The 2026 Castles and Legends Festival turns the fortified landscape of Alsace into a shared stage for myths, medieval memory and contemporary imagination. Rather than presenting the castles as isolated monuments, the festival links ten emblematic sites into one regional story: Fleckenstein, Engelbourg, Kaysersberg, Lichtenberg, Wangenbourg, Hohlandsbourg, Spesbourg, Haut-Kœnigsbourg, Ferrette and Hugstein. The theme, The Song of the Stones, invites visitors to see these ruins and fortresses as living carriers of tales, border histories, noble lineages, popular legends and architectural memory. It is especially relevant for a regional culture map because the event gives a cultural route through Alsace, connecting mountain castles, medieval narratives and local heritage in a single edition.