“ITER ROMANUM: ​Heritage and Cities” is a cooperation project within

the sphere of the European cultural, educational and tourism heritage

which aims to promote and publicize the Roman roads and sites
making up the Network.

The road configuration of today's Europe and other Mediterranean

countries is based on the first network that Rome designed in these
places. Many of the towns and cities belonging to the Roman Empire in
the past have continued to occupy the same places right up to present
times.

Rome built more than 300,000 km of roads throughout its empire.

These roads connected the capital to large cities. At the same time, and
for the first time in the history of Europe, a central power also allocated
many economic, material and human resources to the construction of a
dense transport network that connected small communities and
isolated territories to neighboring territories as well as to any part of
the Roman Empire. The network of Roman roads freed vast areas of the
empire from isolation and enabled economic, cultural and social
exchange between very different societies, while also lending them
elements of cohesion.
Through this network of Roman roads, Iter Romanum connects unique
Roman monumental sites which were considered peripheral or
secondary settlements in Roman times.

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 ROMAN ROADS HERITAGE COOPERATION
NETWORK - Iter Romanum
The association was set up on 22 October 2017 in Luxembourg,
where the minutes of the founding meeting were signed. It was registered as
an association in the Spanish National Registry on 16 January 2019.

The Association has the following objectives, among others:

Publicize and promote Roman culture and heritage.

Promote relations with the Council of Europe and European
institutions.
Further the collaboration between public administrations and private
organizations to promote joint actions related to this route.
Promote and launch educational activities about the Roman roads
and sites belonging to the route which are aimed at young people in
order to strengthen their knowledge of their roots.
Coordinate those cultural and tourism activities that take place in
the areas where Roman roads and sites are found in terms of
sustainable development.
Exchange knowledge and information on the management of
archaeological sites.
Promote connections with cultural and creative industries.

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 The ultimate goal of this project is to constitute a large network of sites to
jointly organize tourism and cultural activity through their communication
routes and Roman heritage.

The internal organisation and the working

of the Association is democratic with full
rights of pluralism.

The management and administration of the

Association is exercised by the General
Assembly, the Committee and the
President, which are the organs of the
Association.

The General Assembly is the supreme

organ of the government.

Iter Romanum is currently managed by a

Committee formed by:

President: Fondazione Aquileia. (Italy) Dr.

Cristiano Tiussi. Director.

Vice-president: MuséoParc Alésia (France). Mr. Laurent Bourdereau. Managing

Director.

Secretary and Treasuer: Cooperation Network of Cities on the Ruta de la Plata

(Spain). Ms. Marta Jordán Ordiales. Président.

Board Member: Institute for protection of Cultural Monuments, Sremska

Mitrovica (Serbia). Ms Biljana Lučić. Archaeologist.

Board Member: City of Braga (Portugal). Dr. Ana Ferreira. Mayor’s Head of
Cabinet.

Board Member: City of Arlon (Bélgique). M. David Colling. Director-Curator

Arqueological Museum.

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 Membership Process - Full Members
To be a Full Member
Any public or private entity with full capacity to act and with the right to
speak and vote may be associated with the objectives of this Association,
constituted in accordance with the laws of the different States

Presentation of the membership application which includes the following

documents:
Membership letter (we have a model)
Agreement by the governing body of the candidate entity with sufficient
powers to apply for membership to the association.
Descriptive sheet, including :
Entity data
Contact data
Information about the Roman road or roads that reached the site,
about the Roman remains that are to be valuated, their location,
bibliography, the activities and scientific publications from the last 3
years related to their Roman heritage, as well as the relationship
between the related cultural and tourist offer and the activities aimed
at youth groups.
It must be clearly stated in the document exactly what the new
candidate’s contribution to the network will be in terms of Roman
heritage.

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DUTIES OF THE MEMBERS:
To attend the sessions of the
Assemblies and other acts that are
organised.
To provide the necessary cooperation
for the proper functioning of the
Association.
Financially support the Association
through the payment of annual fees
and/or extraordinary contributions
determined by the General Assembly,
following a proposal from the Board of FEE 2023
Directors. 2.000 € per member.
The heritage site promoted through Iter
Romanum must be accessible and
visitable.

RIGHTS OF THE MEMBERS

Attend the meetings of the General Assembly with the right to speak and
vote
To elect and be elected to representative positions or to exercise
managerial positions.
To exercise the representation conferred in each case.
To enjoy all the activities and common services of the Association,
according to the rules and regulations
To request and receive information on the activities, administration and
management of the Association.

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HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Technical Bureau
Roman Routes Heritage Cooperation Network

Plaza Fermín García Bernardo, s/n. 33201 Gijón.

Spain
info@iter-romanum.eu
+34 985 18 51 11
https://iter-romanum.eu