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Picture of the Month
Carrickfergus
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Welcome
The
Walled Towns Friendship Circle (WTFC) is the international association
for the sustainable development of walled towns, walled cities and
fortified historic towns. This set of pages provides detailed information,
including pictures, of some of these towns, while basic information
on many others is to be found on our Research
Pages, which are maintained by David Bruce at UWE, Bristol,
which has further general information about walled towns and some
further development pages.
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Membership of the WTFC currently includes 152 historic walled towns,
walled cities and fortified towns in Europe and beyond. To
learn more about the WTFC you can read our constitution here.
WTFC was founded in 1989 in Tenby (South Wales) by Peter Osborne,
now Honorary Life President. Grants towards the establishment and projects of
the WTFC have been made by the European Commission DGXXIII (tourism
Unit) in 1990 and 1993.
Member towns that have hosted the annual symposium are
Cittadella (Italy), Loches (France) Drosendorf an Der
Thaya(Austria) ,Londonderry / Derry (N. Ireland), Mdina
(Malta), Chester (England).
Piran (Slovenia), Zadar, (Croatia), Tenby (Wales), Elvas
(Portugal). Soave (Italy). Waterford (Ireland). The 2004
Symposium was held in
Chichester
(England), from
11 - 16 September. In 2005 it was held in
's-Hertogenbosch
in the Netherlands from 31 May to 5 June.
Verona, Italy 2006, (Archway).
Plasencia
Spain, 16 -21
April 2007. The 2008 Symposium will be held in
Canterbury, from Friday10 October until Tuesday 14
October. (Web pages of
Canterbury Walls - do take a look.
These pages created by Canterbury Buildings )
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