Wednesday 22 April 2026 marked a symbolic milestone for the European Heritage Label, which celebrated its 15th anniversary in Brussels. On this occasion, ‘Rashi of Troyes, European Place of Remembrance’ officially joined an expanding community that now comprises 80 sites spread across more than 250 locations throughout Europe, including 6 in France.
Held at the Art & History Museum in Brussels, the ceremony marked the culmination of the 2025 selection process, the results of which were announced on 25 February.
The event was opened by Glenn Micallef, European Commissioner for Intergenerational Equity, Youth, Culture and Sport. It brought together numerous institutional and cultural figures: MEPs, representatives of the European institutions, heritage experts, as well as representatives of the ‘Rashi of Troyes’ site: Gabrielle Rosner-Bloch (Regional Councillor for the Grand Est), Philippe Dallemagne (President of the Aube Departmental Council), Nicolas Honoré (President of the PIC Rashi and representative of the City of Troyes), Élie Korchia (President of the Central Consistory of France) and Judith Kogel (President of the PIC Rashi Scientific Council).
A rich and representative selection for 2025, reflecting European diversity:
- The Landeszeughaus (Graz, Austria)
- Domain & Royal Musuem of Mariemont (Morlanwelz, Belgium)
- Provadia Salt Production and Urban Centre (Provadia-Solnitsata, Bulgaria)
- Free Speach Space (Czech Republic)
- Pader Urban River Landscape (Paderborn, Germany)
- La Nau Cultural Centre (Valencia, Spain)
- Industrial Heritage of Varkaus (Varkaus, Finland)
- Rashi of Troyes, European Place of Remembrance (Troyes, France)
- Places of Peace (Alcáçovas, Portugal; Alcañices, Spain; Evoramonte, Portugal; Kaynardzha, Bulgaria; Trenčín, Slovakia; Vasvár, Hungary; Zadar, Croatia)
- Bosco delle Querce Park (Seveso and Meda, Italy)
- St Paul’s Catacombs (Rabat, Malta)
- Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music (Lusławice, Poland)
- Lagar Velho Rockshelter (Leira, Portugal)