Reclaimed history

LL-00061

Digitally accessible and attractive Lost Culture Heritage tourism destinations in Zemgale and Northern Lithuania

Common territorial challenge (s) that will be tackled by the project

Within the partnership municipalities and whole project covered Zemgale region and Panevezys, Siauliai counties there are joint, common and rich culture heritage and history objects, which are not fully exploited, used, as well as large investments are necessary to improve sites and deliver our joint LV and LT culture heritage to the visitors. Many of those culture heritage objects and their expositions are not so attractive and well preserved, also there is limited access and time for objects and their expositions. Project partners common challenge is to reclaim the history and to present those significant lost culture heritage objects and values to visitors with use of modern and digital technologies.

Project objective

To enhance the role of the lost and not seen any more cultural and historical heritage in Zemgale and Northern Lithuania trough developing interactive, digitally and socially available tourism products and joint route increasing the number of visitors and overnight stays in Programme area.

Planned activities

Activity 1.1 - Activity 1.7: Development of interactive digital tourism products and digital availability in Aizkraukle, Panevezys, Bauska, Rokiskis, Jēkabpils, Akmene and Jelgava municipality. Activity 2.1 Trainings on digital skills for promoting tourism objects and products. Activity 2.2 Practical trainings on digital skills for promoting tourism objects and products. Activity 2.3 Increase of knowledge about social accessibility in digital environment. Activity 2.4 Increase of the economic potential trough digital paid entrance solutions. Activity 2.5 Raising awareness and importance of digital technology solutions and innovations. Activity 2.6 Exchanging good practice about potential and existing digital solutions within partners territories. Activity 3.1 Developing joint interactive tourism route on lost culture heritage objects. Activity 3.2 Promoting recognition of partners newly created interactive digital products and joint route. Activity 3.3 Encouraging visitors to travel across the borders through organized Joint travel contest. Activity 3.4 Promoting visibility and recognition or joint interactive tourism route on lost culture heritage objects. Activity 3.5 Ensuring project publicity and promotion.

Project results

8 project partner organizations cooperating across the border after project completion, cooperation agreement will be concluded and report of achievement of results one year after the project end will be prepared.
Number of visits in year 2026 – 97 700 visitors to 20 cultural and tourism sites supported; increase compared to year 2022 is planned 19 435 persons. Source of verification – TIC statistics, counters, scanned QR codes.
Created interactive digital tourism products on lost culture heritage objects will significantly increase amount of visitors after the project completion.

Within the project Reclaimed History, project partner Jelgava Local Municipality developed digital solutions to represent digitally and attractive historical treasures of Lielvircava Manor and Lielplatone Manor:

installed interactive “window” screen to the past in Lielvircava Manor which provides life scenes outside the manor building in the manor park from the 19th century and with information about the manor’s exhibition rooms with 50 historical items in LV, LT, ENG with photos in Augmented reality mode;

developed unique, not-before-used digital projection on the piano with the piano soundtrack in Lielplatone Manor, playing 19th-century music by pianist Ferentz Liszt and visually representing the notes in an old sheet music book simulated page turning.

The developed tourist attractions are part of existing exhibitions in Lielvircava Manor and Lielplatone Manor. Moreover, both sites are purely local and local attractions.

Photos and videos produced within Promotional events of digital solutions in Lielvircava and Lielplatone Manors, Jelgava Local Municipality:

Video Lielvircava Manor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhfQwy5qPuw