News 2025
Season's Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year 2026
The Secretariat of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe and of the European Institute of Cultural Routes would like to wish you the very best for the Holiday Season. We look forward to pursuing our work together on the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe...
Towards a better programme
On 15 and 16 December, the first meeting of the reflection group on the thematic representativeness of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe was held at the Council of Europe offices in Paris. Launched by the Governing Board of the Enlarged Partial Agreement (EPA) on Cultural Routes at its...
Il Friuli-Venezia Giulia ospita la celebrazione della certificazione “Romea Strata”: ospiti illustri e comunità europea dell’itinerario riuniti ad Aquileia
Il 4 dicembre 2025, la regione Friuli-Venezia Giulia, con Aquileia come città simbolo della sua storia millenaria, ha ospitato la celebrazione della certificazione della Romea Strata come Itinerario Culturale del Consiglio d’Europa, riconoscimento confermato dal Consiglio di Amministrazione...
Finland hosts the Annual Cultural Routes Forum in Mikkeli, strengthening Synergies between Cultural Routes and the Tourism sector
The Finnish Heritage Agency and the Ministry of Education and Culture organised together with Muisti Centre of War and Peace a Cultural Routes Forum in Mikkeli, Finland in mid-November. Muisti Centre of War and Peace is a cultural route destination, and a member of the Liberation Route Europe. ...
"Malta in the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe" seminar
The seminar Malta in the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe took place on 29-30 October 2025 in Birgu, Malta. The seminar was co-organised by the Ministry for Culture, Lands and Local Government of Malta and the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA),...
Visit of the representatives of the European Paper Route to the Cultural Routes headquarters in Luxembourg
On Monday, 17 November, the representatives of the European Paper Route paid a visit to the headquarters of the Cultural Routes in Luxembourg and met with the Secretariat of the European Institute of Cultural Routes. The visit was an opportunity to discuss the strategic development of the...
Hungary: National Coordination Meeting of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe at the Hungarian Open Air Museum
Hungary hosted the second national coordination meeting of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe on 13 October 2025 at the Hungarian Open Air Museum (Skanzen) in Szentendre. Hungary currently counts active members from 12 cultural routes, 11 of which were represented at the meeting,...
Cappadocia, Türkiye, 22-24 October 2025
14th Advisory Forum on Cultural Routes in Cappadocia: safeguarding Europe’s landscapes through sustainable tourism for a more inclusive, resilient and beautiful Europe.
The 14th Advisory Forum on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe took place in the extraordinary cultural landscape of Cappadocia, Türkiye, from 22 to 24 October 2025. Held under the theme “Cultural Routes and Landscapes: Advancing Heritage Protection through Cultural and Sustainable Tourism,”...
Study visit of Constantine the Philosopher University (Nitra) to the Cultural Routes headquarters in Luxembourg
From 3 to 8 November 2025, the European Institute of Cultural Routes (EICR) hosted two visiting professors from the Faculty of Arts of Constantine the Philosopher University of Nitra, Slovakia, as part of the Erasmus Staff Mobility for Training programme. During their stay in Luxembourg, Peter...
Inspiring Practices of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe
On 24 October, Inspiring practices from the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe were recognised during the closing session of the 14th Advisory Forum on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, held in Cappadocia, Türkiye. The selection process was carried out by the EPA Governing Board,...
Certification ceremony of three new Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe
On 22 October, the certification ceremony for Romea Strata, Pyrenean Freedom Routes and Saint Francis’ Ways took place during the official opening session of the 14th Advisory Forum in Cappadocia, Türkiye. The Governing Board of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on the Cultural Routes of the Council...
Ceremony for the accession of the Netherlands and Ireland as new EPA member states
On Wednesday 22 October, during the Official Opening session of the 14th Advisory Forum on Cultural Routes in Cappadocia, the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA) formally welcomed the Netherlands and Ireland as new member states. The accession ceremony was...
Launch of the Guide for the Pyrenean Freedom Routes
The public presentation of the Routard Guide dedicated to the Pyrenean Freedom Routes, certified as Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, took place on 6 November 2025 in Toulouse, France. The event brought together numerous national, regional, and local public authorities, as well as...
En route for cultural scares this Halloween?
You wait next to the grave of the dead composer. A raven caws. A shadowy black cat blinks in and out of the murk. Did that spectral statue move? “Maybe joining this Rosicrucian conspiracy was not such a good idea after all”, you think. But you definitely regret agreeing to meet the monk with the...
Cultural Routes Advisory Forum: focus on sustainable tourism and landscape
Discovering European history and celebrating our surroundings
Recognising landscapes as repositories of natural, living, tangible and intangible heritage will be on the agenda as stakeholders meet in Cappadocia, Türkiye, for the 14th Advisory Forum on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe. Highlighting the role of cultural routes in safeguarding heritage...
14th Advisory Forum on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe in Cappadocia, Türkiye
The 14th Annual Advisory Forum on the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe takes place from 22-24 October, 2025 in Cappadocia, Türkiye focusing on “Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe and Landscapes: Advancing Heritage Protection through Cultural and Sustainable Tourism” in the face of...
The European Institute of Cultural Routes honoured with XXIX International Prize Grupo Compostela–Xunta de Galicia
“Cultural Routes in Europe are more than paths – they are bridges between people, histories, and traditions,” said Rui Gomes, Director of the European Institute of Cultural Routes in Vila Real, Portugal, this week. He was there to accept the prestigious XXIX International Prize Grupo...
France: Exhibition “33 Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe in France – an Invitation to Discover Europe’s Shared Heritage”
A new exhibition showcasing the 33 Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe that cross France will be presented at the Maison de l’Europe in Paris starting 1 September 2025. Structured around 34 roll-up panels, the exhibition will allow visitors to discover heritage sites, itineraries, and...
EPA: Ireland joins the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe
The Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA) is pleased to welcome Ireland as a new member State. On 20 May 2025, Ambassador Caitriona DOYLE, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the Council of Europe, informed Mr. Alain BERSET, Secretary General of the...
Results of the 2024-2025 certification cycle: 3 new Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe
The Governing Board of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA) awarded the "Cultural Route of the Council of Europe" certification to the “Pyrenean Freedom Routes”, the "Romea Strata" and the "Saint Francis Ways” at its 2025 meeting (6-7 May,...
