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Altranstädt (Germany) celebrated Poppy Day 2019

Following a tradition of several years, the Association for the Promotion of Altranstädt Castle (Saxony, Germany), founding member of ENPP, celebrated the 11 November  known as “Poppy Day” which marks the end of the First World War in 1918. Members of the Association placed a wreath of white carnations and red poppies in the Memorial […]

PROF. DIOGO FREITAS DO AMARAL DIED TODAY MORNING

Professor Doctor DIOGO FREITAS DO AMARAL died today in Lisbon, at the Hospital where he was hospitalized for days and a victim of prolonged illness. The disappearance of Prof. Dr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral is a big loss for ENPP because since 2007 we started this project we have always had his support, strength and […]

International Peace Day in Kaynardzha (Bulgaria)

Kaynardzha Municipality (Bulgaria) celebrated the International Peace Day, last 21 September, with an exhibition of drawings made by students of the schools of the Municipality under the theme of Peace and under the auspices of the ENPP. Kaynardzha Municipality has been a member of the ENPP since 2015 and the well-known Kyuchyuk-Kaynardzha Peace Treaty was […]

ENPP WILL PARTICIPATE IN GENEVA FORUM 2019

ENPP will be represented at the 11TH GENEVA FORUM which will be held in Geneva from 9 to 13 December 2019 at the United Nations Headquarters in that Swiss city and will be attended by numerous governmental and non-governmental organizations from around the world. GENEVA FORUM is organized by OSI NGO (Objectif Sciences International) a […]

Application for Places of Peace Route analyzed in a German newspaper

Under the title “No culture trail but no giving up either – Network with Hubertusburg Castle wants to continue peace work” the German Newspaper “Oschatzer Allgemeine Zeitung” recently published an article by Ms.Jana Brechlin, in which she analyzed the candidacy of the Places of Peace Route for the Cultural Route of the Council of Europe […]

About the Certification of Places of Peace Route

In September 2017, the European Network Places of Peace (ENPP) presented the candidacy of  Places of Peace Route as a cultural route of the Council of Europe, which was transferred to the evaluation cycle 2018/2019. This candidacy was based on the fact that its general theme – peace – and its specific theme – the […]

Evoramonte (Portugal) commemorated 185 Years of its Peace Treaty

In a joint organization of the Civil Parish of Evoramonte and the Municipality of Estremoz with the support of the Regional Directorate of Culture of Alentejo, Evoramonte celebrated on May 25th the 185 Years of the Signature of its Peace Treaty  (Convention of Evoramonte) which ended the Portuguese Civil War of the first half of […]

Municipality of Viana do Alentejo (Portugal) invests in Culture

The Municipality of Viana do Alentejo,  member of ENPP, is the Portuguese municipality which most invests in culture, according to a study commissioned by the “Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos”, a Portuguese Foundation. According to this study based on data from 2017, the Municipality of Viana do Alentejo invests in culture 34% of its annual […]

100 Years Bauhaus in Altranstädt Castle (Germany)

Attentive to the Material Heritage of its region, the Association for the Promotion of  Altranstädt Castle (Germany) lauch next 5 May in this castle an exhibition under the theme “100 Years Bauhaus – The House of Crows in Zwenkau”. The House of Crows in Zwenkau, near Leipzig, is the only building in the world that […]