FORTE CULTURA connects the most beautiful destinations in Europe with their historical fortress monuments.
Discover exciting European history with our cultural tours, active tours or educational trips.
FORTE CULTURA Fortress regions
Experience the history of entire fortress regions and learn how fortress construction developed under the influence of regional and supra-regional politics, traditions and cultures.
FORTE CULTURA travel recommendations
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Travel recommendations inspire.
Discover exciting
FORTE CULTURA Fortresses
throughout Europe.
FORTE CULTURA
Travelling
Take advantage of the fortress travel offers from our cooperation partners or put together your own individual fortress tour from various travel modules.
Cultural ribbon
fortified monuments
on the Elbe river
From its source in the Czech Giant Mountains to its mouth in the North Sea near Cuxhaven, the Elbe river connects 1091 kilometres of magnificent cultural landscapes.
Conquer the FORTE CULTURA Elbe fortresses and discover the region from a new perspective.
Cultural heritage
fortified monuments
of the Upper Rhine region
The Upper Rhine region is one of the most fought-over regions in Europe. Fortified monuments from all eras bear witness to this exciting cultural history. Today they are monuments full of life and culture.
Discover the history of fortress construction over the last 350 years in the 30 FORTE CULTURA fortresses and museums on the Upper Rhine.
FORTE CULTURA stations by region
Fortress INCLUSIVE
As a European cultural route, FORTE CULTURA helps to preserve the important cultural heritage of fortified monuments and make it accessible to everyone.
FORTE CULTURA inclusion projects
Together with the Aktion Mensch lottery, FORTE CULTURA regularly initiates projects to make the fortress landscape in Germany more inclusive and barrier-free, e.g. in the Aktion Mensch programme "#1 Barrier Less". We share information from our projects with our partner fortresses across Europe at international conferences, thereby raising awareness of inclusion in fortress tourism and supporting new projects.
Please contact our network office if you would like to support our initiatives.
Experience programmes for people with disabilities
FORTE CULTURA has created the following barrier-free experiences in fortresses:
- Germersheim Fortress: Tour for blind and visually impaired people with audio files and information in Braille,
- Feste Kaiser Franz Koblenz: Audio circular route in easy language,
- Fort Gorgast: German-Polish signposting and circular route in easy language.
