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FORTE CULTURA\u00ae is the European Cultural Route of Fortified Monuments and represents the European cultural heritage of fortresses. This includes individual fortresses, fortified towns, citadels, fortified castles and palaces, fortified sacred buildings, large fortress systems, defence lines and the bunkers of the two world wars and the Cold War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit modern museums with interactive exhibitions and multimedia shows or experience history up close with living history programmes and staged guided tours. Enjoy great concerts and music festivals, art installations and live performances, children's events and re-enactments. FORTE CULTURA takes you along the European cultural route of fortress monuments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FORTE CULTURA fortresses introduce themselves<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In our FORTE CULTURA fortress portraits you will find lots of interesting information about the respective fortress monument. Browse through exciting leisure and adventure programmes, historical background information and architectural highlights. Get in touch with the local players and book your next excursion or cultural event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Alessandria<\/a><\/div>

Alessandria (IT)<\/a><\/h4>
Citadel: Unique fortress on the River Tanaro - a symbol of culture, memory and defence<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Annweiler<\/a><\/div>

Annweiler (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Trifels Fortified Castle (DE), fascinating history in the Palatinate Forest<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Bad<\/a><\/div>

Bad D\u00fcrkheim (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Hardenburg castle and fortress ruins (DE)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Bard<\/a><\/div>

Bard (IT)<\/a><\/h4>
Bulwark at the entrance to the Aostetal - masterpiece of fortress construction at the beginning of the 19th century<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Belfort<\/a><\/div>

Belfort (FR)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortress system: impregnable bulwark designed by Vauban and a symbol of resistance<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Fortress<\/a><\/div>

B\u00fcdingen (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortress town: 500 years of fortress architecture in the county of Ysenburg-B\u00fcdingen<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Cochem<\/a><\/div>

Cochem (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Government bunker: Bundesbank bunker in Cochem - German currency history during the Cold War<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Dahn<\/a><\/div>

Dahn (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortified castles in Dahn (DE), romantic castle ruins in the Palatinate Forest<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Daugavpils<\/a><\/div>

Daugavpils (LV)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortified Ideal City: the last bastion-style fortress in the world to be completed!<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Dettenheim-Ru\u00dfheim<\/a><\/div>

Dettenheim-Ru\u00dfheim (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Military bunker: Museum Westwall Bunker Dettenheim-Ru\u00dfheim (DE)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"D\u00f6mitz<\/a><\/div>

D\u00f6mitz (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Citadel and fortified ideal city: the only completely preserved Renaissance pentagonal citadel in northern Germany<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Fortezza<\/a><\/div>

Fortezza (IT)<\/a><\/h4>
Bulwark on the Brenner Pass - a masterpiece of Austrian fortress architecture<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Weissenburg<\/a><\/div>

Germersheim (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortress town: Germersheim Fortress as part of the Rhenish fortress line of the German Confederation<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Gizycko<\/a><\/div>

Gizycko (PL)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortress system: Prussian fortress architecture in the heart of the Masurian Lake District<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Gorgast<\/a><\/div>

Gorgast (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Fort: outer fortress of the Prussian fortress K\u00fcstrin, jewel of military architecture in the Oder-Warthe region<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Grauerort<\/a><\/div>

Grauerort (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortress: The artillery fort on the Elbe cycle path, Prussian fortress architecture of the 19th century<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Griesheim-sur-Souffel<\/a><\/div>

Griesheim-sur-Souffel (FR)<\/a><\/h4>
Military bunker: Nellkopf Infantry Base I52 (FR)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Haguenau<\/a><\/div>

Haguenau (FR)<\/a><\/h4>
Military bunker: fortress (large shelter) of the Maginot Line<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Hornisgrinde<\/a><\/div>

Hornisgrinde (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Military bunker: former French command bunker Hornisgrinde (DE)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ingolstadt<\/a><\/div>

Ingolstadt (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Bavarian state fortress Ingolstadt, major fortress system on the Danube<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Josefov<\/a><\/div>

Josefov (CZ)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortified ideal city: pearl of fortress construction of the KuK monarchy<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Kaub<\/a><\/div>

Kaub (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortified Pfalzgrafenstein Castle (DE), unique customs castle in the middle of the Rhine<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Kehl-Neum\u00fchl<\/a><\/div>

Kehl-Neum\u00fchl (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Military bunker: Westwall camouflage bunker Kehl-Neum\u00fchl (DE)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Fortress<\/a><\/div>

Kiev (UA)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortress system: National Historical-Architectural Museum \"The Kiev Fortress\"<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Klingenm\u00fcnster<\/a><\/div>

Klingenm\u00fcnster (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortified Landeck Castle (DE), castle ruins with an exciting adventure programme<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Koblenz<\/a><\/div>

Koblenz (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Prussian large-scale festival system at the confluence of the Moselle and Rhine rivers<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Koblenz<\/a><\/div>

Koblenz Ehrenbreitstein (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortress: Imposing fortress opposite the Deutsches Eck (DE)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Kom\u00e1rom<\/a><\/div>

Kom\u00e1rom (HU)<\/a><\/h4>
Fort: part of the Austro-Hungarian fortification system Kom\u00e1rno (SK)\/ Kom\u00e1rom (HU)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"K\u00f6nigstein<\/a><\/div>

K\u00f6nigstein, Saxony (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortress: One of the most beautiful and powerful mountain fortresses in Europe<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Kostrzyn<\/a><\/div>

Kostrzyn nad Odr\u0105 (PL)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortress system: Prussian bulwark and once shining fortress city on the Oder<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Rosenberg<\/a><\/div>

Kronach (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Rosenberg Fortress - the magnificent crown of the Lucas Cranach town of Kronach<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"La<\/a><\/div>

La L\u00ednea de la Concepci\u00f3n (ES)<\/a><\/h4>
Lines of defence: Defence bulwark against Gibraltar; forts and bunkers from 300 years of fortification history<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Landstuhl<\/a><\/div>

Landstuhl (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortified Nanstein Castle (DE), Barbarossa's stronghold on the Kahlenberg<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Lembach<\/a><\/div>

Lembach (FR)<\/a><\/h4>
Military bunker: fortress (large shelter) of the Maginot Line<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Mainz<\/a><\/div>

Mainz (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortress system: 2000 years of fortress history - from Roman fort to Prussian imperial fortress<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Medzhybizh<\/a><\/div>

Medzhybizh (UA)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortress: White Swan of Podolia; the eventful history of a town and its fortress<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"M\u00fcrlenbach<\/a><\/div>

M\u00fcrlenbach (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortified Bertradaburg Castle (DE)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Neuried<\/a><\/div>

Neuried Altenheim (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Military bunker: Westwall camouflage bunker \"Emilie\" (DE)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Nysa<\/a><\/div>

Nysa (PL)<\/a><\/h4>
Eventful (fortress) history in Upper Silesia - part of the former Prussian Neisse fortification system<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Samuel's<\/a><\/div>

Ohrid (MKD)<\/a><\/h4>
Medieval fortress in the unique UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site of the Lake Ohrid region<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Pelm<\/a><\/div>

Pelm (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortified Kasselburg Castle (DE), eagle and wolf park in a historic setting<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Vy\u0161ehrad<\/a><\/div>

Prague Vy\u0161ehrad (CZ)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortress: National cultural monument,\nImpressive history and legends high above the Vltava River<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Fortress<\/a><\/div>

Rasnov (RO)<\/a><\/h4>
Cultural fortress in the heart of Transylvania, legends and fairy tales at the former peasant castle<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"WGM<\/a><\/div>

Rastatt (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Museum of defence history in the former federal fortress of Rastatt<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Reimerswiller<\/a><\/div>

Reimerswiller (FR)<\/a><\/h4>
Military bunker: Bunker PC Reimerswiller - Historical Museum (FR)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Sabbioneta<\/a><\/div>

Sabbioneta (IT)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortified ideal city, UNESCO: fortress architecture in hitherto unknown perfection<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"View<\/a><\/div>

San Marino (SMR)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortress system, UNESCO: Sky fortresses in one of the oldest republics in the world<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Sant'Oreste<\/a><\/div>

Sant'Oreste (IT)<\/a><\/h4>
World War II and Cold War bunkers: Monte Soratte, the hidden fortress north of Rome<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Schoenenbourg<\/a><\/div>

Schoenenbourg (FR)<\/a><\/h4>
Military bunker: cornerstone of the Maginot Line in Alsace<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"\u0160ibenik<\/a><\/div>

\u0160ibenik (HR)<\/a><\/h4>
Cultural fortress \u0160ibenik, fascinating fortress system on the Adriatic Sea<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Srebrna<\/a><\/div>

Srebrna G\u00f3ra (PL)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortress system: Polish National Park - cultural fortress in the Silesian Owl Mountains<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"St.<\/a><\/div>

St. Johann (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortified B\u00fcrresheim Castle (DE), fairytale castle in the Eifel region<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Strausberg<\/a><\/div>

Strausberg (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Government bunker: GDR telecommunications bunker - Cold War memorial site <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Suomenlinna<\/a><\/div>

Suomenlinna (FI)<\/a><\/h4>
Sveaborg sea fortress on the outskirts of Helsinki,\nExperience unique fortress history in a UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Terez\u00edn<\/a><\/div>

Terez\u00edn (CZ)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortified ideal city: masterpiece of fortress architecture, historic Elbe fortress and memorial to the Second World War<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Torgau<\/a><\/div>

Torgau (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
The only large fortress system in Saxony still preserved in parts; fortified Hartenfels Castle<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ulm<\/a><\/div>

Ulm (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortress system: One of the largest fortifications in Europe with a varied programme of experiences on the Danube<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Valle<\/a><\/div>

Valle Sabbia (IT)<\/a><\/h4>
Rocca d'Anfo fortress: Italy's largest Napoleonic fortress; nature, architecture and history high above Lake Idro<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Walbourg<\/a><\/div>

Walbourg (FR)<\/a><\/h4>
Museum 1870-1945 Alsace (FR)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Windischleuba<\/a><\/div>

Windischleuba (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortified moated castle: popular youth hostel with a wide range of facilities in a historic setting<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ziegenhain<\/a><\/div>

Ziegenhain (DE)<\/a><\/h4>
Fortress town: Hessian land fortress - bulwark of the Protestants, where confirmation was once invented<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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FORTE CULTURA stations by country<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>