Since cultural landscapes are very diverse and include a lot of different aspects also projects providing knowledge about the „Maintenance of Cultural Landscapes” are thematically quite diverse.

European Heritage Volunteers organises since two decades projects dealing with one or the other aspect of cultural landscapes – partly linked to the cultural aspects of cultural landscapes as for example the documentation of historical buildings or small architecture typical for a specific landscape, partly linked to the natural environment of cultural heritage sites as historical parks or gardens, partly linked to other environmental topics of cultural landscapes as the maintenance of dry grass meadows or – in other regions – of marsh areas.

It is natural that these projects can usually picture a cultural landscape only in a limited scale. That’s why European Heritage Volunteers aimed to design projects which may illustrate the diversity of a cultural landscape and illustrate – both during the hands-on part and the educational part – different aspects of the maintenance of a heritage site.

Conservation works at a historical pathway and dry-stone walls
Gornji Stoliv / Kotor Municipality
MONTENEGRO

Volunteering Project Spring 2024

Conservation works at a historic pathway & a traditional stone slab roof
Gornij Stoliv / Kotor Municipality
MONTENEGRO

Past Volunteering Project

Traditional dry stone wall techniques
Les Preses / Girona Province
SPAIN

Past Training Course

Conservation works at cave churches & Documentation of frescos
Cave churches & St. Anna Chapel at Great Prespa Lake / Korça Region
ALBANIA

Past Volunteering Project

Conservation of traditional architecture in a National Park
Kenozero National Park - Gorbachikha Village / Arkhangelsk Region
RUSSIA

Past Volunteering Project

Conservation measures at a windmill, a water mill and their environment
Sagalund Open Air Museum & Tappo water mill and dam / Kimito island / Aboland Region
FINLAND

Past Volunteering Project

Systematic documentation of vernacular architecture
Zaroshke / Korca Region
ALBANIA

Past Training Course

Preservation of a church located on an island in a cultural landscape
St. Mary's Church at the Island of Maligrad in the Lake of Prespa / Korca Region
ALBANIA

Past Volunteering Project

Valorisation of rural heritage
Pitomača Village / Virovitica-Podravina County
CROATIA

Past Volunteering Project

Conservation of traditional wooden architecture in a National Park
Kenozero National Park / Archangelsk Region
RUSSIA

Past Volunteering Project

Maintenance of a cultural landscape & traditional stone techniques
Marksburg & Spay, Upper Middle Rhine Valley / Rhineland-Palatinate
GERMANY

Past Training Course

Ecological improvement of a maritime cultural landscape
Venice / Veneto Region
ITALY

Past Volunteering Project

Maintenance of a cultural landscape & documentation of rural buildings
Val Bavona / Canton of Ticino
SWITZERLAND

Past Volunteering Project

Reconstruction of a historic trail
Iturmendi / Navarra Province
SPAIN

Past Volunteering Project

Uncovering & Documentation of historic structures
Venice Archipelago / Veneto Region
ITALY

Volunteering Project 2020