Catégorie : 2020
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Berlin (DE) : Assemblée générale de FORTE CULTURA 2022
Around 35 members and guests from seven countries took part in the General Assembly, which was held online. In addition to the detailed reports from the Executive Board and the Scientific Advisory Board, the FORTE CULTURA stations were also able to report on the many activities and forward-looking developments at their fortress monuments. During an…
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Germersheim (DE) : Un autre projet d'Aktion Mensch réduit les obstacles
Following the successful completion of the Aktion Mensch project “Durchblick – Germersheim Erkennen,” the city of Germersheim has now received a second grant to further reduce barriers and expand inclusive tourism services in the fortress city. The project was submitted by FORTE CULTURA as part of the Aktion Mensch program “#1 Barrier Less,” under which…
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Büdingen (DE) : La ville forteresse de Büdingen devient un site FORTE CULTURA
With the signing of the membership application by Mayor Erich Spamer, the town of Büdingen becomes the newest FORTE CULTURA member. The Upper Hessian fortress town not only features a picturesque old town with half-timbered houses and a fortified castle, but has also been protected for centuries by a well-preserved massive city wall with rondels….
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Forteresses de l'Elbe (DE-CZ) : Nouveau dossier d'images FORTE CULTURA
Dans le cadre d'une coopération transfrontalière, les forteresses de l'Elbe de Grauerort, Dömitz, Magdebourg, Torgau, Dresde, Pirna, Stolpen, Königstein, Terezín et Prague ont développé et financé de nouveaux outils de marketing pour FORTE CULTURA. Une brochure attrayante sur les forteresses de l'Elbe a été produite en trois langues, donnant un aperçu du patrimoine culturel des monuments fortifiés le long de l'Elbe. Un autre...
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Dęblin (PL) : Nouveau membre associé sur la Vistule
The Polish town of Dęblin is located east of the Vistula River in the Lublin Voivodeship. Commissioned by Russia, the Ivangorod Fortress was constructed starting in 1832 and became one of the strongest Tsarist fortresses securing the Vistula crossing. A citadel directly on the Vistula and a bridgehead on the left bank were built in…
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EFFORTS (BE) : Congrès annuel en ligne
The Belgian partner network EFFORTS held its annual congress in 2020 as an online event. Under the patronage of the cities of Oudenaarde (BE) and Šibenik (HR), around 60 members and partners followed a series of engaging presentations, including contributions from the European Institute of Cultural Routes. The main focus of the congress was a…
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FORTE CULTURA Contact Tour - Héritage de la forteresse Pologne
FORTE CULTURA Vice President Agnieszka Żurawska-Tatala visited ten Polish fortress sites during a one-week contact tour to introduce them to the FORTE CULTURA Cultural Route. Her itinerary included Modlin, Warsaw, Kraków, Zamość, Przemyśl, Krzyżtopór, Sandomierz, Łańcut, Dęblin, and Lublin. The largely positive discussions at the various locations demonstrated a strong interest in promoting fortresses in…
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Journée des monuments à ciel ouvert 2020 - numérique
On Open Monument Day 2020, there were once again many exciting monuments to discover. Due to the COVID-19 situation, numerous sites innovatively invited visitors to take part virtually. Our member fortresses, such as the Federal Fortress of Ulm and the Citadel of Mainz, took this opportunity to draw attention to themselves and to their valuable…
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Lancement de la promotion FORTE CULTURA “Forteresse de la semaine”.”
As part of the campaign “FORTE CULTURA – Fortress of the Week,” one full member fortress is featured each week through several posts on social media. The aim of the campaign is to raise public awareness of the fascinating cultural heritage of fortress monuments and to showcase special highlights at our member sites.Facebook, Instagram
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Journée européenne des forteresses 2020
The European Fortress Day (EFD) is organized by the FORTE CULTURA partner EFFORTS (European Federation of Fortified Sites) and will take place virtually in 2020 with a new concept. European Fortress Day is part of the FORTE CULTURA initiative European Fortress Summer (www.fortress-summer.eu). All members, network partners, and non-members are invited to participate in this…
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FORTE CUTURA® : Demande de certification en tant qu“”Itinéraire culturel du Conseil de l'Europe" déposée
The application for certification of FORTE CULTURA® as a “Cultural Route of the Council of Europe” was submitted in Luxembourg just in time for the deadline. FORTE CULTURA® is thus officially a candidate for certification, alongside 15 other cultural route candidates. To be certified, cultural routes must meet defined criteria, which will be reviewed by…
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Srebrna Góra (PL) : la forteresse de Silberberg devient membre du réseau
The Srebrna Gora fortress is the highest mountain fortress in Europe. Built between 1765 and 1777, it reinforced the defence of the Prussian state borders in Lower Silesia. The Silberberg fortress system consists of the bastion “Fort Donjon” – the heart of the complex, as well as the surrounding secondary fortresses of “Wysoka Skala”, “Fort…
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Berlin (Allemagne) : l'Assemblée générale décide de changer le nom et les statuts du réseau
At this year’s virtual Annual General Meeting, far-reaching resolutions were passed that will have a lasting impact on the development of our network and cultural routes. The most striking change is the name change from “European Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing Network e.V.” to “FORTE CULTURA e.V.” with the subheading “Fortress Monuments Cultural Route Network”….
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Berlin (Allemagne) : l'accord de coopération avec EFFORTS élargit le réseau et donne aux membres de FORTE CULTURA une voix à Bruxelles.
The European Federation of Fortified Sites (EFFORTS) network, based in Brussels, was founded in 2017 in the Spandau Citadel. As a lobby organisation, EFFORTS is the interface between European institutions and fortified monuments or networks that deal with the preservation and use of the European cultural heritage of fortified monuments. In addition to practical work…
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FORTE CULTURA lance ses comptes Facebook et Instagram
FORTE CULTURA utilise désormais les médias sociaux pour accroître sa portée, notamment Facebook et Instagram. Alors que le compte Instagram s'adresse davantage au grand public, le compte Facebook est plus orienté vers l'intérieur et décrit les événements actuels et les activités du réseau.
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Magdebourg (DE) : La Route de la Réforme et FORTE CULTURA concluent un accord de coopération
The globally significant era of the Reformation and the development of early modern fortress architecture, although separated in time, belong to a shared historical epoch and influenced one another. These historical commonalities now form the basis of a cooperation agreement between the two cultural routes. The aim of the collaboration is to generate impulses for…
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Berlin (Allemagne) : document “ Conséquences du C19 ” pour les monuments fortifiés
Le bureau du réseau fournit un document d'information et de stratégie complet sur la manière de gérer les “ conséquences du C19 ” dans les monuments fortifiés. Il contient des informations et des recommandations visant à garantir les conditions les plus sûres possibles dans les monuments fortifiés, des liens vers les programmes de soutien actuels en Allemagne, ainsi que des idées et des suggestions de mesures concrètes sous différents angles.
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Berlin (Allemagne) : Orte der Geschichte e.V. renforce son réseau
L'association, basée à Berlin, organise des visites guidées et des excursions vers les vestiges architecturaux de l'époque de la guerre froide (casernes, terrains d'aviation et complexes de bunkers).
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Stade (DE) : la forteresse de Grauerort devient un nouveau membre du réseau sur l'Elbe
Le Fort Grauerort, une perle de forteresse prussienne sur l'Elbe, a été construit au 19ème siècle et développé en un lieu culturel attrayant dans la ville hanséatique de Stade sous les auspices de l'association Festung Grauerort e.V.. L'association a signé son adhésion au réseau le 25 février 2020, devenant ainsi le quatrième membre du réseau FORTE...
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Dresde (Allemagne) : Conseil en matière de projet Elbe-Festungen
Fin février, des représentants des forteresses de Stade, Königstein, Terezín (CZ), Torgau, Pirna, Magdebourg et Dresde (ici Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsen gGmbH) ainsi que de la véloroute de l'Elbe et de notre réseau se sont réunis à l'Albertinum de Dresde. L'objectif de la consultation était de développer la coopération entre...
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Berlin (Allemagne) : Orte der Geschichte e.V. renforce son réseau
The Berlin-based association organises guided tours and excursions to architectural legacies from the Cold War era (barracks, airfields and bunkers). The association is also committed to preserving the most modern telecommunications bunker in the former GDR as a Strausberg culture bunker accessible to the public. In autumn 2019, the first stage saw the approximately 300-metre-long…
