Cultural Heritage
The newly created European Heritage Hub, in which Europa Nostra plays a leading role, has launched a campaign Putting Culture & Heritage at the Heart of Climate Action to highlight and strengthen the role of the arts, culture and heritage sectors in addressing the climate crisis.
Alongside Europa Nostra UK’s AGM this year, Professor Richard Hodges OBE will deliver a keynote speech about the ways in which climate change has impacted work at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Butrint. Join us on Thursday 16th November, at 18:00 for the AGM and from 18:30-19.30 for the keynote speech.
The Europa Nostra lecture is a new addition to the programme of the annual Agora. Launched in Venice on the occasion of the organisation’s 60th anniversary, the Lecture Programme was created at the suggestion and thanks to the generous donation of Dr Peter Collins, Diamond Member of Europa Nostra from Oxford, in memory of his late […]
“Refusing our old ways – falling in love with the Earth again”. A speech given by: Višnja Kisić, Forest University, Fruška Gora, Serbia
In the second of our series of webinars of European Heritage Award/Europa Nostra Award winners, we invited the Heritage Opportunities/threats within Mega-Events in Europe (HOMEE) to talk to us about the research that won them an award in 2022. This is an ongoing series, if you are interested in attending future events do visit our Eventbrite page where our schedule of webinars is published.
Launched in June with a brilliant presentation from DigVentures’ Lisa Westcott Wilkins, our series continues with talks from Europa Nostra Award-winning projects that are of particular interest for the UK.
On Friday 23rd June, we launched an exciting new webinar series in which we will be showcasing UK winners of European heritage award programmes alongside heritage projects from across Europe that are of particular interest for the UK.
Organised by Europa Nostra, Romanian Order of Architects and Associata Prin Banat in the frame of the International Forum on Historic Centres. Reflections by Sara Crofts, Europa Nostra Council Member and Chair of Europa Nostra UK
Earlier this year, twelve students and young heritage professionals from across Europe and beyond have been selected as the 2023 cohort of the European Heritage Youth Ambassadors Programme, coordinated by Europa Nostra, The European Students’ Association for Cultural Heritage (ESACH) and The European Heritage Tribune.
The 7 Most Endangered monuments and heritage sites in Europe in 2023 – the 10th anniversary year of the programme – were announced by The Hague on 13 April.
With one exception, they are all located in countries formerly – wholly or partly – under communist/undemocratic control. Many of the problems highlighted reflect the difficulties they have inherited, in terms of weak public accountability and a lack of funding in support of heritage sites.