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Let's promote the cultural heritage of our region

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Participate in the development of the equivalent of the Loire castles in our region

(updated the 11.07.2021)

Why is this important ?

Our region is rich in history and cultural heritage: the Citadel of Lille is the Queen of Citadels built by the architect Vauban in the 17th century and is just one of many citadels in the region and abroad. Along with the citadels of Le Quesnoy and Breisach in Germany, it has been applying to become a UNESCO site until recently. There are also many castles - often in ruins after being destroyed in wars - such as the castle of Coucy or the castle of Ham. Other regions make great use of their cultural heritage sites - see the Châteaux dans la Loire, for example. Although this is a long-term project, the region should also take responsibility for the reconstruction and preservation of our heritage sites.

What do we propose ?

  • Demand greater responsibility for state-owned regional heritage sites in order to extend experimental rights to manage funds for reconstruction and maintenance to real reconstruction programmes;
  • Assess the costs of reconstruction and develop a long-term plan to finance the reconstruction of the castles destroyed during the war, in cooperation with Germany, in order to benefit from EU funding and to continue the reconciliation of our regional past with our neighbours;
  • Although only symbolically, declare the region's support for a future candidacy of the citadel of Lille for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List;

Can you estimate the cost of this ?

Demand greater responsibility for heritage sites

No costs are planned for this measure

Assessing the costs of reconstruction

We plan to analyse the cost and conditions of rebuilding two sites per year with an annual budget of €500,000.

Declare support for a future bid by the Citadel of Lille

No costs are planned for this measure

How can I help ?

Help improve our proposals

Help financing our movement

Sources

(Fort by Kamila Lejman on the Noun Project, Photo from wikipédia, by Piocrr, GNU Free Documentation License version 1.2)