Publishing Service GENERAL REPORT

THE BLOGS: Geographic Coverage Score

The table below illustrates our ongoing effort to ensure a balanced geographical coverage of fortress heritage across Europe and beyond. Each year, we aim to highlight both well-established stations and emerging sites, fostering a rich, diverse, and inclusive perspective on cultural heritage. The table shows the number of articles published each year, without regard to their authors, locations, or quality (the focus is therefore purely quantitative). If an article covers multiple countries, its single point is divided among them. Countries which have published at least one article since 2012 were included. In total, 243 articles are published on the Blogs between 2012 and 2025, the table bellow contains last six years with 151 articles in total:

Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Score
🇩🇪 Germany (DE)	11🥇	6 🥇	9,5🥇	12,5🥇	2	4	45 🥇
🌍 Global	6 🥈	0	0	1 🥉	4 🥈	10🥇	21 🥈
🇵🇱 Poland (PL)	3 🥉	1,5	2,5	0	5 🥇	2,5	14,5 🥉
🇮🇹 Italy (IT)	0	0	3 🥉	1 🥉	3 🥉	6 🥈	13
🇫🇷 France (FR)	0,5	2,5🥈	2	0	3 🥉	1,33	9,33
🇨🇿 Czech Republic (CZ)	0,5	0	4 🥈	0	0	4,5🥉	9
🇭🇷 Croatia (HR)	0	2 🥉	0,33	2 🥈	1	1	6,33
🇪🇸 Spain (ES)	0	0	0	1 🥉	0	3	4
🇺🇦 Ukraine (UA)	0	0	1	0,5	2	0	3,5
🇳🇱 Netherlands (NL)	0	2 🥉	0	0	1	0,33	3,33
🇱🇹 Lithuania (LT)	0	0	2	0	0	0,5	2,5
🇧🇪 Belgium (BE)	2	0	0	0	0	0,33	2,33
🇷🇴 Romania (RO)	0	0	0	2 🥈	0	0	2
🇫🇮 Finland (FI)	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
🇬🇧 United Kingdom (GB)	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA)	0	0	1,33	0	0	0	1,33
🇲🇰 North Macedonia (MK)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
🇲🇹 Malta (MT)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
🇦🇲 Armenia (AM)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
🇨🇾 Cyprus (CY)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
🇵🇹 Portugal (PT)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
🇱🇻 Latvia (LV)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
🇲🇦 Morocco (MA)	0	0	0	1 🥉	0	0	1
🇸🇲 San Marino (SM)	0	0	0	1 🥉	0	0	1
🇺🇸 United States (US)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
🇨🇳 China (CN)	0	0	0	0	0	0,5	0,5
🇲🇪 Montenegro (ME)	0	0	0,33	0	0	0	0,33
🇦🇹 Austria (AT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
🇸🇮 Slovenia (SI)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
🇷🇸 Serbia (RS)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
🇭🇺 Hungary (HU)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
🇱🇺 Luxembourg (LU)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	23	14	27	22	25	40	151

Performance Ratio 2012-2025

The following table summarizes member organizations and individuals based on their Total Membership Duration and overall contribution Total Score to the Blog. The Total Membership Duration column shows how many years each member has been part of the network (in the specific period 2020-2025). Total Score represents their overall contribution within the network in the specific period.

The Blog Activity Index column calculates the ratio of Total Score to Total Membership Duration (till the end of 2025), highlighting how “productive” or “influential” a country is relative to its membership durations. This provides a more comprehensive view, reflecting not only total activity but also weighted activity based on longevity, giving a clearer picture of which countries contribute most significantly to the network’s online content in the past years (2012-2025).

The Performance results column categorizes countries into five levels based on efficiency/activity:

• 🔴 Very low – members with very low efficiency
• 🟠 Low – members with low efficiency
• 🟡 Average – members with average efficiency
• 🟢 Good – members with good efficiency
• 🟢 Excellent – members with excellent efficiency

The countries with very short membership (1–2 years), the rating is NA – insufficient data, because the period is too short for reliable comparison.

Country	Total Score (2012 – 2025)	Total Membership Duration (in months)	Blog Activity Index	Performance results
🇩🇪 Germany (DE)	79,5	2532	0,376	🟠 low
🌍 Global	38	x	x	x
🇵🇱 Poland (PL)	17,5	652	0,322	🟠 low
🇮🇹 Italy (IT)	17,5	154	1,363	🟢 excellent 🥈
🇨🇿 Czech Republic (CZ)	12	121	1,190	🟢 excellent 🥉
🇫🇷 France (FR)	10,66	245	0,522	🟠 low
🇭🇷 Croatia (HR)	8,33	154	0,649	🟡 average
🇪🇸 Spain (ES)	7	83	1,012	🟢 good
🇧🇪 Belgium (BE)	5,66	47
🇦🇹 Austria (AT)	5	0
🇺🇦 Ukraine (UA)	4,5	67	0,805	🟡 average
🇷🇴 Romania (RO)	4	33	1,454	🟢 excellent 🥇
🇱🇹 Lithuania (LT)	2,5	0
🇳🇱 Netherlands (NL)	3,33	23
🇸🇮 Slovenia (SI)	2,5	0
🇫🇮 Finland (FI)	2	11	NA	NA – insufficient data
🇷🇸 Serbia (RS)	2	0
🇬🇧 United Kingdom (GB)	2	13	NA	NA – insufficient data
🇲🇰 North Macedonia (MK)	2	73	0,328	🟠 low
🇲🇹 Malta (MT)	2	9		NA – insufficient data
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA)	1,33	0
🇦🇲 Armenia (AM)	1	0
🇨🇾 Cyprus (CY)	1	9	NA	NA – insufficient data
🇨🇳 China (CN)	1	0
🇭🇺 Hungary (HU)	1	133	0,090	🔴 very low
🇵🇹 Portugal (PT)	1	0
🇱🇻 Latvia (LV)	1	10	NA	NA – insufficient data
🇲🇦 Morocco (MA)	1	0
🇸🇲 San Marino (SM)	1	34	0,352	🟠 low
🇺🇸 United States (US)	1	0
🇱🇺 Luxembourg (LU)	0,33	0
🇲🇪 Montenegro (ME)	0,33	0

We can see that the Activity Blog Index is particularly high in countries with new active members. However, it gradually decreases as the number of members grows and they maintain membership for a longer period. In such situations, it becomes unsustainable for the index to remain at the ideal value of 1 – i.e., one article per member per year (total score/membership duration in months*12).

In 2025, only Croatia and Italy reached this ideal threshold. Overall, Italy is the biggest gainer in 2025, which can be explained by the General Assembly held in April 2025 at Forte di Bard. It should be noted that many articles are authored primarily by Board Members; nevertheless, this does not undermine the index, as it still reflects overall activity or interest in the respective countries.

Following Italy are Romania and the Czech Republic, the next is Spain. Poland and Ukraine are on the same level, followed by San Marino. On the other hand, larger countries such as France and Germany have a very low index. The situation is particularly concerning for North Macedonia and Hungary, where there are almost no recorded contributions at all, despite both countries having long-standing members in the network.

Publication Intervals

Year	Average interval (in days)	Min (in days)	Max (in days)	Number of articles
2012	24.5	4	45	3
2013	21.0	0	70	16
2014	21.1	0	66	20
2015	149.5	144	155	2
2016	60.0	1	146	6
2017	42.0	0	134	10
2018	37.8	0	107	10
2019	16.1	0	74	21
2020	17.2	0	42	23
2021	21.7	0	117	14
2022	15.8	0	90	27
2023	16.0	0	43	22
2024	14.4	0	45	25
2025	9.6	0	92	40

Recently, we have been publishing a new article roughly every 10 days, which translates to about 3 articles per month. This marks a significant improvement compared to the previous average of about 16 days, or roughly 2 articles per month. Long intervals, however, occur regularly each year during the summer: practically no articles are published in July and August. The increase in frequency is a notable achievement, yet we continue to prioritize quality. In today’s era of mass AI-generated content, FORTE CULTURA articles are still created by individuals and undergo a thorough review process.

Web content statistics

FORTE CULTURA Network website

We have statistical tools that allow us to analyse the full volume of text published across the entire website, including how many words appear in each category. This enables us to measure frequency, distribution, and growth over time, and to compare categories, topics, or even individual geographic locations and the activity of member fortresses in much greater depth — not only by the number of articles, but also by the number of words they contain and by averages per location.

We can also track how the total amount of published content evolves year by year. For example, in 2025 the blog may contain twice as many words as in 2024, even if the number of published articles did not double. And when we look at the website as a whole, it currently contains 93,893 words, which means that reading everything from start to finish would take 6 hours, 15 minutes. We can also focus on the most frequent words that appear across the entire website. By analysing word frequency, we can identify which topics, names, locations, and thematic areas dominate the overall content. This helps us understand not only what the network communicates most often, but also how priorities, themes, and narratives evolve over time.

Word cloud of the complete FORTE CUTLURA Network webpage:

List of published articles by date

2012

1. 🌍 – Forte Cultura – beginning – OCT 16, 2012
2. 🇩🇪 – Newsletter 1: WP 3 Kronach (DE): Analysis of audio-visual information technology workshop – NOV 30, 2012
3. 🇨🇿 – Newsletter 1: WP 4 Josefov (CZ): Transnational seminar for the quality of the culture route Forte Cultura – DEC 04, 2012

2013

1. 🇮🇹 – Newsletter 1: WP 4 Verona (IT): Transnational Workshop to analyse socio-economic effects of fortifications on cities andregions – JAN 31, 2013
2. 🌍 – Founding of “Task Force e-marketing fortified heritage” – FEB 13, 2013
3. 🌍 – We have the project and financial manager of our project – FEB 26, 2013
4. 🇩🇪 – Network meeting in Berlin resulted in project progress – MAR 11, 2013
5. 🇩🇪 – Visit of the project partners at the International Tourism Fair in Berlin – MAR 12, 2013
6. 🇩🇪 – Newsletter 1: WP 3 Berlin (DE): Development of management models and utilisation concepts – MAR 12, 2013
7. 🇩🇪 – Newsletter 1: WP 4 Berlin (DE): Workshop Transnational Information System Fortress Heritage (TIS) – APR 30, 2013
8. 🇦🇹 – Task Force e-marketing fortified heritage practiced in Fortress Kufstein (AT) – MAY 14, 2013
9. 🌍 – “Transnational cooperation in Central Europe” – MAY 23, 2013
10. 🇦🇹 – 2nd Network Conference [Salzburg] – Discussion and analysis of the Culture Route Forte Cultura key points and Marketing strategies for Fortresses – JUN 25, 2013
11. 🌍 – Project Newsletter 1 – JUN 30, 2013
12. 🇮🇹 – Forte Cultura in Palmanova (IT) – SEP 08, 2013
13. 🇸🇮 – Forte Cultura in Slovenia – SEP 08, 2013
14. 🇭🇷 – The meeting of the South East European EU funding project ADRIFORT in Pula (HR) – SEP 16, 2013
15. 🌍 – Forte Cultura on the International Conference “Interpretation of Built Heritage“ – SEP 30, 2013
16. 🇦🇹 – Working meeting of the WP 6 in Vienna – NOV 05, 2013

2014

1. 🇵🇱 – Kostrzyn fortress virtual model – JAN 10, 2014
2. 🇩🇪 – Big attention on the International Tourism Fair in Berlin (5th – 9th March2014) – MAR 09, 2014
3. 🇨🇿 – One the right way – European Fortified Ideal Cities in the frame of FORTE CULTURA (Josefov, CZ) – APR 10, 2014
4. 🇸🇮 – WP 6 – Workshop „Traditional knowledge” in Ljubljana (SI) – MAY 28, 2014
5. 🇩🇪 – WP 4 – Astonishing Workshop in Erfurt (DE) with important results – JUL 05, 2014
6. 🇺🇦 – Ukraine is also FORTE CULTURA partner – JUL 31, 2014
7. 🇦🇹 – Fortress Kufstein (AT) – new partner in FORTE CULTURA – AUG 31, 2014
8. 🇵🇱 – Kostrzyn fortress (PL) virtual model is ready – SEP 01, 2014
9. 🇦🇹 – Pesto Conference in Graz, 02- 03.10.2014 – OCT 03, 2014
10. 🌍 – FORTE CULTURA in the focus of the Council of Europe – OCT 08, 2014
11. 🌍 – European Contact Tour of FORTE CULTURA – September 2014 – NOV 04, 2014
12. 🌍 – FORTE CULTURA – It goes on! – NOV 24, 2014
13. 🌍 – Successful completion of FORTE CULTURA – NOV 26, 2014
14. 🌍 – FORTE CULTURA and Art – DEC 15, 2014
15. 🌍 – FORTE CULTURA Original Project (2012-2014) – DEC 31, 2014
16. 🌍 – Project Newsletter 3 – DEC 31, 2014
17. 🇸🇮 🇮🇹 – Newsletter 3: First official FORTE CULTURA cross-border pilottour realised in Slovenia and Italy – DEC 31, 2014
18. 🇨🇿 – Newsletter 3: European Conference of Fortified Ideal Cities in Josefov (CZ) – DEC 31, 2014
19. 🌍 – Newsletter 2: European Contact-Tour of FORTE CULTURA 2014 – DEC 31, 2014
20. 🌍 – Project Newsletter 2 – DEC 31, 2014

2015

1. 🇧🇪 – Namur (BE): FORTE CULTURA® Conference in Belgian fortified town – JUN 04, 2015
2. 🇭🇺 – Komárom (HU): FORTE CULTURA® at the f³ conference – OCT 26, 2015

2016

1. 🇩🇪 – Mainz (DE): Fortress city joins network – FEB 17, 2016
2. 🇩🇪 – Koblenz (DE): The Directorate-General for Cul- tural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate becomes a member of the network. – APR 18, 2016
3. 🇧🇪 🇱🇺 🇫🇷 – FORTE CULTURA® on a contact tour in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Moselle region – APR 20, 2016
4. 🇷🇴 – Arad (RO): Meeting of „My European City Project” – MAY 26, 2016
5. 🇩🇪 – Mainz (DE): Network discussion on the implementation of FORTE CULTURA in the city of Mainz – OCT 19, 2016
6. 🇩🇪 – Mainz (DE): Workshop fortress tourism, fortress marketing, fortress cooperation in the Rhine-Main-Moselle region – OCT 20, 2016

2017

1. 🇩🇪 – Germersheim (DE): Fortress conference „New opportunities for fortress tourism, fortress marketing and fortress cooperation in the Upper – MAR 03, 2017
2. 🇫🇷 – L‘Association des Amis de la Ligne Maginot d‘Alsace (Association of Friends of the Maginot Line in Alsace) becomes the first French network member – APR 30, 2017
3. 🇩🇪 – City of Koblenz (DE) strengthens the FORTE CULTURA Cluster „Fortress Heritage Rhine- Main-Moselle“ as a new member – JUN 01, 2017
4. 🇩🇪 – City of Ulm/Neu-Ulm (DE) becomes a network member, starting signal on the German Danube – JUN 30, 2017
5. 🇷🇸 – Novi Sad (RS): Seminar Restoration, maintenance and commercialisation of fortresses, a national task in the context of European development – SEP 01, 2017
6. 🇩🇪 – Berlin (DE): Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme, 20th Anniversary Conference – SEP 06, 2017
7. 🇩🇪 – Königstein Fortress (Saxony) joins the network – SEP 06, 2017
8. 🇩🇪 – Berlin (DE): EFFORTS Founding Conference – NOV 30, 2017
9. 🇮🇹 – Bolzano (IT): International conference The valorisation of the Central European historical heritage “The medieval paths of the Empire” – NOV 30, 2017
10. 🇭🇷 – Karlovac (HR): Meeting on the EU project application “Monuments-4-CCI” – DEC 14, 2017

2018

1. 🌍 – FORTE CULTURA theme week in the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 – MAR 31, 2018
2. 🇩🇪 – Fortress Rosenberg, Kronach (DE): Opening Ceremony of the “European Fortress Summer 2018” in the European Year of Cultural Heritage – APR 24, 2018
3. 🇩🇪 – Festung Rosenberg, Kronach (DE): General Meeting 2018 with election of the Board of Directors – APR 24, 2018
4. 🇩🇪 – Trier (DE): European Heritage Day – JUN 10, 2018
5. 🇩🇪 – Fortress town Germersheim (DE): 2nd symposium for the extension of fortress cooperation in the German-French border region Upper Rhine – JUL 11, 2018
6. 🇩🇪 – City Schwalmstadt (DE): water fortress Ziegenhain becomes a new network member – AUG 16, 2018
7. 🇮🇹 – Turin (IT): FORTMED 2018 – International Conference on Modern Fortifications in the Mediterranean Region – OCT 20, 2018
8. 🇪🇸 – La Línea de la Concepción (ES) becomes the first Spanish network member – OCT 22, 2018
9. 🌍 – European Fortress Summer 2018: Review – NOV 06, 2018
10. 🇩🇪 – Görlitz (DE): 8th Annual Advisory Forum on Cultural Routes – DEC 27, 2018

2019

1. 🇩🇪 – Torgau (DE): Grenadierbataillon von Spiegel e.V. becomes a new network member – JAN 03, 2019
2. 🇪🇸 – Madrid (ES): FORTE CULTURA® at the FITUR 2019 – JAN 26, 2019
3. 🇩🇪 – Berlin (DE): FORTE CULTURA® at the ITB – MAR 10, 2019
4. 🇩🇪 – Mainz (DE): FORTE CULTURA Annual Congress and General Assembly – MAR 28, 2019
5. 🇵🇱 – Giżycko (PL): Giżycko Cultural Centre – Feste Boyen becomes the newest network member – APR 30, 2019
6. 🇪🇸 – Algeciras (ES): Workshop FORTE CULTURA® Regionalcluster Campo de Gibraltar – MAY 07, 2019
7. 🇩🇪 – Germersheim (DE): Tour guides honoured with FORTE CULTURA® certificate – MAY 24, 2019
8. 🇩🇪 – Königstein, Saxony (DE): Forum Cultural Heritage Elbe Fortresses – MAY 24, 2019
9. 🇩🇪 – Fort Konstantin, Koblenz (DE): Workshop “The classicist fortress of Koblenz on the FORTE CULTURA® cultural route” – JUN 05, 2019
10. 🇩🇪 – Germersheim (DE): 3rd symposium on the expansion of fortress cooperation Upper Rhine – JUN 14, 2019
11. 🇩🇪 🇨🇳 – Berlin (DE): German-Chinese co-operation in fortress tourism and marketing signed – AUG 27, 2019
12. 🇲🇹 – Malta (MT): FORTE CULTURA® Pilottour erfolgreich durchgeführt – SEP 29, 2019
13. 🇷🇴 – Sibiu (RO): 9th Annual Advisory Forum of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe – OCT 04, 2019
14. 🇩🇪 – Magdeburg (DE): 2nd Forum Cultural Heritage Elbe Fortresses – OCT 14, 2019
15. 🇲🇰 – Ohrid (MK): New network member comes from North Macedonia – OCT 16, 2019
16. 🇩🇪 – Ziegenhain (DE): Conference on the cultural heritage of fortified monuments in Hesse and Thuringia – OCT 17, 2019
17. 🇩🇪 – Berlin (DE): FORTE CULTURA® meets Route of Reformation – OCT 31, 2019
18. 🇩🇪 – Cologne (DE): Symposium “One Hundred Years of Cologne’s Green Lung – From Historical Defences to a Future-Oriented Green System” at the Institute of Geography at the University of Cologne – NOV 28, 2019
19. 🇧🇪 – Brussels (BE): FORTE CULTURA© meets Liberation Route Europe – NOV 29, 2019
20. 🇧🇪 – Antwerp (BE): EFFORTS Annual Congress 2019 “Fortified Heritage and Water, The European Dimension” – NOV 29, 2019
21. 🇷🇸 – Petrovaradin (RS) 2019: International Conference “Fortresses of Tomorrow” – DEC 01, 2019

2020

1. 🇩🇪 – Dömitz (DE): The ideal fortress town of Dömitz becomes a new network member on the Elbe – JAN 01, 2020
2. 🇩🇪 – Rüsselsheim (DE): City of Rüsselsheim becomes new network member on the River Main – JAN 01, 2020
3. 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 – Upper Rhine (DE/FR): Great response to the commemorative weekend “75 years of Unternehmen Nordwind” – JAN 12, 2020
4. 🇧🇪 – Brussels (BE): LRE Conference and LREXPO 2020 – FEB 05, 2020
5. 🇩🇪 – Berlin (DE): Orte der Geschichte e.V. strengthens network – FEB 25, 2020
6. 🇩🇪 – Dresden (DE): Project Consultancy Elbe-Festungen – FEB 25, 2020
7. 🇩🇪 – Stade (DE): Grauerort Fortress becomes a new network member on the Elbe – FEB 25, 2020
8. 🇩🇪 – Berlin (DE): Orte der Geschichte e.V. strengthens network – APR 01, 2020
9. 🇩🇪 – Berlin (DE): Handout “C19 consequences” for fortress monuments – MAY 13, 2020
10. 🇩🇪 – Magdeburg (DE): Route of Reformation and FORTE CULTURA conclude cooperation agreement – JUN 16, 2020
11. 🌍 – FORTE CULTURA launches Facebook and Instagram account – JUL 01, 2020
12. 🇩🇪 – Berlin (DE): General Assembly decides to change the name and statutes of the network – JUL 22, 2020
13. 🌍 – Berlin (DE): Cooperation agreement with EFFORTS expands network base and gives FORTE CULTURA members a voice in Brussels – JUL 22, 2020
14. 🇵🇱 – Srebrna Góra (PL): Silberberg Fortress becomes a new network member – JUL 23, 2020
15. 🌍 – FORTE CUTURA®: Application for certification as “Cultural Route of the Council of Europe” submitted – JUL 31, 2020
16. 🌍 – European Fortress Day 2020 – AUG 01, 2020
17. 🌍 – Launch of the FORTE CULTURA promotion “Fortress of the Week” – AUG 31, 2020
18. 🌍 – Open Monument Day 2020 – digital – SEP 13, 2020
19. 🇵🇱 – FORTE CULTURA Contact Tour – Fortress Heritage Poland – SEP 30, 2020
20. 🇧🇪 – EFFORTS (BE): Annual Congress held online – OCT 31, 2020
21. 🇵🇱 – Dęblin (PL): New associate member on the Vistula – NOV 01, 2020
22. 🇩🇪 🇨🇿 – Elbe Fortresses (DE-CZ): New FORTE CULTURA Image Folder – NOV 30, 2020
23. 🇩🇪 – Büdingen (DE): Fortress town of Büdingen becomes a FORTE CULTURA site – DEC 31, 2020

2021

1. 🇵🇱 – Sandomierz (PL): New FORTE CULTURA centre on the Vistula – JAN 01, 2021
2. 🇩🇪 – Büdingen (DE): Fortress town of Büdingen becomes FORTE CULTURA station – FEB 25, 2021
3. 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 – New FORTE CULTURA station(s) on the Upper Rhine (DE-FR) – MAR 31, 2021
4. 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 – New marketing instruments “Cultural heritage fortress monuments on the Upper Rhine” – APR 01, 2021
5. 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 – European Fortress Summer 2021 launched with press conference on the Upper Rhine – APR 15, 2021
6. 🇭🇷 – Pula (HR) 2021: Sustainable valorisation of fortified cultural heritage – European best practice – MAY 06, 2021
7. 🇩🇪 – Germersheim (DE): 4th symposium on the expansion of fortress cooperation on the Upper Rhine – AUG 31, 2021
8. 🇩🇪 – Ziegenhain (DE): European Fortress Summer – SEP 30, 2021
9. 🇫🇷 – Four á Chaux, Lembach (FR): New FORTE CULTURA centre in Alsace – SEP 30, 2021
10. 🇳🇱 – ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL): Fortified town with citadel becomes the first FORTE CULTURA centre in the Netherlands – OCT 15, 2021
11. 🇵🇱 🇩🇪 – Dömitz (DE): Study project of the Warsaw University of Technology on Dömitz Fortress – OCT 20, 2021
12. 🇳🇱 – Bergen op Zoom (NL): Workshop “Forts Unchained” – OCT 25, 2021
13. 🇭🇷 – Karlovac (HR): Workshop HERITAGE AND PROMOTION – OCT 28, 2021
14. 🇩🇪 – Königstein Fortress, Saxony (DE): FORTE CULTURA General Meeting 2021 – OCT 31, 2021

2022

1. 🇩🇪 – Bellheim (DE): Queichlinie strengthens regional network on the Upper Rhine – JAN 29, 2022
2. 🇩🇪 – Cochem (DE): Bundesbank bunker as new FORTE CULTURA station on the Moselle – JAN 30, 2022
3. 🇨🇿 – Prague (CZ): Vyšehrad Fortress becomes FORTE CULTURA station in Prague – JAN 31, 2022
4. 🇵🇱 🇩🇪 – Study project of the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology on the Dömitz Fortress – FEB 01, 2022
5. 🇩🇪 – Germersheim (DE): Aktion Mensch project “#1 Barrier Less” approved – MAR 01, 2022
6. 🇫🇷 – Hatten (FR): Musée de l’Abri de Hatten becomes new FORTE CULTURA centre in Alsace – MAR 30, 2022
7. 🇵🇱 – Wroclaw (PL): FORTE CULTURA at the tourism fair – MAR 31, 2022
8. 🇨🇿 – Terezín (CZ) 2022: International Fortress Conference – APR 08, 2022
9. 🇺🇦 – Medzhybizh (UA): Medzhybizh Fortress becomes first FORTE CULTURA station in Ukraine – APR 29, 2022
10. 🇦🇲 – Armenia: FORTE CULTURA study tour successfully carried out – APR 30, 2022
11. 🇩🇪 – Germersheim (DE): Fortress tour for blind and visually impaired people established – MAY 31, 2022
12. 🇧🇦 – Banja Luka (BA): Final conference of the FORTITUDE project – JUN 30, 2022
13. 🇮🇹 – Venice (IT): Conference on Fortified Systems: From Border Places to European Cultural Corridors – SEP 15, 2022
14. 🇭🇷 🇲🇪 🇧🇦 – FORTE CULTURA Study Tour: Croatia – Montenegro – Bosnia and Herzegovina – SEP 15, 2022
15. 🇩🇪 – Germersheim (DE): 5th symposium on the expansion of fortress cooperation on the Upper Rhine – SEP 28, 2022
16. 🇫🇷 – Alsace (FR): Tourisme Destination Alsace (ADT) becomes a FORTE CULTURA member – SEP 29, 2022
17. 🇮🇹 – Venice (IT): Conference Fortress Systems – from Border Places to European Cultural Corridors – SEP 30, 2022
18. 🇮🇹 – Venice (IT): Declaration on the establishment of the Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) of EFFORTS and FORTE CULTURA signed – SEP 30, 2022
19. 🇩🇪 – Germersheim (DE): Another Aktion Mensch project reduces barriers – OCT 01, 2022
20. 🇩🇪 – Rastatt (DE): Rastatt Defence History Museum (WGM) becomes FORTE CULTURA Station on the Upper Rhine – OCT 30, 2022
21. 🇨🇿 – Terezín (CZ): The ideal fortress town of Terezín becomes the second FORTE CULTURA station in the Czech Republic – OCT 31, 2022
22. 🇱🇹 – Kaunas (LT): Conclusion of the European Fortress Summer 2022 – OCT 31, 2022
23. 🇱🇹 – Kaunas (LT): EFFORTS Europe Annual Congress – NOV 29, 2022
24. 🇵🇱 – Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki (PL): Modlin Fortress becomes FORTE CULTUTRA station in Poland – NOV 30, 2022
25. 🇨🇿 – Jaroměř (CZ): Ideal fortress town of Josefov complements the FORTE CULTURA cluster of “Bohemian Fortresses” in the Czech Republic – DEC 01, 2022
26. 🇩🇪 – Berlin (DE): FORTE CULTURA General Assembly 2022 – DEC 30, 2022
27. 🇩🇪 – Koblenz (DE): Aktion Mensch inclusion project at Fort Kaiser Franz approved – DEC 31, 2022

2023

1. 🇩🇪 – Küstriner Vorland (DE): Fort Gorgast Becomes New FORTE CULTURA Station – JAN 01, 2023
2. 🇸🇲 – San Marino (SM): Republic of San Marino Becomes FORTE CULTURA Station – FEB 01, 2023
3. 🇪🇸 – Ferrol (ES): Fortress Conference “Apuntando Ao Mar” – FEB 09, 2023
4. 🇷🇴 – Râșnov (RO): Râșnov Fortress Becomes First FORTE CULTURA Station in Romania – MAR 01, 2023
5. 🇩🇪 – Fort Gorgast (DE): Aktion Mensch Inclusion project approved – MAR 06, 2023
6. 🇩🇪 – Berlin (DE): FORTE CULTURA at ITB 2023 – MAR 08, 2023
7. 🇩🇪 – Seelow (DE): Cross-Border Tourism Network “Erinnerung verbindet” Launched – MAR 21, 2023
8. 🇭🇷 – Šibenik-Knin (HR) 2023: FORTE CULTURA Jahreskongress – APR 01, 2023
9. 🇩🇪 – Ingolstadt (DE): Fortified City Becomes New FORTE CULTURA Station in Bavaria – APR 01, 2023
10. 🇩🇪 – Koblenz (DE): Aktion Mensch inclusion project completed – APR 15, 2023
11. 🇲🇦 – Morocco: FORTE CULTURA pilot and study trip successfully – APR 29, 2023
12. 🇭🇷 – Šibenik (HR): New FORTE CULTURA Station on Croatia’s Adriatic Coast – MAY 01, 2023
13. 🇩🇪 – Ingolstadt (DE): FORTE CULTURA Regional Workshop – JUN 01, 2023
14. 🇩🇪 – Germersheim (DE): Aktion Mensch inclusion project completed – JUN 30, 2023
15. 🇩🇪 – Windischleuba (DE): New FORTE CULTURA Station in Thuringia – JUL 01, 2023
16. 🇩🇪 – Hornisgrinde (DE): FORTE CULTURA Fortress Cluster Upper Rhine Project Meeting – JUL 28, 2023
17. 🇷🇴 – Râșnov (RO): Seminar, Workshops and a Medieval Festival – SEP 09, 2023
18. 🇮🇹 – Rome / Latio (IT): FORTE CULTURA Pilot and Study Trip Successfully Carried Out – SEP 27, 2023
19. 🇩🇪 – Fort Gorgast (DE): Annual Meeting of the Bund Deutscher Baumeister und Architekten (BDB), Bezirksgruppe Brandenburg – OCT 07, 2023
20. 🇩🇪 – Fort Gorgast (DE): Tour in easy language opened – OCT 08, 2023
21. 🇩🇪 🇺🇦 – Seelow (DE): Fortress Medzhybizh visit – NOV 14, 2023
22. 🌍 – FORTE CULTURA Online Members Meeting (OMM) 2023 – DEC 19, 2023

2024

1. 🇮🇹 – Sabbioneta (IT): New FORTE CULTURA station in Italy – JAN 01, 2024
2. 🌍 – Open Call: Night of Fortresses 2024 – FEB 14, 2024
3. 🇮🇹 – Forte di Bard (IT): New FORTE CULTURA station in Italy – MAR 01, 2024
4. 🇩🇪 – Berlin (DE): FORTE CULTURA at the ITB 2024 – MAR 11, 2024
5. 🇫🇷 – Strasbourg (FR): FORTE CULTURA General Assembly 2024 – APR 08, 2024
6. 🇫🇷 – Strasbourg (FR): FORTE CULTURA Annual Congress 2024 – APR 09, 2024
7. 🇨🇾 – Cyprus (CY): Pilot and study tour successfully completed – APR 13, 2024
8. 🇵🇱 – Torun (PL): Annual General Meeting of the INTERFEST Study Group – APR 21, 2024
9. 🇵🇱 – Poznan (PL): 5th International Biehler-Fort Conference – APR 28, 2024
10. 🇫🇮 – Suomenlinna, Helsinki (FI): EFFORTS Board Meeting and workshops – APR 28, 2024
11. 🇺🇦 – Kiev (UA): National Historical-Architectural Museum “Kiev Fortress” becomes FORTE CULTURA Station – MAY 15, 2024
12. 🇺🇦 – FORTE CULTURA donation for the Ukraine – JUN 04, 2024
13. 🇫🇷 – 80 years of D-Day Normandy – On site with FORTE CULTURA – JUN 19, 2024
14. 🇩🇪 – Ingolstadt (DE): New leaflet about Fort Prinz Karl – AUG 03, 2024
15. 🇺🇸 – FORTE CULTURA in the USA – SEP 16, 2024
16. 🌍 – Flood 2024 – Fortress monuments in need – SEP 20, 2024
17. 🇮🇹 – Fortezza (Franzensfeste, IT) becomes FORTE CULTURA Station – OCT 01, 2024
18. 🇳🇱 – Amsterdam (NL): FORTE CULTURA pilot and study tour – OCT 05, 2024
19. 🌍 – European Heritage Days 2024 – OCT 17, 2024
20. 🇭🇷 – Šibenik (HR): FORTIC project and EFFORTS Congress 2024 – OCT 27, 2024
21. 🇵🇱 – Kostrzyn nad Odra (PL): cross-border project on the fortified heritage of the Oder-Warta Region – NOV 28, 2024
22. 🇵🇱 – 10 years of FORTE CULTURA – Anniversary Congress in Kostrzyn nad Odrą (PL) – NOV 30, 2024
23. 🌍 – Sustain 4 Seniors in cultural heritage sites – DEC 05, 2024
24. 🇬🇧 – Fortress Study Group CIO (UK) and FORTE CULTURA agree on co-operation – DEC 12, 2024
25. 🇵🇱 – Nysa (PL): Fort Prusy becomes new FORTE CULTURA station in Poland – DEC 14, 2024

2025

1. 🌍 – A New Year for FORTE CULTURA: From Fortresses to Community – DEC 31, 2025
2. 🇩🇪 – FORTE CULTURA Guide Workshop in Büdingen (DE) – JAN 25, 2025
3. 🇫🇮 – Helsinki (FI): Suomenlinna Fortress becomes FORTE CULTURA Station – JAN 26, 2025
4. 🇨🇿 – Preserving the Czech Fortified Ideal Cities: National Support for Terezín and Josefov in the 21st Century – FEB 01, 2025
5. 🇱🇻 – Daugavpils (LV): Daugavpils Fortress becomes FORTE CULTURA station in Latvia – FEB 14, 2025
6. 🌍 – Announcement: FORTE CULTURA Congress 2025 – Shaping the future of fortified cultural heritage – MAR 01, 2025
7. 🇮🇹 – Sant’Oreste (IT): Bunker Soratte becomes new FORTE CULTURA station in Italy – MAR 04, 2025
8. 🇩🇪 – Berlin (DE): FORTE CULTURA at ITB 2025 – MAR 07, 2025
9. 🌍 – Creative Tourism and Fortified Cultural Heritage: A New Approach to Sustainable Tourism – MAR 08, 2025
10. 🇲🇹 – Msida (MT): University of Malta becomes FORTE CULTURA member – MAR 11, 2025
11. 🇮🇹 – Valle Sabbia (IT): Rocca d’Anfo fortress becomes FORTE CULTURA station on Lake Idro – MAR 11, 2025
12. 🇵🇱 – Krakow (PL): FORTE CULTURA meets Liberation Route Europe and extraordinary fortress heritage – MAR 12, 2025
13. 🌍 – The New European Bauhaus and the fortresses: How heritage can shape a sustainable future – MAR 16, 2025
14. 🌍 – Creative tourism meets the New European Bauhaus: a shared vision for the fortified cultural heritage – MAR 20, 2025
15. 🌍 – The Adaptive Reuse of Fortified Heritage – The Values that Matter – MAR 22, 2025
16. 🇮🇹 – Forte di Bard (IT): General Assembly elects new FORTE CULTURA President – APR 03, 2025
17. 🇮🇹 – FORTE CULTURA Congress 2025 at Forte di Bard (IT) – APR 05, 2025
18. 🇮🇹 – Caserta (IT): FORTE CULTURA Members at FORTMED 2025 Congress – APR 18, 2025
19. 🇩🇪 🇵🇱 – Cross-Border Project on 80 years end of WWII in the Oder-Warta Region (DE-PL) – APR 22, 2025
20. 🇨🇿 – Flashbacks on the European Fortress Summer 2024: Oživlý Josefov (CZ) – A Glimpse into European History – MAY 14, 2025
21. 🇪🇸 – Colomares (ES): A Modern Castle of Memory between History and Imagination – MAY 23, 2025
22. 🇵🇱 🇩🇪 – Walcz (PL): German-Polish conference on the Pomeranian Wall – MAY 29, 2025
23. 🇫🇷 – Belfort (FR): Belfort fortress system becomes FORTE CULTURA station in France – JUN 03, 2025
24. 🇩🇪 🇨🇳 – The Fortress Königstein (DE) as Cultural Ambassador in China – our exhibition in Nanjing is opened! – SEP 03, 2025
25. 🇮🇹 – Alessandria (IT) becomes sixth FORTE CULTURA Station in Italy – SEP 09, 2025
26. 🇬🇧 – Portsmouth (UK): „Fortifications at Risk” Conference, Fortress Study Group – SEP 10, 2025
27. 🇭🇷 – FORTIC Scientific Conference in Brijuni (HR): Strengthening the Culture of Peace through Fortified Heritage – OCT 02, 2025
28. 🇨🇿 – Dracula Journey: A Case Study of a Family-Oriented Dark Tourism Event in Josefov (CZ) – OCT 17, 2025
29. 🌍 – Discover Reveel: A New Digital Tool for Fortified Heritage – OCT 26, 2025
30. 🇪🇸 – New Book: Castles and Towers in Alicante (ES) – OCT 30, 2025
31. 🇲🇰 – Ohrid (MK) wins Živa Award 2025 – NOV 04, 2025
32. 🇵🇹 – Portugal (PT): FORTE CULTURA pilot and study trip successfully completed – NOV 09, 2025
33. 🇪🇸 – FORTE CULTURA Expands Its Presence in Spain at the VII Congress on Fortifications and Military Heritage – NOV 21, 2025
34. 🌍 – A Call to All Members: Let’s Meet at the FORTE CULTURA Online Member Meeting 2025 – DEC 04, 2025
35. 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 🇳🇱 – EFFORTS Travelling Congress 2025 (BE-FR-NL) – DEC 05, 2025
36. 🌍 – Coming soon: URBACT IV Action Planning Networks (APN) new call – DEC 10, 2025
37. 🌍 – FORTE CULTURA Online Member Meeting 2025 – DEC 17, 2025
38. 🇨🇿 – Christmas Gift for Josefov (CZ): Restoration of the Pipe Organ in the Fortress Church Completed – DEC 22, 2025
39. 🇨🇿 🇩🇪 – Funding opportunity for Czech-German partnerships – DEC 29, 2025
40. 🇱🇹 🇵🇱 – Giżycko (PL): LTPL00354 FORT-UNION – cross-border interreg project – DEC 30, 2025