Ingolstadt (DE): New leaflet about Fort Prinz Karl
The Förderverein Bayerische Landesfestung Ingolstadt e.V. has published a large leaflet on Fort Prinz Karl. It shows an elaborate three-dimensional reconstruction of the fortress as it was in 1895 after the reinforcement measures [...]
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 the number of interesting places with fortress monuments and [...]
FORTE CULTURA donation for the Ukraine
FORTE CULTURA donates a notebook to the partner fortress Medzhybizh in the Ukraine.
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 permanent exhibition on the history of artillery [...]
Suomenlinna, Helsinki (FI): EFFORTS board meeting and workshops
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 network, the main focus was on [...]
Poznan (PL): 5th International Biehler-Fort Conference
by Friedrich Wein Numerous participants at the Interfest Annual General Meeting took the opportunity to visit another fortress city. The week following the Annual General Meeting, from 22/04/2024 - 27/04/2024, the 5th International [...]
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