Events, projects and other relevant information from Cemeteries route.

Events, projects and other relevant information from Cemeteries route.

Final event of the FAB Routes project

On November 29, 2022, the final event of the project "FAB Routes: Digital Skills to Promote EU Cultural Routes" will be held in the city of Forlì, Italy.

150 years of Kozala Cemetery

1872 is the year when the Kozala Cemetery in Rijeka (Croatia) has become a communal cemetery of public interest.

Success of the meeting "Mirogoj: challenges of heritage preservation"

The event that took place on October 27, 2022, received many positive responses and organisers would like to thank everyone involved for their participation.

Memorial evenings at Eastern Cemetery in Innsbruck

Every year, a memorial evening will take place at Eastern Cemetery in honour of people who, during their lifetime, left an important mark on society in terms of togetherness, mindfulness, and peace.

Restoration of Maciachini’s family tomb

On April 2, 2023, at 11am, the official unveiling of the restored Maciachini’s family tomb will take place at the Milan monumental Cemetery in Italy.

Terrassa Cemetery in the documentary "The children of the flood"

The Terrassa Cemetery was one of the shooting locations for a documentary about Spain's worst flash flood that occurred in 1962.

Events at cemeteries in Rennes

From October 28 to November 1, 2022, the 6th edition of the "Toussaints Musicales Rennaises" took place at the cemeteries in Rennes, France.

The ASCE AGM 2022 overview

An overview of the ASCE Annual General Meeting and Conference 2022, that took place from 15 to 17 September in Belgrade, Serbia.

Successfully evaluated as a Cultural route

To retain the label of Cultural Route of the Council of Europe, European Cemeteries Route has been evaluated in the framework of a three-year evaluation-cycle by European Institute of Cultural Routes.

Best practice award 2022

European Cemeteries Route project Schools on cemeteries received the Cultural Routes Best Practice Award by the Secretariat of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA).

Significance of AGM for European Cemeteries Route

Why is the Cultural routes of Europe program and the regular evaluation so important from the management perspective

Throughout the recent ten years we have been evaluated 3 times. Always with success and observed as one of the routes that performs really well.

Plečnik's Žale on the UNESCO list

Plečnik's Žale were recognized as a site of exceptional universal value and were included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Events during the WDEC 2022

From the 30th of May to the 5th of June this year's Week of Discovering European Cemeteries will take place in cemeteries all over Europe.

WDEC 2022: Schools on Cemeteries

Schools require various programs to help children learn about society and culture, and cemeteries can offer an unexpected yet powerful experience.

Photo book "Crossroads of diversity"

37 photographs from 32 cities from 15 countries. Images of cemeteries that are so distinctive and unique, but still speaking the same language. Language of diversity.

20 years of tourism

All in vain is the amazingly preserved cultural heritage of the cemetery, if its sparkling stories of love, wars and discoveries are not joyfully talked about, touched and remembered.

Cemetery Tourism Study

The publication “Cemetery Tourism Study” aims to discover the model for future valorization of the Jewish part of the City Cemetery Škaljari, through the prism of cultural practice and tourism.

The meaning of cemeteries changes

Tradition meets alternative, analog meets digital, cemeteries support environmental protection and are an important part of our daily living.

SunCemet photo exhibition

Any walk among the significant cemeteries of Europe reveals it. The unexpected touches of humanity. Fragile and emotional, yet strong and rational.

Virtual Guide to the Zadar City Cemetery

City Cemetery of Zadar has its own mobile application.

Mirogoj on the “Most Endangered” list

The Ministry of Culture and Media of Croatia nominated the Cemetery Complex of Mirogoj to the 7 Most Endangered Programme 2021.

2020: a journey of slow-down exploring

There we go, European Cemeteries Route is heading for teen-age. Just small enough to be cute and adorable while big enough to have its own stand in today’s velocity times?

That thin red line from AGM in Ghent

by Dušan Vrban

Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe received the 2019 Carlos V European Award

Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme, part of which is also the European Cemeteries Route, has been awarded with the prestigious Charles V European Prize.

European Cemeteries Tour 2020

First ever European Cemeteries Tour will take place from 13 to 15 May 2020.

Cultural routes activity report for 2018

Take a look at highlights of activities that took place all over Europe in 2018.

European Cemeteries Route at ITB Berlin

Presented at the stand of Kulturrouten des Europarats in Deutschland.

Cemeteries cultural heritage dedicated website

Rijeka cemeteries, managed by KD Kozala, exposed a new way of dealing with communications regarding cultural heritage of cemeteries.

Let's talk stories

Share the stories from your local cemetery with the world.

2019: Growing and achieving more together

10 years are passing by since the beginning of our route.

Developing official local guides list

Connecting the cemetery story tellers with stories lovers.

Cemetery tourism: A self-conscious tourism

by Ioanna Paraskevopoulou

Call for Independent Experts on Cultural Routes

Expert in culture and ready to work for Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe? Check out this call for independent experts.

Workshop in Bologna

Expanding the knowledge and teams collaboration.

Website refresh

A never-ending task. And you can help out.

Success in regular evaluation by EPA

To retain the label of Cultural route of the Council of Europe, European Cemeteries Route has been evaluated in the framework of the 2017-18 three-year evaluation-cycle by European Institute of Cultural routes.

Regular Evaluation Governing Board meeting

Luexmbourg, April 18th

First European Cemeteries route info point

Installed at Pobrežje cemetery in Maribor, Slovenia.

Symposium 2017, Ljubljana: Digital technologies

Join us for 2 days and participate with your questions or comments in Ljubljana Hotel Trend Austria from April 6-7.

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