One night – many experiences: public readings of contemporary literature performed by well known personalities at attractive and unusual venues in cities across Europe.

 

European Literature Night builds on the concept of literature being a unique creative medium which embraces the voices of individuals along with the values of the society they live in. The umbrella project “European Literature Nights 2012 – 2014” aims to bring contemporary European literature to the general public in an innovative way through a series of public readings and accompanying events. Supported by a grant from the Culture Programme of the European Union, the project partners hope to deliver high level of impact to their audiences. Although it is Brno, Bucharest, Dublin, Lisbon, Vilnius, Prague and Wroclaw who are jointly co-organizing the project “ELN 2012 – 2014”, the other partner cities where Literature Night already took root are of no lesser importance for the event’s development.

partner cities
Brno
Bucharest
Dublin
Lisbon

Mãe d’Água das Amoreiras

Praça das Amoreiras 10

The Mãe d'Água reservoir in Amoreiras was designed in 1746 by Hungarian architect Carlos Mardel to receive and distribute the waters brought to Lisbon by the Águas Livres Aqueduct. From the mid-eighteenth century to the 1960s it acted as an essential part of the city's water supply. It was classified as a National Monument in 1910, and in 1987 became part of the EPAL Water Museum.

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authors

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Prague
Vilnius
Wrocław