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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...].

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 [...]

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, [...]

The Franzensfeste fortress has guarded the Brenner Pass on the Italian side since 1838. With its 65,000 square metres of building area, it is the largest historical complex in South Tyrol. This masterpiece of Austrian fortress architecture extends over [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

FORTE CULTURA donates a notebook to the partner fortress Medzhybizh in the Ukraine.

Kiev Fortress is a monumental complex of former Russian fortresses from the 17th-19th centuries. The complex is one of the largest preserved fortresses in Europe. Visitors can see a unique permanent exhibition on the history of artillery [...]

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 network, the main focus was on [...]

by Friedrich Wein Numerous participants at the Interfest Annual General Meeting took the opportunity to visit another fortress city. The week following the Annual General Meeting, from 22/04/2024 - 27/04/2024, 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 analysing fortifications worldwide under historical, technical, political and social aspects [...].

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

Cultural heritage fortified monuments - a building block in the history of the DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT in Europe 8 - 10 April 2024, Strasbourg (FR) The history of democracy is the history of upheaval, revolution, [...]

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 of the fortifications of Strasbourg. [...]

For the second time after a long corona break, the International Tourism Exchange - ITB - 2024 took place again at the exhibition centre under the radio tower in Berlin at the beginning of March. by Dr Hans-Rudolf [...]

(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 fortress, Carlo Alberto [...]

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 programmes 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. At the same time, it was the first autonomous town foundation of the Renaissance. The city wall in the form [...]