The EFFORTS SURVEY on Socio-Economic Impact of fortified sites stays open, so as to optimize the collection of data from all fortified sites. If you have not done this, you can fill in the survey on https://forms.gle/96iPtwJLt6fg4xai6 until 1 February 2021 ! The survey, set up with Fortress of Culture SIBENIK (HR), was the center … Continue reading EFFORTS CONGRESS 2020 on SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT FORTIFIED HERITAGE : Fill in the SURVEY!
CALL FOR CANDIDACIES FOR THE FORTE CULTURA – EFFORTS JOINT SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
The joint Forte Cultura - EFFORTS scientific committee will be active, via established sub-committees or ad-hoc committees in heritage, history, management, social science, environment and climate, architecture, archeology, digital development and databases and fortress management. We are looking for experts in these fields. The committee will be linked with the Forte Marghera EFFORTS Fortification Knowledge … Continue reading CALL FOR CANDIDACIES FOR THE FORTE CULTURA – EFFORTS JOINT SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
2020 EFFORTS AWARD
The 3nd EUROPEAN FORTRESS DAY was again organised in SEPTEMBER 2020 (the Open Monument Days month) and, exceptionally this year, along the lines of the special concept ; all sites and organisations were invited to show their summer actions coping with the Covid-19 crisis, affecting programming and employment to its core. At its 19 November … Continue reading 2020 EFFORTS AWARD
DIGITAL HERITAGE CONFERENCE
The presentations of the ‘Digital Heritage – Big data from the past’ conference in ‘s Hertogenbosch are consultable (in Dutch) on https://www.erfgoedshertogenbosch.nl/dataweek The EFFORTS Workshop on ‘Unlocking the past for sustainable urban development’ with the presentation of TIME MACHINE EUROPE of 14 October could not be organised as planned in Brussels at the EU Week … Continue reading DIGITAL HERITAGE CONFERENCE
EFFORTS COMMUNITY ROLL CALL : HELLEVOETSLUIS
Hellevoetsluis: glorious fortified harbor By Marco van Vulpen, quartermaster Fortresse Holland Hellevoetsluis has een one of the most important ports of the Dutch Navy for three centuries. From here the Dutch merchant fleet was protected and naval battles were conducted where necessary. Michiel de Ruyter undertook his famous trip to Chatham from Hellevoetsluis, and here … Continue reading EFFORTS COMMUNITY ROLL CALL : HELLEVOETSLUIS