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  • Urban planning

    A Water Museum for Elche: a journey through the Memory of Water

    The City of Elche unveils a new cultural space dedicated to its valuable hydraulic heritage promoting citizen engagement with it.

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • News

    From sustainable Hydro-Heritage management to a Water Sensitive City

    The Urban Agenda for EU ‘Water Sensitive City’ partnership met last week in Athens and Chalandri and visited the Cultural H.ID.RA.N.T. project, which inspired the Hydro-Heritage Cities URBACT ITN.

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • Urban planning
    photo exhibition Sombor

    Hydro-Heritage Cities Journal no. 2

    From Raindrops to Ripples: Shared lessons from the Hydro-Heritage Cities journey. By Sandra Rainero 

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • News

    4th Hydro-Heritage Cities meeting: Going deeper into planning, evaluation and financing

    Sombor hosted the fourth Hydro-Heritage Cities meeting between 23 – 25 October. Read below what happened: the deep insights in monitoring and evaluation, project sustainability and financing

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • Urban planning

    State of the art science meets traditional culture at Serpa’s ‘Nora’.

    Or, the beauty of regenerating the Hydro-Heritage site of ‘Nora’ (Mourish for waterwheel) as cultural and natural asset. 

    Carlos Janeiro

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  • Urban planning

    The European Heritage Hub showcases Chalandri's Cultural HIDRANT project

    "Where there is water, there is civilisation" reads the European Heritage Hub's article on the project that kicked-off Hydro-Heritage Cities.  

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • Urban planning

    Six takeaways from the 2nd Hydro-Heritage Cities meeting in Roeselare

    The Hydro-Heritage Cities meeting in Roeselare (Belgium) was dedicated to “Community Driven Engagement & Regeneration”. Here are our main intakes.

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • Urban planning

    The Great Bačka Canal as a "Bleu-Green Trail" of Sombor City

    Dragana Siljanovic Kozoderovic, explains why and how the hydro-heritage of Great Bačka Canal, can lead to a sustainable urban development in Sombor (Serbia). 

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • Urban planning

    Hydro-Heritage Cities in URBACT City Festival

    Hydro Heritage Cities was proud to be part of the 2025 URBACT City Festival in Wrocław.

    Bo Vanbesien

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