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RECENT NEWS
Preveza Choral Festival open for 2025 entries
The annual Preveza Choral Festival has announced it is now accepting entries for this year’s competition which will take place in July 2025.
Douzelage delegations welcomed to Granville Carnavale
Delegations from Ireland, Netherlands and Luxembourg joined our French partners in Granville for their annual carnival recently. Check out the memories from our President who was part of the delegation!
The Via Douzelage Cycling Adventure! 🚴♂️🌍 – Ready to join us?
If you love adventure, scenic coastal roads, and the thrill of a long-distance challenge, then this is for you! We’re putting together an epic cycling journey from Altea, Spain, to Sesimbra, Portugal
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What is Douzelage?
Douzelage is an organisation embodying the values of friendship, cooperation, and unity across Europe. Formed in 1991, it connects 28 partner towns, one from each EU member state, through music, culture, sport, and education. Originating from the twinning of Sherborne (UK) and Granville (France), its name combines the French words “Douze” (twelve) and “Jumelage” (twinning). Douzelage hosts annual meetings, and activities such as the Young Musician’s Festival, and the Festival of Europe, fostering cultural exchange and celebrating events like the Pfingstritt in Bad Kötzting (Germany) and St Patrick’s Day in Bundoran (Ireland).
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Photo Galleries
48th General Meeting, Sherborne UK
The 48th Douzelage General Meeting took place in historic Sherborne in the United Kingdom with the theme of Nature & Well Being from April 11th – 14th 2024.
St Patrick’s Day 2024
Citizens of Douzelage towns visited our Irish partner town Bundoran for their annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations in March. Check out some images here!
Free Press Under Pressure 2023
A large number of Douzelage member towns took part in the Free Press Under Pressure project supported by the EU in November 2023 in Maastricht, Netherlands.
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Latest Projects & Activities
Music unites Douzelage partners in Susice!
Music unites Douzelage Partners in Susice!The hills of the Czech Republic were alive with the sound of music this past weekend as young musicians from six of our partner towns came together for the 4th iteration of the Douzelage Young Musicians Festival in...
FPuP website now online!
The project Free Press under Pressure of Douzelage Meerssen is now online with a dedicated website. The website contains all the toolkits created during the project which makes it easier to show the results and pass the word to family, friends, fellow students etc....
Free Press Under Pressure 2023
Gallery - Free Press Under Pressure, 2023
