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 […]

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.

The EFFORTS Annual Congress 2024 took place as part of the FORTIC (Interreg Italy – Croatia) project at St John’s Fortress in Šibenik (HR). 40 participants from 9 countries took […]

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 […]

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 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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]