Welcome to the May newsletter!
We would like to begin this issue of the newsletter by thanking the nearly 120 people who attended our Biennial Conference 2023 in Lund, Sweden, for making it such a great success. You can now review all the videos, presentations, posters and our recap of this two-day event on our website!
It is also with much pride that we present this month the new pilgrimage trail for children of the Harz Monastery Route in Germany, designed by the Harz Tourist Association, which will be hiked for the first time in June in the frame of FRH's Run for Heritage campaign.
Other news items you can't miss this month are the summary of our Run for Heritage in Lund, the upcoming EXPER conference, PARCUM's new website of chapels in Flanders, the Heritage Prize awarded to the Open Churches network, KMKD's publication "Edirne, Architectural Heritage at Risk" and two new interviews of the European Year of Skills section with bell maker Olivier Baudri (Belgium) and the Marinelli family (Italy) who runs one of the oldest bell foundries in the world.
At the European level, we recommend you keep an eye out for the new edition of European Heritage Days that will take place in September, two open calls for projects on innovation and sustainable tourism, and the recently published Red List of Endangered Crafts.
To finish, we invite you to visit six religious heritage sites in Veszprém (Hungary), one of the three European Capitals of Culture for 2023, with this month's Religiana list.
See you next month!
Jordi Mallarach
FRH Executive Officer
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LET'S MOVE TOGETHER! “CHILDREN'S PILGRIMAGE TRAIL” FROM ILSENBURG MONASTERY TO DRÜBECK MONASTERY
Walking a pilgrimage trail is an experience for all ages. The Harz Tourist Association is well aware of this. Inspired by the Run for Heritage campaign of FRH, the association has created a new pilgrimage trail that will invite children to hike a stage of 3,5 km of the Harz Monastery Route between Ilsenburg and Drübeck. Do you want to discover more about the endless possibilities of pilgrimage trails for the younger public? Read Melanie Krilleke’s article about how the Harz Tourist Association is dealing with this reality and how they have developed the new children's pilgrimage trail. READ MORE >>
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FRH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE 2023: THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT A SUCCESS!
The FRH Biennial Conference 2023 gathered nearly 120 heritage professionals in Lund to discuss the different aspects of sustainability from an interdisciplinary perspective. For two days we were nourished by leading professionals and academics on the challenges for the ecological, but also economic, social and cultural sustainability of religious heritage, which sparked interesting debates and exchanges. Did you miss it or were you there and want to refresh your memory? Here is a recap of the main highlights and takeaways. READ MORE >>
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UPCOMING FRH TALK TO DISCUSS SKILLS AND ENDANGERED HERITAGE CRAFTS
The next session of the FRH Talks will take a deep look at the Red List of Endangered Crafts, recently published by the Heritage Crafts Association. It will be a fantastic opportunity to know more about some fundamental crafts for religious heritage and explore possible solutions for their survival. READ MORE >>
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NEW WEBSITE AND BOOK FEATURING CHAPELS IN FLANDERS
FRH member PARCUM has been working since last year on the first online repository of chapels in Flanders. The website kapelletjes.be is already up and running with more than 13.600 chapels to discover. In addition to the website, interested people can have a look at the stories related to the chapels in the book "Kapel gezocht" (Chapel wanted) that can be acquired on PARCUM's online store. READ MORE >>
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OPEN CHURCHES FRANCE AWARDED WITH THE PRIX PATRIMOINE OF THE STÉPHANE BERN FOUNDATION
The Open Churches network in France has been awarded the 2022 Heritage Prize of the Stephane Bern Foundation. The prize rewards actions to enhance the built and/or landscape heritage, located on French territory, with the aim of broadening access and understanding of heritage to as many people as possible. Supported by a network of municipalities, parishes, associations and volunteers, Open Churches France contributes to keeping nearly 120 churches welcoming to visitors by organising tours, exhibitions and other activities. READ MORE >>
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EDIRNE: ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AT RISK
The Association for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (KMKD) has released a new publication analysing cultural structures at risk in the region of Edirne, the most north-western region of Turkey, bordering Greece and Bulgaria. This publication is the outcome of the project "Edirne Heritage" and includes 10 endangered religious structures. READ MORE >>
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YOUNG PEOPLE FROM LUND RAN FOR HERITAGE WITH FRH AND BURB
The first Run for Heritage of 2023 took place in Lund, as part of our pre-conference activities. A group of high-school students cycled to some of the most important burial sites in the town, which include the Northern and Easter cemeteries. Find out more about their experience! READ MORE >>
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THREE DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER FOR THE EXPER CONFERENCE (1 & 2 JUNE IN PARIS)
The conference is organised by the coordinator of EXPER and FRH associate member Cécile Doustaly and will feature the chair of the FRH Scientific Committee, Henrik Lindblad, as a speaker. Its aim is to present the initial results of the EU-funded research project EXPER, the first phase of which has focused on the impact of religious heritage sites on the construction and maintenance of global imaginaries and "glocal" communities. The deadline to register is 24 May. READ MORE >>
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FRH AT THE LAUNCH OF THE EUROPEAN HERITAGE HUB
On 10 May FRH attended the official launch of the new European Heritage Hub of the European Commission in Brussels. The hub will run from May 2023 to April 2025 and will provide a platform for knowledge sharing and advocacy for cultural heritage. It will be implemented by a consortium formed by the Europeana Foundation, Eurocities, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability and KU Leuven and led by Europa Nostra. READ MORE>>
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THIS SECTION IS FOR MEMBERS ONLY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER, MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE. READ MORE >>
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FRH EVENTS
>25 May - FRH Talks | European Year of Skills: the future of endangered heritage crafts. Register now>>
>29 June - Run for Heritage in Ilsenburg (Germany). More information>>
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THE EUROPEAN HERITAGE DAYS 2023 WILL BE DEDICATED TO "LIVING HERITAGE"
The next edition of the European Heritage Days 2023 aims at linking the past and present of cultural heritage under the theme "Living Heritage". In the organisers' words: “Living heritage refers to the practices, knowledge and skills that have been passed from one generation to the next, and are still in use today". This joint initiative of the Council of Europe and the European Commission will be back in September 2023. If you are an organisation and want to join this Europe-wide celebration you can submit your ideas for activities and events to your national coordinator. READ MORE >>
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LAST DAYS TO SUBMIT A PROJECT
PROPOSAL TO EIT CULTURE & CREATIVITY
EIT Culture & Creativity is looking for proposals to strengthen entrepreneurship and innovation and accelerate the competitiveness of European Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI). Successful projects will be included in the EIT Business Plan for 2024-2025. The Institute has a budget of up to €10.45 million for 2024 to finance the selected projects. The deadline for submissions is 31 May 2023. READ MORE >>
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FINAL CALL TO APPLY FOR THE DESTINATION OF SUSTAINABLE CULTURAL TOURISM AWARDS 2023
Applications for the Destination Sustainable Cultural Tourism Awards 2023 will close on 1 June. If you are an organisation promoting sustainable cultural tourism in Europe, hurry up and participate. To celebrate the European Year of Skills 2023, a new category has been created: "Traditional Skills, Crafts and Creativity". The winners will be announced in October, during the 16th International Conference for Cultural Tourism in Pafos (Cyprus). READ MORE >>
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As a signatory of the European Skills Pact, FRH presents a new section in collaboration with Mad'in Europe, in which we will discuss the importance of maintaining heritage craftsmanship and ensuring crafts do not become extinct through a series of interviews with professional craftspeople. May is dedicated to bell foundries.
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INTERVIEW WITH BELL MANUFACTURERS MARINELLI (ITALY) AND JULIEN CALCATERA (FRANCE) AND INSTALLATION SPECIALIST OLIVIER BAUDRI (BELGIUM)
This month we sat to talk with bell maker Julien Calcatera, who speaks of his concern about the lack of trained professionals to guarantee a future for this centuries-old craft; the Marinelli brothers, whose foundry has been operating in the small village of Agnone, preserving the same techniques and materials for more than 1,000 years; and Olivier Baudri, a bell founder and specialist in bells installation, who runs the Bell and Carillon Museum in the Belgian village of Tellin. READ MORE >>
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Are you a craftsperson and would you like to appear in this section? Write to us at members@frh-europe.org telling us about yourself and the crafts you work with and we will get in touch with you.
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THE 2023 RED LIST OF ENDANGERED CRAFTS IS OUT!
The Red List of Endangered Crafts is compiled and published by the Heritage Crafts Association (UK) every two years with the aim of drawing attention to the complex situation of many crafts, some of which could be lost forever. The 2023 edition has classified 62 crafts as critically endangered and 84 as endangered. FRH will go in depth on the new list on 25 May at the FRH Talk with Heritage Crafts Association, in which we will talk about some fundamental crafts for religious heritage. In the meantime, you can have a look at the list and get ready to join our conversation. READ MORE >>
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FRH is an independent, non-faith, not-for-profit organisation working to promote religious heritage buildings and their contents across Europe. It currently has more than 80 full members and 120 associate members from over 35 countries.
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