#Routes4U Photo Competition
During the Summer 2018, instagrammers from 18 countries enrolled in the Routes4U photo competition. Among more than 80 entries, we selected the four photos below, that represent the best the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe for each of the EU macro-regions.
Thanks to our cooperation with Eurail.com, the four talented photographers win an Interail Global Pass "10 days within 1 month" for unlimited travel through Europe.
Explore and share photos with us on Instagram @CultureRoutes #Routes4U
Baltic Sea Region | EUSBSR
The Hansa and Réseau Art Nouveau Network
Riga will make tou travel in time with its two Cultural Routes: The Hansa and the Réseau Art Nouveau Network. The first fosters the relations and traditions of more than 190 cities in the Baltic Sea Region belonging to the medieval Hanseatic League. The second one promotes Art Nouveau in the Latvian capital city, represented in over one third of its building in the centre. And you, what’s your favorite place in Riga?
@mm.ak.b is the winner of the #Routes4U photo competition for the Baltic Sea Region. The Hansa was certified "Cultural Route of the Council of Europe" in 1991, and The Réseau Art Nouveau Network in 2014. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Danube Region | EUSDR
Destination Napoleon
"Traveling to Dubrovnik is practically travelling back in time. And your companions are all these modern people with modern clothes and modern attitudes and for some reason you all fit in the past. Past and present unite so naturally. And that should be Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe for me- knowing a place for what it was, what it is, and what it can be."
@lloubellou is the winner of the #Routes4U photo competition for the Danube Region. Dubrovnik is member of the Cultural Route "Destination Napoleon".
The maritime Republic of Ragusa was centered on the city of Dubrovnik, before being formally annexed to the Napoleon Kingdom of Italy in 1808.
Adriatic-Ionian Region | EUSAIR
European Route of Charles V
The Pozzo di San Patrizio is a historic well in Orvieto, Italy. It was built in the 16th century at the behest of Pope Clement VII. He had taken refuge at Orvieto during the sack of Rome in 1527 by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles, and feared that the city's water supply would be insufficient in case of a siege.
@annamarcis is the winner of the #Routes4U photo competition for the Adriatic-Ionian Region. The European Route of Emperor Charles V was certified "Cultural Route of the Council of Europe" in 2015.
Alpine Region | EUSALP
Impressionisms Route
"The photo of Lake Bled in Slovenia represents memory from a great journey to Alpine Region. During that trip I had to overcome distances, frontiers and language barriers in order to get known with cultural and natural diversity of this part of Europe."
@aleksapopadic is the winner of the #Routes4U photo competition for the Alpine region. Slovenia is member of the Impressionisms Route, Cultural Route of the Council of Europe since 2018. One of its most representative Impressionist painter is Ivan Grohar. The Sower, one of its painting, is even used in the 0,05€ Slovenian coin.
