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Addressing Housing Challenges in Albacete, Spain

Albacete is a vibrant cultural center located in the Castilla-La Mancha region, one of the most dynamic agricultural regions in Europe. Due to its strategic location, Albacete attracts a large number of seasonal migrant workers. The city strives to meet the specific needs of migrant workers and their families, some of whom live in informal settlements. Thus, as part of the WELDI project, the municipality hosted the third transnational meeting of the network devoted to the theme of housing.

Celebrating Limerick as a walled City!

Limerick, with its 210,000 inhabitants, is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland. The city dates back to the first Viking settlements in 922, utilising its location on the River Shannon. As a medieval city, Limerick was fortified with a wall and is one of Ireland’s fifty –six confirmed walled cities. Limericks walled town consisted of what is now known as Englishtown and Irishtown.

If these walls could talk: democratic values through dissonant heritage

With the European elections in full swing, let’s look at how controversial heritage sites can foster democratic values in European cities.

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Boas Práticas URBACT: O que é que um nome representa?

As cidades precisam de cumprir estes quatro critérios para serem reconhecidas como uma Boa Prática URBACT.

14 ukrepov za živahno središče Celja

Mestna občina Celje od sredine leta 2023 sodeluje v URBACT mreži Cities@Heart, v kateri se skupaj s partnerskimi mesti ukvarjajo z oživljanjem mestnih središč. Ob naših zadnjih obiskih v Celju, med drugim smo se udeležili tudi obiska vodilne strokovnjakinje, smo opazili, da so se oživljanja mestnega jedra lotili celostno in da že leta izvajajo vrsto ukrepov s tem namenom. Najzanimivejše smo zbrali na spodnjem seznamu.