Every year, the “Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe” (EPA) organizes a Forum to bring together representatives of the EPA Member States and the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, international organisations, academics, experts and stakeholders from the public and private sector. After the cancellation in 2020 due to […]
As part of the EU project IMPACTOUR, funded by the “Horizon 2020” program of the European Commission, the first regional World Café took place on July 23, 2021 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt. The event served as preparation for the pan-European and project-related World Café in November in Matera, Italy, which will focus on the exchange of ideas on the subject of cultural tourism and its importance for and influence on the sustainable development of European regions.
This year, from 19th June until 19th September visitors are invited to take a look at the fantastic art of 12 contemporary artists at 11 stunning locations in beautiful Burgundy. The event which was originally planned to take place in summer 2020 had to be postponed to summer 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. TRANSROMANICA member “Centre d’Etudes des Patrimoines Culturels en Charolais-Brionnais” (CEP) which is based in Saint-Christophe-en-Brionnais organized this exhibition in collaboration with the Belgian association ”Lieux-Communs”, a non-profit association based in Namur. In and around 11 Romanesque churches and chapels in the region of […]
The second edition of the IMPACTOUR Newsletter marks the end of the first project year which turned out rather differently from the original plans. The Covid-19 pandemic did not only influence the operational implementation of the project; it also had a strong impact on content aspects and theme development. The questions on how the Coronavirus […]
Just like in the past years we would like to sweeten your pre-Christmas period with our virtual TRANSROMANICA Advent Calendar on Facebook and Instagram. You can look forward to a December full of fantastic Romanesque heritage sites presented in a very special way.
It is already becoming a little tradition. We are very proud to present the third edition of our TRANSROMANICA Calendar which will accompany you through 2021.
Last friday, on 27th November, a joint online meeting took place between the Horizon 2020 projects SmartCulTour, SPOT and IMPACTOUR. The aim of this web conference was to get to know each other and to exchange on the latest and on future developments in cultural tourism.
On 5th September, the 25th edition of the Romanesque Award Ceremony of the Route of the Romanesque in Saxony-Anhalt took place at St. Mary’s Church of Naumburg Cathedral. Every year, the Ministry of Economy, Science and Digitalisation as well as the Tourism Association of Saxony-Anhalt honour outstanding commitment dedicated to raising the awareness for the Route of the Romanesque. The winners were selected from a total of 18 suggestions.
At the moment, the annual Summer Academy is taking place at Königslutter Imperial Cathedral. In the beautiful cloistered courtyard of the former Benedictine monastery the participants of the sculpting workshops have the chance to create their own sculpture under the guidance of the experienced sculptor Hans Reijnders.
IMPACTOUR stands for Managing Tourism Impact on Cultural Destinations!
TRANSROMANICA is an official project partner of the IMPACTOUR project that is funded through the EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme. The project started on 1 January 2020 and is led by the NOVA University of Lisbon (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa).