Europalia

Europalia is a cultural organization, established in Brussels, Belgium in 1969. Europalia wants to highlight the culture of member States of the European Community, by organizing festivals of art and culture at the heart of Europe. During the first period of Europalia, the festivals were organized in principle every other year. During a second period, Europalia dedicated itself to the illustration of the culture of Eastern European candidate countries. A third phase started in 2003, when Italy offered the possibility of organising a second Europalia.

History of festivals

* 1969 Italy
* 1971 Netherlands
* 1973 Great Britain
* 1975 France
* 1977 Federal Republic of Germany
* 1980 Belgium
* 1982 Greece
* 1985 Spain
* 1987 Austria
* 1989 Japan
* 1991 Portugal
* 1993 Mexico
* 1996 Victor Horta
* 1998 Czech Republic
* 1999 Hungary
* 2000 Brussels, Crossroads of Culture
* 2001 Poland
* 2002 Bulgaria
* 2003 Italy
* 2005 Russia
* 2007 EU-27

ee also

* European Capital of Culture

ource

* [http://www.europalia.be/ Europalia]