Cities recognized by the European Union as culturally significant for Europe
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A European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union (EU) for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong pan-European dimension. Being a European Capital of Culture can be an opportunity for a city to generate considerable cultural, social, and economic benefits, and it can help foster urban regeneration, change the city's image, and raise its visibility and profile on an international scale. Multiple cities can be a European Capital of Culture simultaneously.
In 1985, Melina Mercouri, Greece's Minister of Culture, and her French counterpart Jack Lang came up with the idea of designating an annual City of Culture to bring Europeans closer together by highlighting the richness and diversity of European cultures and raising awareness of their common history and values.
The Commission of the European Union manages the title, and each year the Council of Ministers of the European Union formally designates European Capitals of Culture: more than 40 cities have been designated so far. The current European Capitals of Culture for 2024 are Tartu in Estonia, Bad Ischl in Austria and Bodø in Norway.
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initiative is based closely on the EuropeanCapitalofCulture program; it enjoys the backing of the Organization of American States, but the OAS is not...
Union Each year since 1985 one or more cities across Europe are chosen as EuropeanCapitalofCulture, an EU initiative. Here are the past and future capitals:...
the European Region of Gastronomy. Sibiu hosted the European Wandering Capital event in 2021, the most important tourist wandering event in Europe. A European...
merchant family of Moretti. Patras was chosen by the European Commission to be the EuropeanCapitalofCulture for the year 2006. The concept of the event revolved...
devolved governments of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, is to "build on the success of Liverpool's year as EuropeanCapitalofCulture 2008, which had...
year-long series of cultural events held in the region after it was designated the EuropeanCapitalofCulture for 2013. The city hosted a segment of the opening...
departure of Shona McCarthy, McGrady joined the Imagine Belfast 2008 team as Chief Executive to lead the city’s bid to become EuropeanCapitalofCulture. Although...
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metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub in Bulgaria and was the EuropeanCapitalofCulture in 2019. The city is an important economic, transport, cultural...
European Union culture policies aim to address and promote the cultural dimension ofEuropean integration through relevant legislation and government...
named EuropeanCapitalofCulture in 2013 and EuropeanCapitalof Sport in 2017. Home of the association football club Olympique de Marseille, one of the...
architecture and 19th century wooden architecture. Riga was the EuropeanCapitalofCulture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. Riga hosted the 2006 NATO...
clusters. Stavanger was awarded the 2008 EuropeanCapitalofCulture alongside Liverpool. The first traces of settlement in the Stavanger region come from...
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reclaiming of the site. In 2019, Matera was declared a EuropeanCapitalofCulture. Before its integration into the modern Italian state, the city of Matera...
Council ofEurope. In 2023, Lublin was selected as the European Youth Capital by international jury of the European Youth Forum. Lublin is a signatory of the...
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