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The project will be implemented as part of the Culture Program, activities Improving cultural heritage management, sub-measure 1.1
Restoration and revitalization of cultural heritage. The project involves the modernization and renovation of buildings (Carriage house,
former post office, stalls) included in the historic urban complex of the historical center of Raszyn from the 18th and 19th centuries
according to the design by Bogumił Zug, excluding the main building called Austeria, for which the municipality received funding in
2017.The project will enable experts to cooperate in the PROGRAM OF CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL
ACTIVITIES FOR 2020-2024, in the established in the Raszyn NANSEN CENTER FOR INTEGRATION AND DIALOGUE.
The headquarter of the Center will have place in the restored historic Austeria complex, where the Jewish community settled in the
18th century (this complex includes the main building - storied, merchants'' stalls in which Jews were trading, a post office, a
stable and a carriage house). On May 14, 1784, the Grand Marshal of the Crown issued a regulation on the expulsion of Jews from
Warsaw. Jews from Warsaw had the right to settle in this part of Raszyn. This task contributed to the increasement of knowledge
about Jewish cultural heritage.
The result of this program will be close cooperation of experts from Poland and Norway: office of the municipality in Raszyn and the Foundation for Dialogue in Warsaw - Polish side and on the Norwegian side: the Nansen Academy in Lillehammer and Høyskole Kristiania from Oslo.