Saltpan Cuisine 2024 - Closing Event

You are cordially invited to the closing event of this year's edition of the culinary heritage project "The Saltpan Cuisine" which will take place on Wednesday, October 2 at 6:00 p.m. at Infocenter Monfort, the former salt warehouse in Portorož, Obala 8. 

 

Programme: 

 

18.00 

Greetings and visits to the exhibitions »Sal nostrum«, Traditional Shipbuilding and The Development of Water Sports 

 

18.15 

Presentation of the Saltpan Cuisine project 

 

18.30 

Discourse: A proposal for the Reconstruction of Salt-fields at Fontanigge 

The landscape architect Zala Dimc will present the findings from her MSc thesis. The thesis deals with the question of the possible compatibility of salt production and nature conservation in the southern part of the Sečovlje saltpans, called Fontanigge. It is an area with a more than 700-year tradition of salt production as in mediaeval times. The in-depth study presents a possible option on how to revitalise this now-abandoned area. 

 

Concluding part with a banquet and presentation of the continuation of the project.

 

In the year 2024, the European Heritage Days (https://dekd.zvkds.si/sl/dekd/dekd-tkd) are dedicated to the heritage of cultural routes, networks and connections. The fifth edition of the Salt Pans Cuisine project is focused on the study, presentation and preparation of dishes related to the culture of living and working in the salt pans.

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n joint organization and cooperation of:
the Maritime Museum "Sergej Mašera" Piran, the Self-Governing Community of Italian Nationality Piran with the Community of Italians "Giuseppe Tartini" Piran, the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, the manager of the Sečovlje Salina Nature Park - Soline d.o.o., the ethnographic group “La Famea dei salineri”, the Parish of Sečovlje, the Science and Research Centre Koper, the Muzofil Association, the Slovenian Conservation Society and others.

You are warmly invited!