Osijek Joins the Night of Fortresses Croatia Cultural Event
May 3, 2023 - The cultural and tourist event Night of Fortresses takes place at established monuments of cultural heritage in the territories of Croatia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina - three countries included in the Interreg IPA CBC HR-BA-ME program area.
As SiB writes, the first edition of the regional cultural event Night of Fortresses, was held at the end of April 2022. The organizers of this unique event are partners in the FORTITUDE project: Fortress of Culture Šibenik, City of Banja Luka, City of Karlovac, and Municipality of Bar.
The FORTITUDE project aims to improve the cultural and tourism offer in cities with established heritage in the cross-border area of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro and to raise awareness of the potential and importance of the valorization of cultural heritage as a generator of cultural tourism development. For this reason, the strategically important goal of the project is to strengthen networking and cooperation among managers of established heritage in cross-border areas by launching a new joint initiative - a cross-border cultural event called the Night of Fortresses.
Accordingly, in cooperation with the Museum of Slavonia, the Osijek Fortress Reconstruction Agency is organizing an appropriate program on Friday, May 5, 2023, on the eve of the Night of Fortresses event.
The Museum of Slavonia offers free entry to all visitors from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Visitors can view the exhibitions "Painting: the Technique of Painting Walls with Stencils and Rollers"; "Goodbye Kuna, Good Morning Euro!" and the newly opened guest exhibition "MUO in Slavonia, Slavonia in MUO," created in cooperation with the Museum of Arts and Crafts from Zagreb. Also, museum publications will be available at a reduced price in the museum souvenir shop.
At 6:00 p.m., a guided tour of the Osijek Fortress begins with the tourist guide Stanislav Subotić. Stories about the Fortress will bring interesting facts about historical figures and events and the purpose of certain buildings, such as the Magistrate's building, which today houses the Museum of Slavonia. The Osijek Fortress was built on the model of the lowland Dutch military fortifications, and the Austrian military authorities started the planned construction after the liberation of the city from Ottoman rule at the beginning of the 18th century. The starting point of the guided tour is the Votive Statue on Holy Trinity Square.
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Night of Fortresses Event To Be Held at Seven Venues of Routes of Frankopans Project
ZAGREB, 29 April (2022) - The Night of Fortresses, a cultural event promoting fortification architecture and monument heritage in Europe, will be held on 29 and 30 April at seven venues of the cultural and tourism project "The Routes of the Frankopans".
The event is taking place as part of the European project "Fortitude" with the aim of attracting visitors to heritage localities, with interpretive walks and tours.
Admission is free to programmes to be organised at Trsat Castle, Grobnik Castle, Bakar Castle, Nova Kraljevica Castle, Bribir Castle, Zrinski Castle in Čabar and Zrinski Castle at Brod na Kupi.
The organisers - Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, local government units and tourism boards and museums, said that 30 April marks the death of Croatian noblemen Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan, calling on visitors to attend the Night of the Fortresses event.
The project "The Routes of the Frankopans", promoting the heritage of the Frankopan family, was launched by Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in 2005 with the aim of restoring, protecting and ensuring the sustainable use of that noble family's tangible and non-tangible heritage.
The project covers 17 castles and three sacral buildings located in the area from Krk via Vinodol to Gorski Kotar.
The Routes of the Frankopans is the biggest cultural project in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, worth more than HRK 67 million. Since 2017 it has been co-financed by the EU.
A hiking trail with 41 control points will be launched on Saturday at Kaštel Gradec on Krk island, where the Frankopan family hails from.
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