The European Association of Historic Towns and Regions ( EAHTR ), founded by the Congress of the Council of Europe in October 1999, [1] is a self-governing organization which groups together twelve associations, [2] such as the Historic Towns Forum of Great Britain, from eleven states, namely Czech Republic , Finland , Ireland , Malta , The Netherlands , Romania , Russia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Turkey and the United Kingdom, which claims to represent over 1,000 of Europe’s historic towns. Read More…