Lublin is the European Capital of Culture 2029! The panel of experts positively assessed our final application. It was selected from the four bids that made it to the second stage of the competition.
The remaining three cities – Bielsko-Biała, Katowice and Kołobrzeg – became Polish Capitals of Culture. The ECoC status shall hopefully result in a wide range of positive changes, bringing about cultural, social, and economic benefits. So what is the European Capital of Culture?
Lublin is the
European Capital of Culture 2029!
WHAT IS THE ECOC?
WHY LUBLIN?
The first application submitted by Lublin secured a place on the shortlist of the competition for the title of European Capital of Culture 2029. The final and more extensive bid helped secure the title! Together with the final presentations, it constituted the basis for the panel of experts for their choice.
Below you may find the final application:
IDEA OF RE:UNION
The motto reflects the idea of Lublin’s application for the title of European Capital of Culture 2029. For Lublin, the historical perspective is only a starting point to revise the concept of a union in the current and future conditions.
- reintegration as a natural counteraction to the disintegration caused by the pandemic, crisis, and war
- increase in the quality, intensity, and frequency of interpersonal contacts
- accepting multiple value systems, norms, and assessments while recognizing their common points
- a new social contract where everyone feels, and is important
- building a real community
- a dialogue between various fields of art, cultures, generations, tradition, and modernity; the past and the future.
- a union of entities under a single banner and idea
- a meeting
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