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• TRIANGLE ROCK PROJECT - 1
• TRIANGLE ROCK PROJECT - 2
• TRIANGLE ROCK PROJECT - 2-1
• TRIANGLE ROCK PROJECT - 3
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PARTNERS AND LOCATIONS
The Triangle Rock partner locations are connected by the specific conditions of their areas. All are out of the center of Europe, all are related to rock-environments (old - passed- civilizations who have to "coop" with rocks and stones to survive), and all are "marginal" in two ways, physically (far away from urban areas) and cultural/historical (not an active part of the contemporary social-cultural progress). All have a mix of cultural influences, from the past, but also recently, and that gives an impact on the local societies.

The cultural diversity is available in small scale with the same result as in urban areas. The project will active contribute to a positive self-awareness of people living in external areas in Europe and it will also contribute to more knowledge of these areas. The locations and their environments also differ from each other and are unique.

AREFS has already contacted locations in rural Spain, Finland and Turkey and is searching and contacting for other partners, like in Sweden, Netherlands, Latvia, Ireland.

TURKEY
The environment of Cappadocia (Central Turkey) is part of the Silk Road and a unique shaped landscape with historical decorated rock churches and pigeon houses cut in volcanic tufa stone. Cappadocia is an UNESCO world heritage site with open-air museums like underground cities and authentic historical villages, where inhabitants still live the farmer life of hundreds of years ago.

SPAIN
The natural environment of the high Catalan Pyrenees Mountains - defined by woods with both conifers and deciduous trees, hay fields, steep pastures and craggy rocks - combines with the authenticity of the cultural, architectural and social heritage. Farrera is the highest village in the Coma de Burg and the first of many written references to Farrera’s existence dates back over 1,000 years, but the original human settlement was undoubtedly founded well before then.

FINLAND
The national heritage SAKSALANHARJU-KIRKONKYLÄ, located on the biggest monolith of Europe, is an ancient settlement site. Saksala is an old neighborhood with tranquil landscape, designed with fields, forests and lake. The authentic rural area has a pure and traditional culture, based on agriculture and forestry. The main village Haukivuori has now a days a multicultural mix of inhabitants.

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Organizer of the Triangle Rock Project is:
AREFS taide ja kulttuuri ry

Partners in the Triangle Rocks Project are:
AllaprimA Foundation - the Netherlands
Babayan Culture House - Turkey
Centre d'Art i Natura - Spain