This project aims to promote religious tourism in the Bihor – Hajdu Bihar cross-border region, benefiting from the European financial contribution in the framework of the European Territorial Co-operation Programme of the Hungarian-Romanian border area, Priority Axis 2, Key area of intervention 2.1. Support for cross-border business cooperation, Action 2.1.3 Tourism development.
This project involves both Romanian and Hungarian cross-border territories from the region mentioned above. The Municipality of Oradea was designated the project leader.
The project’s main objective is to bring people and communities together for the joint development of a cooperative area, by harnessing the religious heritage of the region. Therefore, as part of the project, six churches from Romania (Oradea) and three churches from Hungary were rehabilitated, restored and included in the religious touristic circuit as tourist attractions. This website and the virtual audio guide were created for the benefit of those visitors interested in discovering the religious particularities of the region, while visiting the ecclesiastical monumental buildings included in the circuit.