Categoria: 2021
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Fortezza di Königstein, Sassonia (DE): Assemblea generale FORTE CULTURA 2021
29 members and guests from 7 countries met at the 2021 FORTE CULTURA General Assembly at Königstein Fortress (Saxony). Under the leadership of Dirk Röder, the Executive Board and Scientific Advisory Board presented a highly impressive performance report on the activities and results of the last 15 months. Highlights included the positive network development, project…
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Karlovac (HR): Workshop PATRIMONIO E PROMOZIONE
As part of the Interreg – IPA CBC project FORTITUDE a specialist workshop on the subject of heritage and promotion was held in the fortress city of Karlovac in October under the direction of Dirk Röder and Rafael Deroo. Project partners are the Sibenik Cultural Fortress with The ideal fortress town of Karlovac (both HR), the…
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Bergen op Zoom (NL): Workshop "Forti incatenati
In Bergen op Zoom came EFFORTS with Liberation Route Europe and FORTE CULTURA to discuss the role of fortresses in the Second World War. Fortresses were often used as concentration camps and prisons during the Second World War or were the scene of heavy warfare. Many of these sites are now memorials and offer exhibitions…
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Dömitz (DE): Progetto di studio dell'Università Tecnologica di Varsavia sulla fortezza di Dömitz
Under the title “Reintegration, renovation and upgrading of the tourist functions of Dömitz Fortress”, students from Warsaw University of Technology visited Dömitz Fortress at the beginning of the winter semester. All areas of the fortress and former ideal fortress town were analysed in a four-day survey in order to develop concepts and proposed solutions over…
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‘s-Hertogenbosch (Paesi Bassi): la città fortificata con cittadella diventa il primo centro FORTE CULTURA nei Paesi Bassi
The fortified city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch for short) is the capital of the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant and boasts an extraordinary fortified heritage with its city walls and citadel. Den Bosch is also extremely innovative in its approach, as can be seen in the visitor centre in the Bollwerk Sankt Johann, a multi-storey car…
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Ziegenhain (DE): Estate europea delle fortezze
FORTE CULTURA meets renew Europe in the fortress and confirmation town of Ziegenhain. At the end of August, the town of Ziegenhain and the Renew Europe political group took the European Fortress Summer as an opportunity to organise a lavish summer party on the parade ground in the fortress town. Host Engin Eroglu (MEP) welcomed…
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Four á Chaux, Lembach (FR): Nuovo centro FORTE CULTURA in Alsazia
The Four à Chaux in Lembach is an underground fortification of the Maginot Line from the 20th century. Managed and organised by the Association des Amis de la Ligne Maginot de Lembach, tens of thousands of visitors marvel at the extensive complex every year. Many exciting features, from the retractable machine gun cupola to the…
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Germersheim (DE): 4° simposio sull'ampliamento della cooperazione tra fortezze nell'Alto Reno
The Upper Rhine region is one of the European regions with the most fortified monuments from 2000 years of history. Since the fortified town of Germersheim joined FORTE CULTURA in 2017, a Franco-German cooperation network for fortress tourism has been established in the Upper Rhine region. The 4th symposium dealt with the question of how…
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Pola (HR) 2021: Valorizzazione sostenibile del patrimonio culturale fortificato - best practice europea
Online evaluation conference on European best practice 6. Mai 2021, Pula (HR), hosted by FORTE CULTURA and Juraj Dobrila Universität in Pula (HR) The joint scientific committee FORTE CULTURA / EFFORTS organised an evaluation conference on the SUSTAINABLE VALORISATION OF FORTRESS HERITAGE under the patronage of the Juraj Dobrila University in Pula (HR). The online…
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European Fortress Summer 2021 inaugurata con una conferenza stampa nell'Alto Reno
The European Fortress Summer 2021 was launched at a press conference in Germersheim on 15 April. The campaign developed by FORTE CULTURA in 2018 to market summer events in fortresses will be implemented together with EFFORTS from this year onwards and will be given a new label. The European Fortress Summer includes the “Elbe Fortress…
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Nuovi strumenti di marketing “Monumenti fortificati del patrimonio culturale nell'Alto Reno”
On the initiative of the fortress town of Germersheim, supported by the PAMINA Eurodistrict and the Baden-Alsace-Palatinate Tourist Association (Vis-à-Vis), FORTE CULTURA has developed a fortress flyer with a map, a stamp pass and a travelling exhibition on behalf of the Upper Rhine Marketing Association. The marketing tools are now available from the 30 participating…
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Nuove stazioni FORTE CULTURA nell'Alto Reno (DE-FR)
We welcome the regional fortress group “Fortresses and defence history on the Upper Rhine 1929-1999” with the Dettenheim Bunker Museum, the Hausach Bunker Tour, the Hornisgrinde Bunker, the Neumühl Camouflage Bunker, the Emilie Museum Bunker (all DE) and the Musée Mémorial Walbourg (2MCLADN, FR) as new FORTE CULTURA sta- tions in our network. The fortress…
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Büdingen (DE): La città fortezza di Büdingen diventa una stazione FORTE CULTURA
With the signing of the membership application by Mayor Erich Spamer, the town of Büdingen has be- come the latest FORTE CULTURA member. The Upper Hessian fortress town not only has a pictur- esque old town with half-timbered houses and a for- tified castle, it has also been protected for centuries by a well-preserved massive…
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Sandomierz (PL): Nuovo centro FORTE CULTURA sulla Vistola
Sandomierz is located on the western bank of the Vistula in the Holy Cross Voivodeship. The formerly fortified old town with its central town hall square is home to buildings from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods. It is one of the most beautiful and best preserved in the whole of Poland. The fortified…
