FORTE CULTURA Network Activities

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Creative tourism meets the New European Bauhaus: a shared vision for the fortified cultural heritage

Creative tourism meets the New European Bauhaus: a shared vision for the fortified cultural heritage

Mar 20, 2025

by Filippo M. Cailotto, The NEB offers fortress managers, policy makers and cultural organisations a unique opportunity to combine the preservation of cultural heritage with ...

The New European Bauhaus and the fortresses: How heritage can shape a sustainable future

The New European Bauhaus and the fortresses: How heritage can shape a sustainable future

Mar 16, 2025

by Filippo M. Cailotto, The NEB offers fortress managers, policy makers and cultural organisations a unique opportunity to combine the preservation of cultural heritage with ...

Krakow (PL): FORTE CULTURA meets Liberation Route Europe and extraordinary fortress heritage

Krakow (PL): FORTE CULTURA meets Liberation Route Europe and extraordinary fortress heritage

Mar 12, 2025

By Dirk Röder (cover photo: XEvansGambitx) Partners and experts on the history of the end of the Second World War met in Krakow (PL) on the occasion of the annual congress 2025 of Liberation Route Europe (LRE). The [...]

Valle Sabbia (IT): Rocca d'Anfo fortress becomes FORTE CULTURA station on Lake Idro

Valle Sabbia (IT): Rocca d'Anfo fortress becomes FORTE CULTURA station on Lake Idro

Mar 11, 2025

In February 2025, Giovanmaria Flocchini, President of the mountain community of Valle Sabbia, signed up to the FORTE CULTURA network. The aim is to further develop and valorise the mountain fortress for tourism...

Msida (MT): University of Malta becomes FORTE CULTURA member

Msida (MT): University of Malta becomes FORTE CULTURA member

Mar 11, 2025

With the Department of Tourism Management of the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accounting at the University of Malta, FORTE CULTURA has a strong partner...

Creative tourism and fortified cultural heritage: a new approach to sustainable tourism

Creative tourism and fortified cultural heritage: a new approach to sustainable tourism

Mar 8, 2025

by Filippo M. Cailotto, Creative Tourism is an innovative approach that goes beyond passive sightseeing and promotes new perspectives through immersive and participatory experiences.

Berlin (DE): FORTE CULTURA at ITB 2025

Berlin (DE): FORTE CULTURA at ITB 2025

Mar 7, 2025

Around the world in three days - International Tourism Fair Berlin: The ITB is one of the largest tourism fairs in the world and a good opportunity for FORTE CULTURA to [...]

Sant'Oreste (IT): Bunker Soratte becomes new FORTE CULTURA station in Italy

Sant'Oreste (IT): Bunker Soratte becomes new FORTE CULTURA station in Italy

Mar 4, 2025

The Soratte bunker is an underground bunker complex in Monte Soratte, about 50 kilometres north of Rome. It was built between 1937 and 1943 and served until June 1944 as the headquarters of the [...]

Announcement: FORTE CULTURA Congress 2025 - Shaping the future of fortified cultural heritage

Announcement: FORTE CULTURA Congress 2025 - Shaping the future of fortified cultural heritage

Mar 1, 2025

European heritage experts meet in Italy to explore sustainable and inclusive tourism for fortified sites Forte di Bard, one of Europe's most prestigious fortified sites, will host a conference on 27 and [...]

Daugavpils (LV): Daugavpils Fortress becomes FORTE CULTURA station in Latvia

Daugavpils (LV): Daugavpils Fortress becomes FORTE CULTURA station in Latvia

Feb 14, 2025

Daugavpils Fortress (Dünaburg, Dwinsk) is located on the banks of the Daugava River in south-east Latvia. It was built between 1810 and 1878 and is an ideal fortified town with an area [...]

Helsinki (FI): Suomenlinna Fortress becomes FORTE CULTURA Station

Helsinki (FI): Suomenlinna Fortress becomes FORTE CULTURA Station

Jan 26, 2025

The Suomenlinna sea fortress is located about 15 minutes by sea from Helsinki. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and an outstanding example of European military architecture of its time. The fortress is a [...]

Group photo of the tour guides of the fortress town of Büdingen (DE) during the FORTE CULTURA Guide Workshop in January 2025

FORTE CULTURA Guide Workshop in Büdingen (DE)

Jan 25, 2025

Büdingen tour guides train for the FORTE CULTURA certificate (Photo: Arnika Haury) On the initiative of the Büdingen Tourist Information Centre, led by Arnika Haury, around 20 tour guides met at the end of January [...]



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