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Our new handbook Sustainable governance of marine and coastal heritage methods, tools, and approaches is now freely available online. Cultural heritage enriches our lives, shaping the ways we live and work and the places where we live, and contributing to our identities. It is a shared source of inspiration and prosperity, as well as providing […]

Histories of seaweed in Finistère Abstract of the book in English   This book presents the evolution of the seaweed industry in Brittany, harvesting and processing, from 1681 to the present day.  It is based mainly on historical documents and presents seaweed harvesting, processing industry, the living conditions of coastal populations and harvesters, etc. The […]

Last minute news from NE Aegean! The book “What is Fishing Cultural Heritage to You?” is now out!!!!!!!  You can have a look at its digital form here, or you can get a free copy after contacting the PERICLES  team in Greece.  Our colleagues asked residents of the coastal zone of the Northeast Aegean what […]

Closing event of the PERICLES project in Aveiro The partners from the University of Aveiro organised a closing event of the PERICLES project on 22 October 2021 with all the stakeholders involved in the project. It was an opportunity to screen the four short documentaries of the series ‘The people of the Ria’, to distribute […]

Maritime cultural heritage of Morbihan Gulf : know-how and buildings to be valued which will take place in the Gulf of Morbihan (Brittany, France) on 26th November This meeting, organised by the Regional natural Park of Morbihan Gulf, with the support of the University of Western Brittany (UBO), aims to address the issue of sustainable […]

PERICLES at Iberian Biennial of Cultural Heritage The Iberian Biennial of Cultural Heritage will take place from October 14 to 17 in Leiria (Portugal) with the topic Youth and Heritage. PERICLES takes part with a digital stand sharing the documentary series and other outcomes of Ria de Aveiro case region, as well as the Map […]

Case region Brittany demo b2 events The richness and diversity of the natural environments of the Gulf of Morbihan have led populations to develop, since prehistoric times, coastal activities which have nourished the identities of this territory. Its very indented coasts, estuaries, rivers and abers have favoured the creation of specific coastal installations to take […]

Announcing the winner of the Map our Heritage prize draw! We want to send a big thank you to everyone from the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Estonia who participated in our campaign and helped make it a success! And a special congratulations to Colin Halliday, Scotland, UK, the winner of our ‘Map Your Heritage’ […]

Fishing cultural heritage in NE Aegean and a new book about it.  After three years of work on fishing cultural heritage in NE Aegean, Greece, PERICLES collected a rich body of data, visual, textual and other.  These are all indexed and kept in a comprehensive database managed by the Fisheries Research Institute of the Hellenic […]

Journées européennes du patrimoine du PNRGM Les 16, 18 et 19 septembre 2021. 1/Conférence : Archéologue sous-marin, de Vingt mille lieues sous les mers à l’archéologie préventive Jeudi 16 septembre à 18h00 au Palais des Arts – Salle de l’auditorium – entrée libre. Le pass sanitaire est obligatoire (schéma vaccinal complet, test négatif de moins […]