ISSUE: 3/2025
- Volume 29
- Number 3
- 2025
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Studia Europejskie –
Studies in European Affairs
ISSN: 1428-149X
e-ISSN: 2719-3780
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Publication co-financed by Ministry of Science and Higher Education pursuant to the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Science of 3 August 2021 (Journal of Laws of 2021, item 1514) on the “Development of Scientific Journals” programme.
Publikacja dofinansowana przez Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego na podstawie rozporządzenia Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z 3 sierpnia 2021 r. (Dz. U. z 2021 r. poz. 1514) w sprawie programu „Rozwój czasopism naukowych”.
Publication co-financed by the University of Warsaw within the “Excellence Initiative – Research University” programme.
Czasopismo otrzymało dofinasowanie w ramach Programu „Inicjatywa Doskonałości – Uczelnia Badawcza”.
The Council of Europe and Cultural Cooperation: Four Decades of Cultural Routes and Itinerary-Making
Abstract
Heritage is an important tool for the construction of collective identities. Since the early 1980s, the Council of Europe has developed a programme based on cultural routes and itineraries as a tool for identity construction. This article explores the development of this concept and analyses the Council of Europe’s approach to cultural routes. This case speaks to the importance of cultural tourism as a tool for both economic development and the articulation of values and identities. This paper documents the decades of effort put forth by the Council of Europe.
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Language: English
Pages: 221-231
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Paquette, J. (2025) "The Council of Europe and Cultural Cooperation: Four Decades of Cultural Routes and Itinerary-Making". Studia Europejskie – Studies in European Affairs, 3/2025, pp. 221-231. DOI: 10.33067/SE.3.2025.12