Michel Thomas-Penette
Born in Paris in 1946, Michel Thomas-Penette, biologist and former director of the European Institute of Cultural Routes, has always shown a great interest in art and writing, and has brought these together into one passion, implementing a programme launched by the Council of Europe 20 years ago. The European cultural routes bring together 24 major themes of European cooperation in artistic, scientific and technological culture. From the silkworm to parks and gardens via the Spa Towns, biology goes hand in hand with Romanesque architecture and the route of the book.
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Michel Thomas-Penette |
The EHTTA (European Historic Thermal Towns Association) is composed of 11 European countries and 30 cities soon. It is a network of cities which tell their histories, each town has its own history but they have nevertheless many things in common (famous visitors, activities, a cultural life,
). The common history of these cities is told to a large public thanks to themes like cinema, theatre, music or the interactive novel. The biggest challenge is to reach different types of public and to show them that the culture of thermal towns is innovative; it is founded on the past but reinvents a new thermal culture at the same time. This innovation happens thanks to the management of territories at the European scale. The link with the public is created thanks to guided tours, different activities but also thanks to the social medias. Sharing a multicultural life is part of the SOURCE project because the network is a huge European melting pot. The cities of Fiuggi and La Bourboule decided to include culture in their politics, they are going to talk about it more precisely.
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