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Saint-Denis, Nice, Reims ... Which city will be the European capital of culture 2028?

2021-11-15T14:57:14.543Z


While Nice is refining its candidacy, the cities claiming the label which distinguishes a city distinguished by its cultural vitality, compete for initiatives.


They covet the Grail, but only one will get it.

Rouen, Reims, Clermont-Ferrand, Bourges, Amiens or Nice are in the running to become the next European capital of culture, in 2028. And the list is far from exhaustive.

The label, born in 1985 from the initiative of Melina Mercouri, then Greek Minister of Culture, is successful.

And consecrated cities have long measured the benefits.

Four French cities have already obtained the consecration: Paris in 1989, Avignon in 2000, Lille in 2004 and Marseille-Provence in 2013.

Read alsoNice candidate to be European Capital of Culture 2028

Each year, two cities in two different states are nominated for a competition launched six years before the capital year.

France and the Czech Republic are selected for 2028. The deadline for submitting an application is June 2022. After analysis of the files, the city designated by the European Union will be announced during the year 2023.

According to the European Commission, it is about

“highlighting the diversity of cultural wealth in Europe and the links that unite us as Europeans

”.

It is up to the designated city to promote its heritage and cultural dynamism, we can read on the website of the Ministry of Culture.

It goes without saying that the stakes are high.

To support their candidacy for the title of European Capital of Culture, cities are competing for projects.

Overview of the most successful cases.

Nice

During an interview granted to

Nice Matin

, Monday, November 15, the mayor LR Christian Estrosi put forward his arguments to obtain the famous label which would be "

a formidable booster

". After having once again praised the rich heritage of his city, the one who has proclaimed for several months to have made culture "

a priority

", counts to convince the European authorities "

of the merits

" of his candidacy, on a postponement to level

of equipment (museums, theaters, opera, film studios, libraries and other reading rooms) and step up our support for creators and develop production sites such as 109, route de Turin

», He declared to our colleagues.

The schools are not to be outdone, the city council also considering involving them in the plan:

“A global cultural education project is being developed.

By 2025, it will see 100% of elementary and nursery schools in the city offering young people in Nice an initiation into at least two artistic disciplines.

"

St Denis

Known in particular for the Stade de France and the basilica which houses the necropolis of the kings of France, the third most populous city in Ile-de-France with some 112,000 inhabitants, has decided to call its candidacy file “Peripheries 2028”. The city, young and popular, notably highlights its “

multiple cultures

”, its “

rich heritage

” and major urban projects (Grand Paris metro stations, Olympic Games) which will change its face in the coming years. “

Make our territories, no longer margins but rather lively and attractive spaces, where the future is built. Show, promote, all this richness, this cultural turmoil unfortunately too little visible yet »

, the city said in a press release, which officially launched its candidacy on October 1.

Among the highlights of the dossier, the reconstruction of the spire of the basilica which

"will be an integral part of the project which will be presented for selection",

declared Mathieu Hanotin, PS mayor of Saint-Denis, in April.

Read alsoWill the Basilica of Saint-Denis regain its historic spire?

Clermont-Ferrand

The city structures its candidacy around four axes: proximity and good living;

strong natural identity, between water and volcanoes;

the embodiment of the dialogue between the urban and the rural;

the claim of the workers' heritage for an innovative and sustainable industrial transformation.

After a logo signed Castelbajac, the city chose the writer Cécile Coulon to chair Clermont-Ferrand Massif central 2028, the association which will carry the candidacy of the metropolis.

Bourges

“The application will also be based on the development of cultural diversity and transdisciplinarity.

The territory of the project will be questioned, in particular at the intermunicipal level.

The City has also called on assistance from project management in cultural engineering to support it, ”

the city explained in a press release.

Glaciologist Lydie Lescarmontier and the 2020 Goncourt Hervé Le Tellier Prize have been named godmother and sponsor of the candidacy.

Reims

With this candidacy, the metropolis brings together several ambitions, including: building bridges between the inhabitants, the cultural, economic and social actors of the territory, strengthening the bonds of solidarity and the human in the city, strengthening its attractiveness, its national influence and international with French and foreign investors, companies, future inhabitants ... The metropolis highlights its influence throughout Europe and the world thanks to champagne, its historical heritage, its public space dedicated to urban art or its cultural festivals aimed at the youngest audience.

Source: lefigaro

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