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European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018

BREAKING NEWS: European Commission publishes proposal for the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018

Brussels / The Hague, 30 August 2016 – In time for the political rentrée in September, the European Commission has today published its long-awaited proposal for the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. After the initial announcement by EU Commissioner Tibor Navracsics in April 2016, the Commission’s detailed proposal now sets the framework in which the European Year will take place. It sends a strong signal to both citizens and policy-makers that cultural heritage matters for Europe and is at the heart of what connects peoples, cities, regions and countries in Europe.

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Heritage Award Liszt Academy of Music

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The Hague / Budapest, 8 August 2016 – Plácido Domingo, in his capacity as President of Europa Nostra, Europe’s leading heritage organisation, and Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, were in Budapest yesterday afternoon to pay a special visit to the Liszt Academy of Music and to celebrate the exemplary rehabilitation of its Art Nouveau Weiterlesen

Protection of heritage has become a humanitarian imperative and a security issue

UNESCO’s Director-General: “The protection of heritage has become a humanitarian imperative and a security issue”

We are delighted to inform you that the full press release prepared by Europa Nostra was posted this morning on the UNESCO website.

Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, Irina Bokova, Sada Mire, and Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović. Photo: Europa Nostra
Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, Irina Bokova, Sada Mire, and Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović. Photo: Europa Nostra

PRESS RELEASE

“The destruction of heritage is inseparable from the persecution of people. This is why we consider the protection of cultural heritage today as far more than a cultural issue. This has become a humanitarian imperative, and a security issue,” stated UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova yesterday in The Hague during the Europe Lecture 2016, organised by the European Lecture Weiterlesen

European Historic Houses Association

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Rodolphe de Looz-Corswarem, President of the European Historic Houses Association, taking the floor at Schönbrunn Palace (Vienna)

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As you will notice in our newsletter, the year 2016 got off to a great start in many areas for the association.
We organised two important events. The first one in France (Fontainebleau) gathered together our Next Gen Group. The second one was our annual field trip with the Members of the Association and took place in Vienna and surroundings last month. Both events reassured me on the vitality and innovative thinking of our members, bringing at the forefront the essential role private Weiterlesen

Grand Prix winners of the European Heritage Awards

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Madrid, 24 May 2016 – The winners of the 2016 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards, Europe’s top honour in the field, were celebrated this evening during a high-profile event at the Zarzuela Theatre in Madrid. Maestro Plácido Domingo, President of Europa Nostra, the leading heritage organisation in Europe, and Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, co-hosted the European Heritage Awards Ceremony and presented the 7 Grand Prix and the Public Choice Award, chosen from among the 28 winning projects of this year.

The 7 Grand Prix laureates, selected by independent expert juries and entitled to receive €10,000 each, are:

Category Conservation

▪ Traditional Watermill in Agios Germanos, Prespes, Greece

▪ The King’s Little Pathway in El Chorro gorge, Malaga, Spain

▪ Wimpole Hall’s Gothic Tower in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

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Vote for the Public Choice Award and win a trip to Madrid!

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Vote for the Public Choice Award and win a trip to Madrid!
You can choose from among this year’s winners of the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage Europa Nostra Awards until 8 May 2016. There are 28 projects from 16 countries in competition.

The project with the most votes will receive the Public Choice Award during the European Heritage Awards Ceremony on 24 May 2016 at Teatro de la Zarzuela co-hosted by the European Commissioner Tibor Navracsics and Europa Nostra’s President, Maestro Plácido Domingo.

VOTE NOW and have the chance to be a special guest at our Awards Ceremony in Madrid! Forward this email and share our social media messages.

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European Year of Cultural Heritage in 2018

BREAKING NEWS: European Commission proposes European Year of Cultural Heritage in 2018

Dear Members and Friends of Europa Nostra, 

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The day of 19 April 2016 shall be remembered as a historic day for our ever-growing European movement for cultural heritage! 

During the opening session of the bi-annual European Culture Forum in Brussels, Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, publicly announced Weiterlesen

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Venice Lagoon: THE Most Endangered Site in Europe

Europa Nostra, through the voice of its President, Maestro Plácido Domingo, has urged the international community and the authorities at all levels to join forces to save the Venice Lagoon which is seriously endangered by climate change and by various forms of unsuitable (tourism) development. Plácido Domingo made this appeal in a video message (Italian and English) broadcast at a public event held on 16 March in Venice by Europa Nostra and the European Investment Bank Institute. Watch video

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Europe’s 7 Most Endangered Heritage Sites 2016 announced

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The Hague / Luxembourg, 16 March 2016 – The Archaeological site of Ererouyk and the village of Ani Pemza in Armenia, Patarei Sea Fortress in Tallinn in Estonia, Helsinki-Malmi Airport in Finland, Colbert Swing Bridge in Dieppe in France, the Kampos of Chios in Greece, the Convent of St. Anthony of Padua in Extremadura in Spain, and the Ancient city of Hasankeyf and its surroundings in Turkey have been named as the 7 Most Endangered heritage sites in Europe in 2016. Europa Nostra, the leading European heritage organisation, and the European Investment Bank Institute (EIBI) made the announcement today during a public event at the Ateneo Veneto in Venice, Italy.

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No to the closure of the Textile Museum of Lyon

Dear Board and Council members of Europa Nostra,

 

we are glad to inform you that our President, Maestro Placido Domingo, wrote to the French Minister for Culture and Communication concerning the possible closure of the Museum of Textiles and Decorative Arts in Lyon.

For more information, please consult our website here.

We strongly encourage you to support this campaign by signing the petition „No to the closure of the Textile Museum of Lyon“ to help exceed the symbolic threshold of 100,000 signatories.

Kind regards

 

Louise

 

Louise van Rijckevorsel

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The Voice of Cultural Heritage in Europe  /  La Voix du patrimoine culturel en Europe

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Cultural Heritage Counts for Europe! Download the outcomes here