27-28 March 2025, Forte di Bard, IT

As part of the FORTE CULTURA Congress 2025 at Forte di Bard (IT), a workshop was held on the “Mountain Fortresses Project”. The project, led by the Srebrna Góra Fortress (PL), aims to get mountain fortresses on the UNESCO World Heritage List. At the workshop, the participating partners Srebrna Góra Fortress (PL), Königstein Fortress, Saxony (DE), Forte di Bard (IT), Rocca D’Anfo Fortress (IT) and Forte di Fenestrelle (IT) presented their locations as well as their challenges and similarities as mountain fortresses.

Moderated by Dr. Marcin GORSKI (Technical Uiversity of Warsaw [PL] and member of FORTE CULTURA Scientific Committee), experienced experts on the subject of fortress heritage and the UNESCO World Heritage List complemented the workshop with specialist contributions:

Further non recorded presentations:

• High mountain fortresses: Comparative analysis
  phd. hab. prof. Grzegorz PODRUCZNY, Prof. UAM, Faculty of History, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań (PL)
• Introduction to the role of tourism in the World Heritage system
  phd ing. Katarzyna PAŁUBSKA, Faculty of Historical Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw (PL)
• The Finnish World Heritage Sites Interpretation Project
  Carita WILENIUS-RANTALA, Executive Director, Ehrensvärd Society, Suomenlinna UNESCO WHS, Helsinki (FI)