05/09/2020
The design of Trg Evrope/ Piazza Transalpina end the mending of the cross border territory is an important part of the candidature of Nova Gorica in collaboration with Gorizia for the title of European Capital of Culture 2025 (ECOC 2025). The deadline for the competition entry submission expired on the 31st of August 2020. From the 210 subscriptions on the platform EGTC GO, that allows an anonymous login, in accordance with UNESCO regulations, 56 projects were submitted and will compete for the award. The international jury, that will arrive on 9th September, will review, and evaluate projects, and determine the winner, that will be officially announced at a press conference between 16 and 18 September. The major of Nova Gorica, Klemen Miklavič, and Gorizia, Rudolfo Ziberna, emphasise that the requalification of Trg Evrope / Piazza Transalpina and the mending of the cross border territory have the leading role in the candidacy of the two cities for European Capital of Culture 2025 (ECOC 2025), the international ideas competition is an important result for the infrastructural, economic and cultural development of this unique territory in the hearth of Europe.
