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Cooperation Network of European Routes of Emperor Charles V

On 25thApril 2007, the Cooperation Network of the European Routes of Emperor Charles V was created in Medina de Pomar (Burgos) with the objective of protecting and promoting the tourist, historical-cultural and economic resources of the European Routes of Charles V.  Currently it comprises more than 80 cities and historical sites along the length and breadth of the journeys covered by Charles Hapsburg between 1517 and 1557.

Since 2007 the Network has been developing its extensive work in the construction of a wide cultural and tourist programme centred on the figure and work of Charles Hapsburg.

On 27th September 2013, the Cooperation Network of the European Routes of Emperor Charles V (RCCV) presented to the European Institute of Cultural Itineraries their application for Council of Europe Cultural Route certification.

In May 2015, the Cooperation Network was declared a Council of Europe Cultural Itinerary.

The project of the European Cultural Itinerary of the European Routes of Charles V is based on the following points:

  1. Together, the institutions which comprise the Cooperation Network of the European Routes of Charles V accommodate and/or represent the cultural, historical-artistic, academic and social legacy of the reign of the European Emperor Charles Hapsburg, bringing together the largest known collection of evidence of this period of European history.
  2. This legacy forms a formidable cultural and historical reference for the present cities of Europe, and tangible proof that the European nations of the Modern Age share cultural, artistic, political and social values not extent of tensions and serious confrontations which have been overcome.
  3. Currently, the regions represented offer a vast range of  destinations of cultural and natural interest as well as activities and commemorations linked to the character of Charles V which are representative of Renaissance European society (XVI century), and accessible to the knowledge and enjoyment of European and World society.
  4. This European Cultural heritage combines all the requisites to define a tour  encompassing various regions and countries  organized around a theme whose historical, artistic, academic, cultural, social and socio-political interest  reveals itself as European fundamentally in terms of its content, meaning and geographical layout.
  5. The study and enhancement of the character and times of Charles V, the last European Emperor, through the sharing of a common history and an extensive heritage, is vital to the historical process and construction of Europe and necessary to the fostering of a European identity and a lasting sense of shared belonging to a common history and a broad heritage, diverse and supportive, such as is the European; and will allow the process of European construction to progress based on the strongest foundation stones: culture and the unity of the peoples of Europe.

OBJECTIVES OF THE CULTURAL ITINERARY:

  • To consolidate a broad Network of cooperation for the development of a cultural and tourist product based on the European heritage of the XVI th century and on the character of Emperor Charles V.
  • To expand a research programme centred on the history, art and culture of the epoch of Emperor Charles V which will facilitate the development of joint activities.
  • To promote the preservation and diffusion of the European Cultural Heritage of the Renaissance, encouraging common activities in the management, recovery and social enhancement of same.
  • To encourage cultural and educational exchanges, paying particular attention to contact between young people in the diverse regions and countries.
  • To boost the development and circulation of activities which allow the elaboration and widening social awareness of contemporary cultural and artistic activities amongst the members of the network driving the itinerary, as well as with other networks, particularly with the Cultural Itineraries of the Council of Europe.
  • To work in a determined way to create tourist products of a sustainable nature which will improve the lives of citizens, create jobs, free tourism of its seasonal limitations, and create cultural tourism of quality.
  • To favour understanding and cohesion between the peoples of Europe, influencing in particular those aspects required to overcome the interlinked conflicts (religious, social and political) which were brought about by the perilous European history of the Modern Age. To work on the unifying aspects of European society in the Renaissance (art, culture, the classic vision of Europe) in the face of the religious intransigence and territorial conflicts of the epoch.
Composition of direction, management and scientific boards

BOARD OF DIRECTORS CNCV

PRESIDENT:

  • Miguel Angel Martín Ramos. European and Iberoamerican Foundation of Yuste. (Spain).

VICEPRESIDENT 1st:

  • Rosa Nicoletta Tomassone. Centro Culturale Internazionale Luigi Einaudi. (Italy).

VICEPRESIDENT 2nd:

  • Frédérique Honoré. Coudenberg Palace of Charles V in Brussels (Belgium).

SECRETARY:

  • Fermín Encabo Acuña. City of Jarandilla de la Vera (Spain).

TREASURER:

  • Jose Mª Hernández García. City of Cuacos de Yuste (Spain).

VOWELS:

  • Alejandro Vega Riego. City of Villaviciosa  (Spain).
  • Fátima Reis. Portuguese Academy of History (Portugal).
  • Roland Neumann. City of Mühlberg (Germany).
  • Francisco Javier Martín Simón. Junta de Extremadura (Spain).
  • Adolfo López Ramiro. City of Mojados (Spain).
  • Marie Vicent. Monastery of Brou (France).
  • Rachid Taferssiti. Al-Boughaz Foundation (Tanger).
  • City of Panamá (Panamá).
  • Estrella Torrecilla. Junta de Castilla y León - Fundación Siglo. (Spain).
  • Rafael López Guzmán. University of Granada (Spain).

MANAGEMENT:

  • Quintín Correas Domingo (management@itineracarolusv.eu)
  • Alicia López García (admin@itineracarolusv.eu) 

SCIENTIFIC COMITEE

HONOR COMITEE

  • Prof. Bruno Anatra, Professor Modern History, University of Cagliari
  • Dr. Ardnt Brendecke, Professor Modern History, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen.
  • Dr. Horst Pietschmann, Professor Modern History (Renaissance), University of  Hamburgo. 
  • Dr. Antonio Ventura Díaz, Emeritus Professor of Universities of Salamanca and Extremadura.
  • Prof. Geoffrey Parker, Professor Modern History (Renaissance), USA.
  • Dra. Manuela Mendonça, Academia Portuguesa de la Historia

GERMANY

  • Dr. Lars-Arne Dannenberg, Curator of Mühlberg Museum.

AUSTRIA

  • ​​Dr. Marion Romberg, Habsburg Network, Austrian Academy of Sciences.

BELGIUM

  • Lic. Röel Jacobs, Historical adviser to Brussels City
  • Dr. Jonathan Dumont, Renaissance History, Univ. Liège / Univ. Lille
  • Prof. Gustaav Janssens, Prof. KU Leuven, Member of the Koninklijk Commisie voor Geschiedenis.

SPAIN

  • Dra. Bethany Aram, Professor Modern History, Universidad Pablo Olavide, Sevilla
  • Dr. Carlos Belloso Martín, Professor Modern History, Universidad Europea Miguel de Cervantes
  • Dr. Francisco Javier Pizarro, Universidad de Extremadura
  • Dr. Jordi Tresserras, Touristical Advisor, Universitat de Barcelona
  • Prof. Rafael López Guzmán, Professor Art History, Universidad de Granada
  • Javier López Martín, Maritime Archeology Madrid

FRANCIA

  • Dr. Ludolf Pelizaeus, Univ. Picardie Jules Verne.

HOLLAND

  • Dr. Louis Sicking, Modern Sea, History Univ. Leyden.

ITALY

  • Prof. María Pía Pedani, Professor Modern History, Università Ca’Foscari Venezia
  • Prof. Nicola Melis, Prof. Modern History. Università Cagliari
  • D. Francesco Totaro, Centro Culturale Luigi Einaudi
  • Dr. Anna Trono, Professor Modern History, Università di Salento
  • Dr. Francesco Vergara Caffarelli, Professor Modern History, Università di Palermo

LUXEMBOURG

  • Gilles Genot, Modern History, Univ. Luxembourg.

PORTUGAL

  • Dra. María de Fátima Antunes dos Reis, Subdirectora da Facultade de Letras, University of Lisboa. Directora da Cátedra de Estudios Sefarditas Alberto Benveniste.
Publications and research

The Scientific Committee and other hired technicians have been working since 2007 in several fields of research on the figure of Emperor Charles V: his historical, political and social life and the historical and artistic heritage preserved in the different cities that can be found on the Emperor's routes throughout the length and breadth of Europe, and their potential exploitation for tourism.

The main lines of action developed so far are:

  • Inventory-catalogue of the Cultural Routes of Charles V. Phase I: Laredo-Yuste.

  • History and historiography. Appraisal of the figure of Emperor Charles V.
  • The travels of Emperor Charles V. Historical documentation and geographical analysis.
  • The travels of Emperor Charles V. Historical documentation and geographical analysis.
  • Competitiveness Plan and environmental management tools for the Route of Charles V.
  • Tourism marketing Plan for the Routes of Charles V.
  • Selective inventory of the tourist resources of the Laredo-Yuste Route.
  • Proposal of actions to consolidate the CNCV.

 

Adhesion and documentation

Annual Report 2017

Annual report 2016

Annual report 2015

Application Model

Statutes RCCV

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