Category: 2024
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Nysa (PL): Fort Prusy becomes new FORTE CULTURA station in Poland
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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 then border with Poland. Due to [...]
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Fortress Study Group CIO (UK) and FORTE CULTURA agree on co-operation
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 age of artillery [...]
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10 years of FORTE CULTURA - Anniversary Congress Kostrzyn nad Odrą (PL), November 2024
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of FORTE CULTURA, 60 participants from 9 countries came together at the founding location Kostrzyn nad Odrą (PL) to celebrate the anniversary. The two-and-a-half-day congress programme consisted of two conference parts and exciting excursions to the fortress heritage in the German-Polish Oder-Warthe region.
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Šibenik(HR): FORTIC project and EFFORTS Congress 2024
Project FORTIC Conference & EFFORTS Annual Congress "Sustainable business models for fortifications" The EFFORTS Annual Congress 2024 took place as part of the FORTIC project (Interreg Italy - Croatia) at St John's Fortress in [...].
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European Heritage Days 2024
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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 of the University of Pula, TU [...]
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Amsterdam (NL): FORTE CULTURA pilot and study tour
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The unknown fortress - "Stelling van Amsterdam" (by Hans-Rudolf Neumann); From 28 September to 5 October 2024, a pilot and study tour took place with seven international experts from Germany, Switzerland, [...]
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Fortezza (IT) becomes FORTE CULTURA Station
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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 Tyrol. This masterpiece of Austrian fortress architecture extends over [...]
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Flood 2024 - Fortress monuments in need
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 Oder has burst its banks to such an extent that [...]
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FORTE CULTURA in the USA
Dirk Röder travelled around the mid-south of the USA in search of various fortress sites and museums of military history. In Vicksburg Mississippi, the Vicksburg National Military Park preserves [...]
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Ingolstadt (DE): New leaflet about Fort Prinz Karl
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The Förderverein Bayerische Landesfestung Ingolstadt e.V. has published a large leaflet on Fort Prinz Karl. It shows an elaborate three-dimensional reconstruction of the fortress as it was in 1895 after the reinforcement measures [...]
