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EUROPE

EUROPEAN CAPITAL / CITY OF CULTURE

The European City of Culture was designed to bring European peoples closer and was launched on the initiative of Melina Mercouri by the Council of Ministers (13 June 1985). The title was renamed "European Capital of Culture" from 2005. In the light of EU enlargement, two capitals will be selected each year from 2007 until 2019.

Official EU Website

European Network of Capitals of Culture and Culture Months (ECCM)

2019 - Italy

2018 - Netherlands, Malta

2017 - Denmark, Cyprus

2016 - Spain, Poland

2015 - Belgium, Czech Rep

2014 - Sweden, Latvia

2013 - France, Slovakia

2012 - Portugal, Slovenia

2011 - Finland: Turku, Estonia: Tallinn 

2010 - Germany: Essen, Hungary: Pecs , Turkey, Istanbul

2009 - Austria:Linz, Lithuania: Vilnius

2008 - UK: Liverpool, Norway: Stavanger

2007 - Luxembourg : Luxembourg & Greater Region, Romania: Sibiu

2006 - Greece: Patras

2005 - Ireland: Cork

2004 - France: Lille, Italy: Genova

2003 - Austria: Graz

2002 - Belgium: Bruges, Spain: Salamanca

2001 - Portugal: Porto, Netherlands: Rotterdam

2000 - France: Avignon, Norway: Bergen, Italy: Bologna, Belgium: Brussels, Poland: Cracow, Finland: Helsinki, Czech Republic: Prague, Iceland: Reykjavik, Spain: Santiago de Compostela,

1999 - Germany: Weimar

1998 - Sweden: Stockholm

1997 - Greece: Thessaloniki

1996 - Denmark: Copenhagen

1995 - Luxembourg: Luxembourg

1994 - Portugal: Lisbon

1993 - Belgium: Antwerp

1992 - Spain: Madrid

1991 - Ireland: Dublin

1990 - UK: Glasgow

1989 - France: Paris

1988 - Germany: Berlin

1987 - Netherlands: Amsterdam

1986 - Italy: Florence

1985 - Greece: Athens

EUROPEAN CULTURAL MONTH

In response to the expressed wish to host the European City of Culture event by an increasing number of cities both in the Community and elsewhere, in the conclusions to the meeting on 18 May 1990, the Ministers for Culture initiated the European Cultural Month for the countries of central and eastern Europe. Its aims are the same as those of the European City of Culture, although it is only a month-long celebration during the year.

2001 - Switzerland: Basel, Latvia: Riga

1999 - Bulgaria: Plovdiv

1998 - Austria: Linz, Malta: Valletta

1997 - Slovenia: Ljubljana

1996 - Russia: St Petersburg

1995 - Cyprus: Nicosia

1994 - Hungary: Budapest

1993 - Austria: Graz

1992 - Poland: Cracow

EUROPEAN REGION OF THE YEAR

European Region of the Year website

2006 - Bosnia & Herzogovina: Sarajevo, Serbia: Vojvodina

2005 - Italy: Piemonte, Ukraine: Kyiv

2004 - Portugal: Madeira, Belgium: German-speaking Community

2003 - Spain: Balearic Islands, Russia: Karelia

SELECTED REPORTS & DOCUMENTS

Study on the European Cities and Capitals of Culture and the European Cultural Months (1995-2004)

European cultural capital event, the: strategic weapon in the cultural arms race?

European cities of culture - implications on tourism

City centre regeneration in the context of the 2001 European Capital of Culture in Porto, Portugal

Impact of cultural events on city image, the: Rotterdam, Cultural Capital of Europe 2001

Cultural policy as urban transformation? Critical reflections on Glasgow, European City of Culture 1990

OTHER

American Capital Of Culture Programme

American Capital Of Culture Programme website

2007 - Cuzco, Peru

2006 - Argentine: Cordoba

2005 - Mexico: Guadalajera

2004 - Chile: Santiago

2003 - Panama: Panama City, Brazil: Curitiba

2002 - Brazil: Maceio

2001 - Chile: Iquique

2000 - Mexico: Merida

Arabian Capital of Culture

2009 - Qods.   

2008 - Damas.   

2007 - Alger

2006 - Mascate

2005 - Khartoun

2004 - Sanaa

2003 - Rabat

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2001 - Kuwait

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1999 - Beirouth

1998 - Sharjah

1997 - Tunis 

Brazilian Capital of Culture

Brazilian Capital of Culture website

2007: São João del Rei,Gerais

2006 - Olinda (Pernambuco)

Canadian Capital of Culture

2007 Edmonton, Vallée de Comox and Moose Jaw 

Catalan Capital of Culture

Catalan Capital of Culture website

2008 - Perpignon, France 

2007 - Lleida

2006 - Amposta

2005 - Esparreguera

2004 - Banyoles

Islamic Capital of Culture

2007 Tripoli and Fez

2006 Tombouktou,Ispahan and Aleppo



2005 Mecca

Volga Capital of Culture

Volga Capital of Culture

2007 - Perm anf Nizhnij Novgorod 

2006 - Nizhny Novgorod, Perm

2005 - ???

2004 - Izhevsk

2003 - Cheboksary

2002 - Kirov, Nizhnekamsk

2001 - Ulyanovsk

World Book Capital