ARCH 3D - eMS 15
Advertising of Regional Cultural Heritage in 3D
Improving the sustainable use of sites of cultural heritage in the area and attracting tourists throughout the entire year.
1,481,057 euro, out of which 1,258,898.45 ERDF
Target at the half of the implementation period: 1,117,255 euro was not reached (21,492.10 euro).
Lead Beneficiary (LB): Balchik Municipality
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Mangalia Municipality
Balchik (Dobrich, Bulgaria) and Mangalia (Constanţa, Romania)
Development of 20 promotional 3D videos;
2-day launching events will be organized in Balchik and Mangalia, on which the elaborated videos will be presented;
Presenting the 3D videos on the facades of sites of cultural heritage on both sides of the border;
Two exhibition halls in Mangalia and Balchik will be established, in which the promotional videos will be presented on a year-round basis.
Programme outputs: 1 common plan for advertising of cultural heritage in the cross-border region of the two municipalities; increase with 1000 the expected number of visits to supported sites of cultural and natural heritage and attraction
Programme results: increase with 54.000 the number of tourist overnights in the CBC region.
3D promotional videos featuring the cultural heritage of Balchik and Mangalia Municipality were produced and can be seen on the Facebook Page "Мелницата / The Mill". The 3D projections in Balchik started in the beginning of the summer season in 2017 with an official opening organized on 5th-6th of June 2017 and ran through September 2017. Mangalia Municipality opened the presentation of the 3D promotional videos with a 2-day launching event on 8th-9th of September 2017, but due to unfavorable weather conditions they were interrupted after 10 days. The 3D presentations were renewed on 28th of April 2018 and will continue throughout the summer season of 2018 until the end of the project.
The beneficiaries also equipped two exhibition halls in Balchik and Mangalia designed to allow presentation of the 3D videos on a smaller scale year-round.
A common plan for advertising the cultural heritage of the cross-border region between the two municipalities, setting up common objectives was elaborated and adopted by Balchik Municipal Council. The Adoption by Mangalia Local council is still pending.