Project for protection, promotion and tourist valorization of Adriatic maritime heritage presented - ARCA ADRIATICA

The project "Protection, promotion and tourist valorization of the Adriatic Maritime Heritage" or ARCA ADRIATICA for short, is part of the third priority axis "Environment and Cultural Heritage" of the INTERREG Italy-Croatia program.

Implementation of the project officially began on January 1, 2019, and lasts until December 31, 2021. As work continues on the joint protection, promotion and tourist valorization of the Adriatic maritime heritage, the ARCA ADRIATICA project is a kind of continuation of the successfully implemented EU projects Mala barka and Mala barka 2.

Main goal of a project is the development of a common tourism product based on the principles of social and environmental sustainability which also valorizes, preserves, protects and promotes the rich maritime heritage of the border area

On Thursday, December 9, 2021, the study tour of the ARCA ADRIATICA project in Opatija began with the presentation of the final ARCA conference at the Ambasador Hotel where participants could hear about the results of projects from the Croatian and Italian coast. 

After the successful final conference, the participants headed to Rovinj, where a guided tour of the city was held. Batana's heritage walk from the Interpretation and Documentation Center to 'Spacio Matika'with the presentation of maritime heritage and all the results made as part of the project with the occasional gastronomic and musical heritage of Rovinj with a themed dinner in Spacio with musical accompaniment KUD-SAC Marko Garbin.

The next day was reserved for a tour of Opatija accompanied by a guide and a panoramic boat ride where participants learned interesting facts about the maritime heritage of the Kvarner area, which is valorized through the ARCA ADRIATICA project. In the afternoon, a trip to Kraljevica was organized and a visit to the Kraljevica Visitor Center 'Frankopan Routes' with the aim of discovering the potential of networking different heritage stories into one tourist product.

As a key result of the project, it is expected to increase the availability of maritime heritage to all groups of society (virtual museum, open-air museums, interpretation centers), increase the number of visitors in the border area, increase the number of permanently protected artifacts of maritime intangible and tangible heritage. , maritime heritage base, technical characteristics of vessels), increase of tourist infrastructure based on maritime heritage (interpretation center in Malinska, Cervija, Venice, Rovinj and Tkon, renovation of small boats that will be living examples and exhibits in ports and regattas) and greater visibility included destinations.

In that sense, a promotional video was realized 

* The total value of the project is 3,16 million euros, funded by the European Commission from the European Regional Development Fund with 2,69 million euros, and it involved 10 partners from Croatia and Italy. More information about the Arca Adriatica project can be found on the website project