The Bridges of Time (ROBG–128)
An Integrated Approach for Improving the Sustainable Use of Nikopol-Turnu Magurele Cross-border Cultural Heritage
What’s the goal?
To improve the sustainable use of Nikopol-Turnu Magurele cross-border cultural heritage by developing, implementing and promoting an integrated joint approach for investing in sustainable tourism.
What’s the budget?
Total budget of the project = 5,816,165.49 euro, out of which 4,943,740.66 ERDF
Who is doing it?
Lead beneficiary (LB): Nikopol Municipality, Bulgaria
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Turnu Magurele Town, Romania
When is it happening?
Start date: 31.03.2017
End date: 30.12.2023
Duration: 81 months
How is it going to happen?
- construction works for restoring Turnu Magurele fortress;
- constructing Nikopol archeological park with access road to Cliff Church 3 stakeholder workshops for developing 9 integrated tourist products/services;
- 1 joint marketing strategy;
- 1 joint information web portal and smartphone application;
- 5 info terminals;
- 2 clubs for historical restorations;
- 1 large-scale cross-border festival;
- information and publicity materials.
What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs:10,000 visits to supported sites of cultural and natural heritage and attraction (COI); 2 integrated tourism products; 7 integrated tourism services; 1 common strategy
Programme results: 2,800 tourists overnights in the CBC region
Project status
The project is currently under implementation, the following results have been reported:
Lead Beneficiary: finalized the work on the road to the Cliff Church. Currently, the works of the Open-air Museum - Archaeological Park "Piers of the Time" are in progress. The protective wall is finished and soon the works on the museum will start.
B2 2 has completed the restoration of the Turnu fortress in Turnu Magurele. Currently, it is available for visitors.
Within the project so far the following equipment and services have been delivered:
- A joint marketing strategy was elaborated: https://thebridgesoftime.com/?page_id=6918&lang=en;
- A trilingual online portal “The bridges of time” was developed and it may be accesed here: https://thebridgesoftime.com
- A smart phone application wes developed and it may be found on Google Play Store under the name “The bridges of time”;
- 100 pieces of household costumes from the ancient era which will be used by the 2 clubs for historical restorations have been purchased.
2 clubs for restoration of the historical events have been established, one by LB and one by B2. A training has been performed for the Romanian and Bulgarian club members with a duration of 200 hours.
More information are available at: https://thebridgesoftime.com.
