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FoCu Newsletter No 1, June 2013
Project Activities in the start up Phase
work package 3:
Analysis of audio-visual informa-
tion technology workshop
Kronach, November 2012
This workshop was about the planned
pilot investment of project partner City
Kronach for an audio-visual guide system
in the fortress Kronach. The transnational
workshop analysed the state and the of-
fers of possible technologies. Experts pre-
sented the different systems, their advan-
tages and disadvantages.
Tourist attraction: Underground sightseeing in
the Wall with candlelight’s
(fltr) Mr Ciambetti, Mrs Dr Ganzarolli, Mr Am-
brosini, Mr Scamperle
work package 4:
Transnational seminar for the
quality criteria of the culture
route Forte Cultura
Josefov, December 2012
On 3rd and 4th December 2012 the
project partner started the development
of the main project, the new Culture
Route "Forte Cultura" of implementing
the fortress heritage track in the tourist
markets of Central Europe.
work package 4:
Transnational Workshop to
analyse socio-economic effects
of fortifications on cities and
regions
Verona, January 2013
The workshop analysed possible social
and economic effects of fortifications on
cities and regions to recover their forgot-
ten or lost heritage.
Case studies from The Netherlands, Ger-
many and Italy were presented, by which
the success of revitalisation and recover-
ing were intensively explained and dis-
cussed. It became clear, that a success-
ful recovery of a fortification's heritage is
reliant on the political framework of a city,
region or nation.
work package 2:
2nd Network Meeting
Berlin, March 2013
On 10th and 11th March 2013, all project
partners met at the Humboldt Univer-
sity in Berlin to assess the realisation of
planned activities in the first milestone
and to evaluate the results.
All Work package Managers presented
their current status in fulfilling their as-
signed tasks. Furthermore, the overall
project progress was presented and dis-
cussed.
A first online conference broadcast was
carried out, permitting other interested
bodies and persons to participate in the
conference.
The attendance of Mrs Stillerova from
EU Joint Technical Secretariat in Vienna
helped to answer remaining questions
regarding finances, reports and project
administration. The meeting attested to a
good progress of the transnational coop-
eration
Forte Cultura - project partner
© Prusowski, HU Berlin
The city of Kronach discussed different
possible applications and solutions for in-
novative tourist guides in the context of
fortress monuments.
The need of technical adaptations to pro-
vide the "Smartphone generation" with
adequate information and interactive of-
fers were also discussed. The workshop
laid the groundwork for the development
of the pilot project.
ECCOFORT explained the principle frame
and content of the culture route. Mr
Rohrscheidt
(KULTOUR.PL) presented the
Polish experiences in the organised tour-
ism of fortifications.
The partner agreed to a first agenda of
quality criteria for the further develop-
ment steps of the culture route Forte Cul-
tura. Fortress City Olomouc participated
as an interested partner in possible future
cooperation.
Therefore, the attendance of regional pol-
iticians was a good signal for the whole
Province of Verona and for the Project
Forte Cultura. This assures us that the
general aims of the workshop and also
of the whole project are well understood
and acknowledged by public authorities.
work package 5:
Exploring the world's biggest
tourism fair
Berlin, March 2013
In preparation of the Culture Route Forte
Cultura and the development of new mar-
keting instruments for fortification herit-
age some project partners visited the In-
ternational Tourism Fair (ITB) on the 10th
March 2013 in Berlin.
They analysed the tourist offers in the
field of historic fortifications and monu-
ments, how they are used by different
The architectural value of the “Austro-
Hungarian Fortress Heritage” partly lying
in the Province of Verona, was pointed
out in relation of the UNESCO-World
Heritage List.