The project is focused on an innovative approach towards the organization of an exclusive tourist product, which includes the development of the presentаtion methods and apply them towards the architectural heritage of historical fortress cities of the region. This approach will promote the adaptive reuse of the heritage today and in the future.
The goal – presentation of the cultural heritage within the region on the example of historical "ideal" Renaissance-Baroque fortress cities at the national and international level. Among them Ivano-Frankivsk, Bohorodchany, Mariiampil, Zhovkva, Brody, Bar, Polonne.
Restoration works will be carried out in block A. There will be created a modern multifunctional Congress Center space with the multimedia Museum Citta ideale and the Creative ideas Hub, where the Platform "Citta ideale" will be held.
The Museum Citta ideale is a platform for finding out the historical processes, the architectural and urban development of cities that were were implemented by the Renaissance concepts of the "ideal" city, including Ivano-Frankivsk (Stanislaviv), Mariiampil, Polonne, Brody, Zhovkva, Bogorodchany. The museum is a forum for discussion about cultural heritage and why its protection and preservation is necessary. The museum is a school of critical thinking and social responsibility for the protection and preservation of cultural heritage.
Creative ideas Hub is a space for: uniting people around history and heritage, for public dialogue, interaction among the cultural community; a place for open public events, for the implementation of educational programs; a place for creation and implementation of projects in the field of popularization and preservation of cultural heritage and seeking the best practices of interaction in the field of historical and educational tourism and protection and preservation of cultural heritage.
According to the project will be installed the bronze models of "ideal" Renaissance-Baroque cities, hold educational activities and the international annual Forum of "ideal" cities as well as created two pilot tourist routes through "ideal" cities of Ukraine: Ivano-Frankivsk– Bohorodchany– Mariiampil–Ivano-Frankivsk/ Ivano-Frankivsk–Zhovkva– Brody–Ivano-Frankivsk.