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: 30.01.2023
Duration: 70 months and 1 day
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;
- 8 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 and the following results were reported so far:
Lead Beneficiary: awarded the two contracts for the elaboration of the technical design and construction works, out of which one for the open air museum and the second one for the road to the Cliff Church. The technical designs for both investment objectives have been delivered. The work on the road to the Cliff Church have been finalized while the works on the open air park museum are supposed to be started in April, 2022.
Beneficiary 2: has finalized the investment for restoring the Turnu Magurele fortress.
Within the project so far, the following equipment and services have been delivered:
- A joint marketing strategy;
- The contract for design and development of a trilingual online portal “The bridges of time” and a smart phone application have been awarded. The software products have been developed and can be found at https://thebridgesoftime.com. The smart phone app can be found on Google Play Store under the name “The bridges of time”;
- A 100 pieces of household costumes from the ancient era which will be used by the 2 clubs for historical restorations have been delivered.
More information are available at: https://thebridgesoftime.com
