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Spanish Steps

Tourists face €250 fines for sitting on Spanish Steps in Rome

August 16, 2019 - The Guardian

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Old Town of Trebinje

You’ve got mail: Bosnia’s last pigeon post office

August 15, 2019 - Balkan Insight

Hitler's Birth Place in Braunau am Inn, Austria

Hitler’s birthplace: Legal battle finally ends

August 14, 2019 - DW

A reconstruction of Chedworth Roman Villa in the 4th Century

Mystery of Chedworth’s 1,800-year-old Roman glass shard solved

August 13, 2019 - The Guardian

More News

Replica of Columbus' Pinta

Age of Discovery ship found perfectly preserved in Baltic Sea

August 12, 2019 - Independent

Baths of Caracalla, Rome

McDonald’s banned from site near ancient Rome baths

August 9, 2019 - CNN

French Cuisine

The rise and fall of French cuisine

August 8, 2019 - The Guardian

The Pont des Trous in 2005

Dismantling of Tournai’s gothic bridge met with protest in Belgium

August 7, 2019 - The Guardian

The Netherlands

Notre Dame on fire

Preventing & recovering from the destruction of cultural heritage: an overview of Dutch expertise

August 6, 2019 - DutchCulture

Belgrade Fortress, Belgrade

European experts strongly oppose the controversial cable-car project on the Belgrade Fortress, Serbia

August 5, 2019 - Europa Nostra

The former Cardiff Synagogue on Cathedral Road

Wales’ Jewish history: Call to record it before it is too late

August 2, 2019 - BBC

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European Heritage Days

Arts and Entertainment is the theme for 2019 European Heritage Days

April 5, 2019 - European Heritage Days

Basilique Saint Denis, France

Should we reconstruct lost monuments?

January 11, 2019 - Le Monde

Open registration for Archaeological excavation campaign in Mojacar la Vieca, Spain

April 24, 2019 - Red Historia

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Buildings & Landscapes

Robert Quarles van Ufford new Secretary General of the OWHC

July 26, 2019 - OWHC

Fell shepherding in the

Heritage, endangerment and participation: alternative futures in the Lake District

July 17, 2019 - Internationl Journal of Heritage Studies

Grade II listed building

Expert shortage threatens Britain’s Grade II buildings

July 12, 2019 - The Architect's Journal

Bourtzi Castle, Greece

Four archaeological sites in Peloponnesus, Greece to receive EU funding

July 12, 2019 - GTP Headlines

Caerlaverock Castle Quest app

Caerlaverock Castle Quest app: a game experience for family visitors

July 10, 2019 - Historic Environment Scotland

Europa Nostra Awards 2020

Europa Nostra: Call for Entries Europa Nostra Awards 2020

June 26, 2019 - Press Release Europa Nostra

Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin

Redesign for Berlin’s Checkpoint Charlie area sparks criticism

June 24, 2019 - Berlin Morgenpost

Intangible Heritage

French Cuisine

The rise and fall of French cuisine

August 8, 2019 - The Guardian

Heritage and Festivals in Europe： Performing Identities

Heritage and festivals in Europe: Performing identities

August 1, 2019 - Routledge

Hurling has been included in the list of Irish intangible heritage

Tinsmithing and winterage on the first list of Irish intangible heritage

July 25, 2019 - The Irish Times

German bratwurst

Why young Germans think this career is the wurst

July 23, 2019 - BBC

Pastéis de Belém, Portugal

Sophie Foggin: Does protecting Europe’s gastronomic heritage restrict innovation?

July 22, 2019 - Entrepreneur

Map of the Atlantic Ocean (1814)

EU-funded Atlantic CultureScape project to boost tourism launched

July 16, 2019 - Newry.ie

Linen from Prato, Italy (1540)

EU-funded TCBL project helps digitise textile archives in Prato, Italy

July 15, 2019 - CORDIS

Archaeology

Waterloo Battlefield

Waterloo battlefield therapy for British war veterans

July 30, 2019 - BBC

Oseberg ship, a similar Viking burial boat from Norway

Archaeologists unexpectedly uncovered two rare Viking burial boats in Sweden

July 19, 2019 - CNN

Bourtzi Castle, Greece

Four archaeological sites in Peloponnesus, Greece to receive EU funding

July 12, 2019 - GTP Headlines

Fire at the National Museum of Brazil

Italy pledges to lend 2,000 ancient artifacts to Brazil’s devastated National Museum

July 2, 2019 - artnet News

Excavation Site under the Acropolis Museum, Athens

Acropolis Museum’s huge archaeology dig disclosed the daily lives of the Ancient Greeks

June 27, 2019 - The Guardian

Roman Villa at Lullingstone, Kent

Remains of large Roman settlement found in Kent, Britain

May 28, 2019 - Daily Mail

Museum of Underwater Archaeology, Bodrum

Turkey’s underwater heritage protection knowledge to be exported to other countries

May 24, 2019 - Daily Sabah

Expert Categories

Digitalization

Call: The new multimedia competition on European heritage

July 18, 2019 - Heritage in Motion

Heritage in Motion is a multimedia competition for the creators and users of films, games, apps and websites on themes related to Europe’s heritage,... Continue reading

Notre-Dame fire

Europeana’s online exhibition on ‘Heritage at Risk’ highlights importance of digitisation of cultural heritage

July 18, 2019 - Europeana

Linen from Prato, Italy (1540)

EU-funded TCBL project helps digitise textile archives in Prato, Italy

July 15, 2019 - CORDIS

The Latin school on the Singel, Amsterdam - I. Smies 1802 Rijksmuseum Netherlands

Europeana and European Schoolnet working together to bring digital cultural heritage to classrooms

July 10, 2019 - Europeana

Policy

Ancient Greek theatre in Delos, Greece

Greece to receive €4,5 million for World Heritage sites

June 14, 2019 - Greek City Times

The European Union is to contribute 4,5 million euros in funding to help restore two of Greece’s World Heritage sites: The island of Delos and... Continue reading

Europeana: How Lithuania gamified learning about copyright and rights statements for cultural heritage

June 14, 2019 - Europeana

Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem

The problems with UNESCO’s ‘Eurocentric’ World Heritage site selection

May 25, 2019 - The Conversation

Munich, Germany

Europa Nostra issues 9 recommendations for EU-funded heritage research

May 24, 2019 - Europa Nostra

TOURISM

Cruise ships in Venice, Italy

Venice mayor urges Unesco to place city on world heritage blacklist

June 25, 2019 - The Guardian

Luigi Brugnaro, the mayor of Venice has asked the World Heritage committee of the UNESCO to place the city on a blacklist to raise... Continue reading

Bruges, Belgium tourism

Bruges latest European city to take measures to restrict tourism

June 13, 2019 - The Telegraph

EU sends 20,000 more young people out to explore Europe with DiscoverEU programme

June 13, 2019 - Europa.eu

Tourism in Venice

Four European organisations join forces for sustainable tourism

June 5, 2019 - NECSTour