Marseille-Provence 2013 a larger, decades-long, multibillion-dollar development effort to revitalize the city. The official designation of European Capital of Culture was created in 1985 with the goal of building ties between citizens of the European Union by celebrating both the diversity of European culture and its common history and values. The event is also considered an opportunity for a city or region raise its international profile and to foster urban renewal through investment in culture and tourism. Thus far, more than 40 cities have received the European Capital of Culture designation. The city of Marseille launched its candidacy to host the European
EUROPEUM - European Culture Centre new place for the European Art collection which was to be the EUROPEUM. Other notable artworks include Catalan medieval Madonnas, Luca Giordano's "Flight into Egypt", “Man of Sorrows” by Jan Gossaert, "Portrait of a Boy with a Bow and a Dog” by Nicolaes Maes, “Portrait of Antonio Canova” by Antonio d’Este, François-Xavier Fabre’s “Portrait of Michał Bogoria Skotnicki” or Bertel Thorvaldsen’s “Mercury”. EUROPEUM - European Culture Centre The EUROPEUM - European Culture Centre is a division of the Kraków National Museum housing a permanent exhibition of European art. Placed on two floors in a restored 17th century granary, the museum