Euromed Heritage 4

To protect our future

We take care of our past to protect our future. We promote the preservation of fountains and ancient dialects, wooden doors and old manuscripts, the rehabilitation of modern buildings and millennial theatres, to safeguard the identity of future generations and to contribute to their mutual understanding.

By the valorisation of cultural heritage, the Euromed Heritage programme supports the dialogue between cultures throughout the Mediterranean region. Euromed Heritage 4 (2008-2012) creates new opportunities for people’s awareness and appropriation of their extraordinary common cultural heritage.

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Story of the month

One bowl of hot water and one of cold water solve the problem

DAMASCUS - In a little side alley in the old city of Damascus, Syria, a group of women approaches a modest door hidden behind a curtain. They are about to enter a very special underworld, far away from the bustling everyday life in the streets: hammam Ammouneh, one of the traditional bath houses in Damascus and a jewel of Islamic cultural heritage.

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A new Phoenician market in the name of an old king

Melkart, the cross Mediterranean MARE NOSTRUM initiative to promote quality handicraft

Quality, hand made, locally made: nowadays, the challenge facing handicraft production can be overcome only by melting contemporary creativity with tradition...
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Creating memory for future generations

Mutual Heritage: why we should protect the Medina in Casablanca

CASABLANCA - Architectural heritage is more than just that. All constructions represent a piece of history; particularly if they are part of a peculiar original urban context, thanks to efforts for its protection. This is happening in Casablanca, thanks to the EU supported Mutual Heritage project...
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If we want to survive, we need to keep our soul

The hammams are part of a shared heritage, and need to be restored to former splendour

'For the Medina to survive, it has to keep its soul': that is why antique 'hammams' have a place as part of a shared cultural heritage, and need to be preserved...
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Keeping traditions alive in the middle of the desert

Siwa, old women train young girls in embroidery techniques

Even in the ancient oasis of Siwa, traditional embroidery techniques are threatened by modernity. That is why three old women were selected...
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Arts and crafts days׃ enhancement of craftsmanship in Tunisia

Montada, showcase of expertise and sale of products

How to stimulate and encourage the revival of traditional handicrafts, truly threatened by competition from imported products and by increasing amount of low-quality crafts?
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A window into an enormous hidden treasure

MedMem, historical images on web TV in 2012

From the opening of the Suez Canal to the football final of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, via late 1960s Egyptian divorce dramas. These are some of the images that will be available for free on the web...
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Cultural landscapes, a fragility that needs vigilance

Reinforcing the institutional and legal framework about heritage: EH4 workshop in Tunis

“The cultural landscape is fashioned from a natural landscape by a cultural group. Culture is the agent, the natural are the medium, the cultural landscape is the result" (Carl O. Sauer)
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Newsletter

What’s the price for heritage ?

n.9 - January 2012

Restoring and preserving cultural heritage has a price. Are such expenses a real investment? Can they generate economic benefits? Come and read about the economic dimension of heritage…

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