At the conclusion of the study tour to Slovenia and Palmanova in Italy, there was a welcome reception in the city hall of Palmanova. The Mayor, Mr Francesco Martines, expressed his hope that a network such as FORTE CULTURA may help to alleviate the enormous restoration problems associated with the maintenance of a fortress.

Capitalising on the cultural heritage of Fortifications The Central European landscape is rich with historical fortresses and fortified structures. This unique cultural heritage has been recognized by UNESCO and represents […]

In the focus of the 2nd network conference of the project Forte Cultura, held in the fortress Hohensalzburg on the 25th June 2013, there was the development progress of culture route Forte Cultura from the Baltic to the Adriatic Sea being discussed.

On the 23 rd. of May 2013 in Szczecin in the Council of Zachodniopomorskie District in Mickiewicza 41 Street an informational seminar called “Transnational cooperation in Central Europe”, took place.

In connection with the Forte Cultura e-Marketing workshop in February 2013 at Humboldt University in Berlin, there was held the first meeting of “Task Force e-Marketing Fortified Heritage” in Kufstein.

During the workshop on the 30th of April in Humboldt University in Berlin the development and implementation of a new universal information database for Central Europe’s fortification heritage was discussed. […]

A transnational workshop held at Humboldt University in Berlin on the 12th of March 2013 showed the huge variety of different management models of fortresses carried out by the project […]

Several project partners had attended an International Tourism Fair (the ITB) in Berlin. During the ITB partners analyzed marketing of fortress heritage and were presented with culture, city, nature and event tourism.

On the 11th of March 2013 project partners held a 2nd Network-Meeting of the project “Forte Cultura” at the Humboldt University in Berlin.

26th February, 2013 the company GKU Standortentwicklung GmbH has oficially become the project and financial manager of the project Forte Cultura.

The workshop “Tool development for e-marketing of fortress monuments” (output 3.4.1) took place at Humboldt University Berlin on the 13th of February 2013.

The workshop analysed possible social and economic effects of fortifications on cities and regions to recover their forgotten or lost heritage. Case studies from The Netherlands, Germany and Italy were […]

On 3rd and 4th December 2012 the project partner started the development of the main project, the new Culture Route “Forte Cultura” of implementing the fortress heritage track in the […]

This workshop was about the planned pilot investment of project partner City Kronach for an audio-visual guide system in the fortress Kronach. The transnational workshop analysed the state and the […]

The funding project of Central Europe Programme “Forte Cultura” held a successful Kick-off meeting on 16-18 October 2012.