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project info
Start date: 1 July 2020
End date: 30 June 2022
funding
Fund: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Total budget: 851 016,92 €
EU contribution: 723 364,38 € (85%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2020
Managing authority: The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia
European Commission Topic

Sustainable Integration of Novel Solutions into Cultural Heritage Sites

Sustainable Integration of Novel Solutions into Cultural Heritage Sites: Project will make Eleja Manor park and Žagare Manor park more attractive for tourists. Both parks have been projected by landscape architect and gardener G.Kuphalt, well known in the whole Europe in the turn of 19th – 20th century. Participation of Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies and Lithuanian Nature Heritage fund in the project will add scientific and practical approaches that could be interesting for landscaping professionals. The objective is to increase the tourism potential of cultural heritage objects – manor parks by adding contemporary approach, objects and services in classical manor parks. Project activities include: preparation of research materials on G.Kuphaldt in digital format to be used for improvement of both parks` infrastructure; development of mobile application allowing visitors to navigate the tourism sites in Eleja and Žagare; construction of exhibition hall in Eleja Manor park; development of interactive indoor exposition for visitors in Žagare Regional Park Visitors’ Centre with outdoor educational activities for pupils for learning cultural heritage and nature values and new walking routes – dendrological and landscape architecture – in Žagare Manor park; organization of open- air workshops in parks and seminars for wide range of professionals. As a result of the project both manor parks will become more attractive as tourism objects. New knowledge of parks management and infrastructure will help to increase the attractiveness of manor parks as tourism objects, interesting both for visitors with professional interest in landscaping and for general public.

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