Fort Prusy (Fort Prussia) is part of the Nysa Fortress in the Opole Voivodeship. The Nysa fortress was a key element of the Prussian defence system on the former border […]

The Fortress Study Group CIO (FSG) was founded in the UK in 1975 and is a registered charity dedicated to the study and preservation of fortifications from the artillery era […]

In occasione del 10° anniversario di FORTE CULTURA, 60 partecipanti provenienti da 9 Paesi si sono riuniti nella sede di Kostrzyn nad Odrą (PL) per celebrare l'anniversario. Il programma del congresso, della durata di due giorni e mezzo, si è articolato in due parti di conferenza e in emozionanti escursioni nel patrimonio di fortezze della regione tedesco-polacca dell'Oder-Warthe.

Il Congresso annuale di EFFORTS 2024 si è svolto nell'ambito del progetto FORTIC (Interreg Italia - Croazia) presso la Fortezza di San Giovanni a Sebenico (HR). 40 partecipanti provenienti da 9 Paesi hanno [...]

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 der Universität Pula, der TU […]

La fortezza sconosciuta - "Stelling van Amsterdam" (di Hans-Rudolf Neumann); Dal 28 settembre al 5 ottobre 2024 si è svolta una visita pilota e di studio con sette esperti internazionali provenienti da Germania, Svizzera, [...]

The Franzensfeste fortress has guarded the Brenner Pass on the Italian side since 1838. With its 65,000 square metres of building space, it is the largest historical complex in South […]

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 River Oder burst its banks […]

On a tour of the mid-south of the USA, Dirk Röder sought contact with various fortress sites and museums of military history. In Vicksburg Mississippi the Vicksburg National Military Park […]

Cover photo: The board and advisory board of the Friends’ Association present the new leaflet The Förderverein Bayerische Landesfestung Ingolstadt e.V. has published a large leaflet on Fort Prinz Karl. […]

A travelogue by Friedrich Wein Kehl – Strasbourg – Nancy – Toul – Reims – Versailles and finally: Normandy. The names and number of interesting places with fortress monuments and […]

FORTE CULTURA dona un notebook alla fortezza partner di Medzhybizh in Ucraina.

La Fortezza di Kiev è un complesso monumentale di ex fortezze russe del XVII-XIX secolo. Il complesso è una delle più grandi fortezze conservate in Europa. I visitatori possono ammirare una [...]

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 […]

by Friedrich Wein Numerous participants at the Interfest Annual General Meeting took the opportunity to visit another fortress city. In the week following the Annual General Meeting, the 5th International […]

by Friedrich Wein “The study group for international fortification, military and protective construction INTERFEST … has set itself the task of researching and documenting fortifications worldwide under historical, technical, political […]

by Dr. Hans-Rudolf Neumann From 6 to 12 April 2024, a German-Swiss-Dutch specialist group led by Dr Hans-Rudolf Neumann visited both the Turkish and Greek parts of the separate fortress […]

Monumenti fortificati del patrimonio culturale - un tassello nella storia del MOVIMENTO DEMOCRATICO in Europa 8 - 10 aprile 2024, Strasburgo (FR) La storia della democrazia è la storia [...]

The FORTE CULTURA General Assembly 2024 took place on 8 April 2024 in Strasbourg in the building of the Collectivité européenne d’Alsace (Alsace European Community), with a view of parts […]

For the second time after a long Corona break, the International Tourism Fair – ITB – 2024 took place again at the exhibition centre under the radio tower in Berlin […]

(Photo: ©Hagai Agmon Snir) The Bard fortress is one of the masterpieces of fortress architecture from the first half of the 19th century. After Napoleon had completely destroyed a previous […]

Join the third edition of the Night of Fortresses – online applications are open until mid-April! The Night of Fortresses, an event that connects and promotes programs at fortification locations […]

The fortified ideal town of Sabbioneta was built between 1554-1571 and was one of the first of its kind in Europe. It was also the first autonomous town foundation of […]