ChristHaritage (ROBG-302)
“The Christian heritage along the cultural corridor Russe-Giurgiu”
What’s the goal?
To promote the integrated development of the cross-border area Russe-Giurgiu through the development of cultural/religious tourism, based on sustainable use of the cultural, religious and historical heritage of the region.
What’s the budget?
1,499,991.21 euro, out of which 1,274,992.51 euro ERDF
Who is doing it?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): “Sveta Petka” Church
Beneficiary 2: Vedea Commune
Beneficiary 3: “Sveti Georgi” Church
When is it happening?
Start date: 12.01.2019
End date: 11.01.2023
Duration: 48 Months
Where is it happening?
Giurgiu – in Romania
Ruse – in Bulgaria
How is it going to happen?
- Restoration of three churches which are cultural monuments;
- Three integrated tourist products;
- Elaboration of a Joint Strategy for common preservation and use of the cultural, religious and historical heritage as a base of sustainable development of cultural and religious tourism in the cross-border area Russe-Giurgiu;
- Establishment of network from stakeholders for development of cultural and religiius tourism in the crossborder region Russe – Giurgiu;
- Conservation-restoration activities and exhibiting the cultural-historical heritage in 3 churches.
What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs: Increase in the expected number of visits to supported sites of cultural and natural heritage and attraction, 3 integrated tourism products/services created, 1 common strategy, policies or management plans for valorizing (including raising awareness) the cultural and natural heritage through its restoration and promotion for sustainable economic uses.
Programme results: increase of the number of overnights in the CBC area with 35,000.
Project status
The project implementation ended on 11 January 2023 and the output and results achieved by the project consist in:
Lead Beneficiary - "Sveta Petka" Church: All works are completed. Act 15 for the reception of works was signed in August 2022.
Beneficiary 2 - "Saint Pantelimon" Church - All works were completed in October 2022.
Beneficiary 3 - "Sveti Georgi" Church - All works were completed in October 2021.
- Church literature and documentation were scanned and over 4000 pages’ church literature are also be available to visitors in the Tourist Exhibition Center with church artifacts, which was built according to the project in the courtyard of the church "Sveta Petka" in the city of Ruse.
- A joint strategy was developed for the common preservation and use of the cultural, religious and historical heritage as a basis for sustainable development of cultural and religious tourism in the cross-border area of Ruse - Giurgiu.
- Three integrated tourist products were prepared for cultural and religious tourism in the cross-border region of Ruse - Giurgiu with one-day and two-day itineraries, and they included as tourist sites the three temples restored under the project.
More information is available on the project website: http://christ-ro-bg.eu/en.
