ATRIUM President Patrick Leech was invited to participate in the preparatoriy Meeting for the Conference on “The role of Sites of remembrance: Places of commemoration, Places of education, Places of tourism” to be held in Paris from 16-17 December 2021.
On 17 December 2021 ATRIUM participates in a workshop for young people on how cultural routes may promote the diologue between generations.
For detailed information, download the programme.
After a series of meetings held between March and September 2021, the ATRIUM Cultural Route organises the first of four transnational training sessions within the WalkEUR Project. From 18-22 October 2021, twenty participants of the four Cultural Routes will meet in Forlì (Italy) to face the topic of Sources and Archives. Find out more about the programme and the speakers.
Further training sessions will be held in the coming month organised in Spain and Faenza (Italy) by the other participating cultural routes on the topics of Citizens Involvement, Cultural Managament as well as Marketing and Storytelling.
Find out more about the WalkEUR Project.
On 13-14 October 2021, the Hungarian Open Air Museum organises a two-day online conference "Slow or Eco-Designed Tourism: Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe in Hungary". The aim of the conference is to introduce the new possibilities and promote slow and eco-designed cultural tourism by presenting good practices. ATRIUM participates in the event with a contribution by the Association’s President Patrick Leech on 14 October.
For more details download the conference programme.
On 7 October 2021 h 15-17.30 (LuBeC, Lucca), ATRIUM participates in a high-ranking meeting organised by the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Fondazione Scuola per i beni e le attività culturali: "Itinerari culturali del Consiglio d’Europa: un modello integrato di sviluppo territoriale sostenibile". The meeing involves representatives of the Ministeries, Regions as well as some Certified Cultural Routes. Aim of the discussion is to explore the potential of cultural routes as an instrument to program integrated policies and national strategies.
Download the programme (in Italian language).
Find out more on the LuBeC website (in Italian language).
The article written by ATRIUM's President Patrick Leech gives a short overview on the history and present situation of the huge Buzluzdha Monument in Bulgaria. As the monuent is slowly disintegrating, ICOMOS Bulgaria and ICOMOS Germany are supporting the Buzluzdha Foundation in finding funds to save the building from decay. The author points out the importance of protecting such dissonant heritage, not only for its architectural or artistic value, but also for its great potential of reminding European citizens of the terrible claims of autocratic, dictatorial and totalitarian regimes of the 20th century.
Download the article (in Italian language).