During the annual ITB in Berlin the new project FORTE CULTURA caused a considerable stir. Not only the Director of the European Cultural Routes Institute of Luxembourg, Penelope Denu, has been enthusiastic when she accept with great pleasure the first newsletter of the project, but also the Scientific Coordinator and co-developer of the project, Dr.-Ing. Hans-Rudolf Neumann, ECCOFORT reg.ass. Berlin.
Overall, extensive contacts with European fortress cities and individual fortresses were made at this year's fair, which could be useful as potential members of FORTE CULTURA. Especially undercapitalized fortresses with great tourist potential for development expressed a desire to get knowing FORTE CULTURA in Verona during the next Network meeting on the 11th of June 2014.
