To celebrate the Romanian National Culture Day, the Romanian Cultural Institute in Budapest, in partnership with the Romanian Embassy in Budapest, Timișoara 2023 European Capital of Culture Association, respectively the Politehnica University of Timișoara and National Museum of Banat, invites you on Thursday, January 19, 2023, between 16:00 – 21:00, at the Romanian Cultural Institute in Budapest (Izso 5, 1146 Budapest), to find out the latest news about the most important cultural program of 2023 in Romania, within the "International Spotlight Heritage Festival with XR Demonstrations/Reflektorfényben a Temesvári Kulturális Örökség. Nemzetközi Fesztivál XR Bemutatók".

The event will kick off with the launch and presentation Program Timisoara European Capital of Culture 2023. The festival will also feature a interactive installation visible with VR glasses, a concept of the Polytechnic University of Timisoara, where those present will be able to realize, with the help of augmented and virtual reality technologies, "a short visit" through the history of the old neighborhoods of Timisoara and will be able to listen to stories of the buildings and their owners, many of Hungarian, Serbian and German ethnicity.

Read more HERE.

International Festival of Digital Culture and Heritage - XR Demonstrations will continue on 20 January 2023 to Óbuda University of Budapest (034 Budapest, Bécsi út 96/b), between 10:00-17:00with a series of activities dedicated to the culture and heritage of Timisoara. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with a complex, real-virtual world, through the use of state-of-the-art digital technologies that showcase Timisoara's landmarks and will be able to to take a virtual stroll through the city streets, visit and learn about the most famous monuments. 

"International Spotlight Heritage Festival with XR Demonstrations/Reflektorfényben a Temesvári Kulturális Örökség. Nemzetközi Fesztivál XR Bemutatók" is an international festival of extended reality and digital culture of the city of Timisoara, Romania, in which participants will be invited to learn about the culture and heritage of the city with the role of European Capital of Culture this year - Timișoara 2023, which has a multi-ethnic and multi-confessional tradition reflected in its heritage and in the harmonious coexistence of four cultural-linguistic communities: Romanian, Hungarian, German and Serbian.

See the official announcement on the website of ICR Budapest. 

Spotlight Heritage Timișoara / Patrimoniul sub reflectoare is a digital cultural initiative of the Politehnica University of Timișoara, realised in partnership with the National Museum of Banat, part of the Cultural Programme Timișoara 2023 European Capital of Culture. Cultural project co-financed by the Center for Projects of the Municipality of Timișoara, Timiș County Council, Romania. In Hungary, the project is presented at the initiative of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Budapest, and with the support of Obuda University Budapest.