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Objectives
To value the richness and diversity of European cultures, as well as common characteristics, and contribute to a greater mutual understanding of European citizens is the main objective of the project, it being that it is considered desirable that the initiative, structures and capacities created in this field are utilized as a basis for a sustainable cultural development strategy in the cities in question, guaranteeing the long term effects of the demonstration “European Capital of Culture”.
A new dimension grew subordinated to the objectives of the Creative Europe programme, looking to safeguard, develop and promote Europe’s cultural and linguistic diversity, promote the European cultural heritage and reinforcing the Audiovisual sector, for an intelligent, sustainable and inclusive growth.
European Capital of Culture Cities since 1985
1985 – Athens (Greece)
1986 – Florence (Italy)
1987 – Amsterdam (Netherlands)
1988 – Berlin (Germany)
1989 – Paris (France)
1990 – Glasgow (United Kingdom)
1991 – Dublin (Ireland)
1992 – Madrid (Spain)
1993 – Antwerp (Belgium)
1994 – Lisbon (Portugal)
1995 – Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
1996 – Copenhagen (Denmark)
1997 – Salonica (Greece)
1998 – Stockholm (Sweden)
1999 – Veimar (Germany)
2000 – Avignon (France, Bergen (Norway), Bologna (Italy), Brussels (Belgium), Helsinki (Finland), Krakow (Poland), Reykjavik (Iceland), Prague (Czech Republic), Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
2001 – Oporto (Portugal)Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2002 –Bruges (Belgium), Salamanca (Spain)
2003 – Graz (Austria)
2004 – Genoa (Italy), Lille (France)
2005 – Cork (Ireland)
2006 – Patras (Greece)
2007 – Luxembourg (Luxembourg), Sibiu (Romania)
2008 – Liverpool (United Kingdom), Stavanger (Norway)
2009 – Linz (Austria), Vilnius (Lithuania)
2010 – Essen (Germany), Pécs (Hungary), Istanbul (Turkey)
2011 – Turku (Finland) | Tallinn (Estonia)
2012 – Guimarães (Portugal) | Maribor (Slovenia)
2013 – Marseille (France)| Košice (Slovakia)
2014 – Umeå (Sweden) | Riga (Latvia)
2015 – Mons (Belgium) | Plzeň (Czech Republic)
2016 – Donostia-San Sebastian (Spain) | Warsaw (Poland)
2017 – Aarhus (Denmark) | Pafos (Cyprus)
2018 – Leeuwarden (Netherlands) | La Valeta (Malta)
2019 – Matera (Italy) | Plodiv (Bulgaria)
2020 – Rijeka (Croatia) and Galway (Ireland)
2021 – Timisoara (Romania), Elefsina (Greece) and Novi Sad (Serbia)
2022 – Kaunas (Lithuania) and Esch (Luxembourg)
European Capitals of Culture to designate
To designate:
2023 – Hungary
2024 – Estonia and Austria
2025 – Slovenia and Germany
2026 – Slovakia and Finland
2027 – Lithuania and Portugal
2028 – Czech Republic and France
2029 – Poland and Sweden
2030 – Cyprus and Belgium
2031 – Malta and Spain
3032 – Bulgaria and Denmark
2033 – Netherlands and Italy
European Capitals of Culture 2019:
Plovdiv and Matera
Information to press
Clipping
https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/cultura/coimbra-quer-ser-capital-europeia-da-cultura-em-2027_v1080076
https://www.publico.pt/2018/06/06/culturaipsilon/opiniao/2027-capital-europeia-da-cultura-1833285
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Contacts
Coimbra City Council
Paços do Município
Praça 8 de Maio | 3000-300 Coimbra
Tel.: 239 857 500 | Fax: 239 820 114
E-mail: geral@cm-coimbra.pt
Coimbra 2027 – Candidacy to European Capital of Culture
Convento São Francisco
Avenida da Guarda Inglesa 1 A
3040-193Coimbra
Tel.: 00351 239857188
E-mail: geral@coimbra2027.eu