Europe starts here! : European Heritage Label.
Date: 2015-11-10
Institutions: Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture
Subjects: cultural heritage, historic site, history of Europe

EUROPE 
STARTS 
HERE !

EUROPE STARTS IN 
THE HEART OF ANCIENT ATHENS

EUROPE STARTS IN 
THE CARNUNTUM
ARCHAELOGICAL PARK

EUROPE STARTS IN 
THE ABBEY OF CLUNY

EUROPE STARTS IN 
THE ARCHIVES OF THE 
CROWN OF ARAGON

EUROPE STARTS IN 
GREAT GUILD HALL

EUROPE STARTS IN 
THE GENERAL LIBRARY OF 
THE UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA

EUROPE STARTS IN 
THE UNION OF LUBLIN

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EUROPE 
STARTS 
HERE !

The European Heritage Label links highly 
symbolic heritage sites which have played a 
significant role in the history and culture of 
Europe or in the development of European 
integration.

For more information, please contact  
eac-culture@ec.europa.eu

HEART OF ANCIENT ATHENS
Greece

The heart of ancient Athens comprises a 
historical landscape where events which 
helped shape some of the most essential 
aspects of European identity took place, from 
the development of classical art and theatre, 
to democracy, philosophy, logic, equal rights 
and sciences.

ARCHAELOGICAL PARK 
CARNUNTUM
Petronell-Carnuntum — Austria

The Archaeological Park Carnuntum was an 
important Roman settlement founded in the 
middle of the 1st century AD at a crossing 
point of trade routes on the Danube. The 
400 years of Roman life in Carnuntum reflect 
a period of history that deeply influenced and 
shaped Europe’s development.

ABBEY OF CLUNY — France

The Abbey of Cluny (AD 910) was once at the 
heart of one of the largest monastic networks 
in European history, facilitating the circulation 
of people, books, artistic ideas and scientific 
knowledge across national borders.

ARCHIVES OF THE CROWN 
OF ARAGON
Barcelona — Spain

The Archives of the Crown of Aragon 
represent one of the oldest archival 
institutions in Europe and comprises some of 
the most valuable collections of documents 
from Medieval Europe.

GREAT GUILD HALL
Tallinn — Estonia

The Great Guild Hall was commissioned by 
the Great Guild, an association of German 
Hanseatic merchants, one of the most 
important medieval trading organisations, 
which played an important role in the history 
of trade and cultural exchanges in northern 
Europe.

GENERAL LIBRARY OF 
THE UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA
Portugal

The General Library of the University 
of Coimbra has promoted and 
defended common access to knowledge and 
information throughout its history.

UNION OF LUBLIN
Poland

The Union of Lublin, established in 1569 
between the Kingdom of Poland and the 
Grand Duchy of Lithuania, was an exceptional 
case of the democratic integration of two 
countries, which led to the peaceful and 
inclusive coexistence of people of different 
ethnic and religious backgrounds.