Europa Nostra Prize
The Europa Nostra Prize is a European award that recognizes outstanding achievements in the field of cultural heritage conservation every year. The carrier is the Europa Nostra organization based in The Hague . The prize has been awarded since 1978. Since 2000 it has been combined with the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage , which the European Union established as part of the KULTUR2000 program .
Awards are advertised in different categories. Up to six Grand Prizes are endowed with 10,000 euros each and are awarded for the following subject areas:
- Preservation of buildings, cultural landscapes, collections of works of art or preservation of archaeological sites
- Outstanding studies and scientific work
- Outstanding achievements by individuals, groups and organizations
- Education, teaching, training and awareness raising
- Dedicated services of a group or individual in the field of cultural heritage
In addition to the grand prizes , medals (2nd prize) and diplomas (3rd prize) are awarded.
Small as well as large initiatives, which can be local, national or international, can apply. The studies and projects must have been completed in the last three years. Applications are submitted to the Europa Nostra International office, The Hague, in English or French.
Prize winners of the Europa Nostra Prize (selection)
1978
- Bremen / D (project: Schnoorviertel)
- Heusden / NL
- Millburngate , Santander , Durham / UK (project: shopping center)
- Salzburg / A (project: illuminating historical buildings in the old town)
- Strasbourg / F (project: pedestrian zone)
- Werdenberg / St. Gallen / CH (Project: Complete restoration of the old town)
1979
- Bad Mühlacken / A (project: Gasthaus Mahringer)
- Graz / A (project: renovation and revitalization of the old town)
- Jedburgh , Scotland / UK (project: market Place / Castlegate / Exchange Street restor. Project)
- Krems / Stein / A (project: old buildings ...)
- Leeds / UK (project: St. Paul's house, Park Square)
- Madrid / E (project: San Lorenzo de el Escorial, Real Coliseo de Carlos III)
- Schwabach / D (for the successful old town renovation)
1980
- Albacete / E (Project: Parador Nacional)
- Grand Hornu / B (project: Les Ateliers du Grand Hornu)
- Klagenfurt / A (project: redesign of the Domplatz)
- London / UK (Project: Covent Garden, The Market)
- Monemvassia / GR (Project: Monemvassia Project)
- Osnabrück / D (project: Ledenhof)
1981
- Chesterfield / UK (Project: 7 entries! 143-149! Revitalsiation of the town)
- Mirambel / E
- Trier / D (project: high school in reconstruction of war-damaged church)
- Venice / I (project: Palazzo Bollani)
- Wosborg / DK (Project: Norre Wosborg Castle)
1982
- Lille / F (project: vielle Bourse / old stock exchange)
- Chastleton / UK (Project: Chastleton House)
- Bornem / B (project: Bornem Castle)
1983
- Athens / GR (project: pedestrainization of the Plaka district)
- Klagenfurt / A (project: renovation of the old town)
1984
- Cork / IRL (Project: The Princess Street Market)
- Hamburg (project: fish auction hall )
- Landsberg am Lech / D (Project: Bayertor)
- Toulouse / F (project: Hôtel de l'Opéra, Place du Capitole)
- Ulm (Project: "Gindele" assembly group ( Nikolauskapelle, Steinhaus , Gindele))
1985
- Chester / UK (project: Bridgegate conservation action area)
- Nicosia / CY (Project: Famagusta Gate)
- Celanova / E (Project: Monasterio de S.de C.)
- Stockholm / S (project: Riksdag)
- Apeldoorn / NL (Project: Rijksmuseum Paleis Het Loo)
- Irvine , Scotland / UK (Project: Glasgow Vennel)
- Istanbul / TR (Project: Hotel "Konak" Sultanahmet)
- Jaén / E (project: Palacio de Villardompardo y los banos arabes)
- Oslo / N (Project: Military Hospital)
- Gröningen / D (project: Hammerschmiede)
1986
- Rochefort / F (project: Corderie Royale de l'ancien Arsenal)
- Amsterdam / NL (project: 6 projects)
- Kalmar / S (Project: Conservation of central Kalmar)
- Rendsburg / D (project: former Synagogue)
- Saragossa / E (Project: Palacio de los Condes de Sastago)
1987
- Aguilar de Campoo / E (Project: Resturacion del monasterio de Santa Maria la Real)
- Athens / GR (project: Erechteion)
- Backnang / D (project: old town protection and renovation)
- Dublin / IRL (project: Trinity College Dining Hall, univ. Of Dublin)
- Edinburgh / UK (Project: Conservation of Edinburgh's Georgian New Town)
- Großweingarten / D
- New Lanark / UK (Project: Village Square)
- Oldenburg / D (project: infantry barracks)
- Rauma / FIN (project: The old town)
- Sundsvall / S (project: Kulturmagasinet (Culture Warehouse))
- Vienna / A (project: renovation of the Palais Ferstel)
1988
- Antwerp / B (Project: Butcher's Hall Area)
- Bad Salzuflen / D (project: Haus Backs / medal)
- Clemenswerth , Sögel / D (Project: Clemenswerth Castle)
- Glasgow / UK (Project: Merchant City)
- Landévennec / F (project: Abbaye de Ste.Gwennoié)
- Therfield / UK (Project: Tuthill Manor)
- Utrecht / NL (Project: Vijf Kerken / restor. Of 5 churches, new uses)
1989
- Gelderland / NL (Project: restoration of 5 historic houses by Gelderland Castles Trust)
- Bilzen / B (project: former landcommandery Alden Biesen -new uses)
- Borrowdale , Cumbria / UK (Project: Sty Head footpath)
- Chester / UK (project: City Center)
- Deidesheim / D (project: Bürgerhospital Foundation )
- Oseira / E (project: monasterio do Santa Maria la Real)
- Oyambre / E (Project: National Park of Oyambre)
- Székesfehérvár / H (Project: Rac utca -renewed serbian church 3 ex.!)
1990
- Hjo / S (for the remarkable preservation of the wooden town of Hjo)
- Łódź / PL (Project: Herbst's Villa - Museum Sztuki)
- Prague / CZ (Project: Restor. Of the National Theater)
- Seville / E (project: convento de los Terceros)
- Vienna / A (Project: Vienna suburb Penzing-Heiligenstadt, Hernals station )
1991
- Arendal / N (project: Tyholmen area)
- Inveray (Inverary?) / UK (Project: Inveray Jail)
- Cologne / D (Project: Hotel in the Water Tower)
- Madrid / E (project: La Capilla de San Isidro)
- Oberoderwitz / D (project: 3 derelict ramp windmills)
- Valencia / E (project: Casa Palacio del sieglo XV)
- London , Whitehall / UK (Project: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
- Winzendorf-Muthmannsdorf / A: Restoration of the Winzendorf branch church
1992
- Amorbach / D (for the successful restoration work of the Templer House )
- Bralin / PL (project: Church of St. Anna)
- Brussels / B (Project: Center Belge de la Bande Dessinée )
- Helsinki / FIN (Project: House of Estates)
- Magyarpolány / H (project: Renewal program)
- Häslabronn / Colmberg / D (project: -)
1993
- Drensteinfurt / D (project: restoration of the old synagogue )
- Fyvie , Turriff , Aberdeen / UK (Project: Fyvie Castle)
- Madrid / E (project: Palacio de Linares)
- Malpica ( Mens ) / E (Project: Torre de Mens, Malpica, La Corogna)
- Nora / S (project: Nora-Pershyttan)
- Verona / I (project: San Zeno)
1994
- Alcalá de Henares / E (Project: The University recovered, 10 years of rehabilitation)
- Betliar / SK (Project: Betliar Castle )
- Bilbao / E (Project: Museo de Arte Sacro, Teatro Arriaga?)
- Grafing near Munich / D (project: Hammerschmiede Grafing )
- Klagenfurt / A (Project: Comprehensive renovation of the inner courtyards of the city center)
- Montmoyen / F (project: Chateau de M.)
- Sekowa / PL (project: Parochial church)
- Skien / N (project: Telemark Canal)
- Venice / I (project: Sala della Musica, ospedaletto)
1995
- Châteldon / F (project: La Pharmacie)
- Nottingham / UK (Project: Sir Owen Williams' D10 Building)
- Rome / I (project: new Luiss University)
- Tarragona / E (project: restauracion Circo romano de Tarragona)
- Turku / FIN (Project: Turku Music Hall)
- Uman / UKR (project: Uman Sofievca Park)
1996
- Laarne / BE (Project: Restoration of Laarne Castle )
1997
- Lille / F (project: vielle Bourse / old stock exchange)
- Chastleton / UK (Project: Chastleton House)
- Bornem / B (project: Bornem Castle)
- Hilversum / NL (project: Town Hall)
- Kozlówka / PL (Project: Zamoyski Museum in Kozlówka)
- Budapest / H (project: Former Arany Janos Theater)
1998
- Cobham / UK (Project: Painshill Park)
- Amersfoort / NL (project: Koppelpoort)
- Sonkad / H (project: Calvinist Church)
- Noisiel / F (project: Usine Menier cocoa mill)
1999
- Eisenburg / R (project: restor. Of 138 historic dwelling houses)
- Vicenza / E (project: Palazzo Thiene)
- Tulowice / PL (Project: Tulowice Manor and Garden)
- Lisbon / P (project: Torre de Belem)
- Windsor / UK (Project: Windsor Castle restoration after the fire of 1992)
- Helsinki / FIN (project: Suomenlinna Fortress)
- Hoogstraten / B (project: Hoogstraten Beguinage)
- Copenhagen / DK (Project: Christian VII's Palace)
2000
- Dalen / N (project: Dalen hotel)
- Budapest / H (Project: Elephant House, Zoo)
- Barcelona / E (project: Gran Teatro del Liceu)
- Prague / CZ (project: Villa Müller)
- Copenhagen / DK (project: Kastellet)
- Groningen / NL (project: railway station)
2001
- Nicosia / CY (Project: Lions Home)
- Lázně Kynžvart / CZ (project: Kynzvart Castle )
- Tartu / EST (Project: Villa Tammekann)
- Montecalvoli , Siena / I (Project: Gallico Castle and village of Montecalvoli)
- Floriana / M (The Msida Bastion Cemetery)
- Glarus / CH ( City Church Glarus by Ferdinand Stadler )
2002
- Æerøskøbing / DK / [town ensemble]
2003
- Meurin Roman Mine , Kretz (Germany)
- St Peter's Kirk , Sandwick, Orkney Islands , Scotland
2005
- Ottoman bath Omeriye, Nicosia (Cyprus).
- Maisons Paysannes de France (France).
- Old workers' settlements in Upper Silesia , (Poland).
- Vía de la Plata, Extremadura (Spain).
- Edward Chambré Hardman Photographic Collection (Great Britain).
- “Hernergut” Bathing Pavilion , Horgen (Switzerland).
2006
- Sarica Church in Cappadocia (Turkey).
- Santo Stefano di Sessanio near L'Aquila (Italy).
- Color slide archive for wall and ceiling painting (Germany)
- Atlantic Wall Linear Museum (Italy / Belgium / France)
- Mihai Eminescu Foundation (Romania / Great Britain)
2008
- Preservation of the facade of Horní Hrad in Český Krumlov , (Czech Republic)
- Conservation of the historical sites of Skarkos on Ios (Greece)
- Restoration of the Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam (Netherlands)
- Collection of military architecture in Spain by the Asociación Española de Amigos de los Castillos (Spain)
- Stichting Stadsherstel Hoorn (Netherlands)
- The International Built Heritage Conservation Training Center, Banffy Castle in Bonţida (Romania)
2009
- Documentation center government bunker near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler (Germany)
- Church tower in Kesälahti (Finland)
- Mátra Museum in Gyöngyös (Hungary)
- The Church of Saints Faustino and Giovita in Fasano (Italy)
- High Level Bridge between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead (Great Britain)
2010
- Vulkanpark , Mayen-Koblenz district (Germany)
- Main prize in the category: "Education, training and awareness raising" for the Baerwaldbad project
- Evangelical parish church St. Petri zu Wolgast, "The sarcophagi of the dukes of Pomerania - Wolgast"; Category I restoration / conservation
2011
- Bredelar Monastery , Marsberg (Germany)
- Tomáš Durdík
2012
- Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation, the cultural foundation of the Piraeus Bank
- Bossard Art Center , Jesteburg (Germany)
2013
2014
- For the exemplary preservation of the Belle Époque paddle steamers of the Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le Lac Léman (CGN). The five paddle steamers Montreux (1904) , La Suisse (1910) , Savoie (1914) , Simplon (1920) and Rhône (1927) equipped with a steam engine, as well as the three paddle steamers Italie (1908) , Vevey (1907) and Helvétie (1926) continue to shape passenger shipping on the entire Lake Geneva.
2015
- Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest (Hungary)
- Salt valley of Anana (Basque Country, Spain)
- Armenian Church of St Giragos (Diyarbakir, Turkey)
- Miracle of Venice (St. Mark, Italy)
- Rundlingsverein ( Jameln , Germany)
- Desecrated Churches Foundation (London, UK)
- Rural Property Owners Program ( Tallinn , Estonia)
2018
- Bauverein Winzerberg eV ( Potsdam , Germany)
Web links
- Europa Nostra website (English / French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Konrad Lachmayer, Lukas Bauer: Practice Dictionary Europarecht , Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg, 2007, ISBN 978-3-211-38363-6 , p. 277
- ^ Europa Nostra Prize for Bredelar Monastery . In: North Rhine-Westphalia Foundation (ed.): At home in NRW . A home is created (= The NRW Foundation. Nature conservation, home and culture care ). No. 2 , 2011, ZDB -ID 1047370-1 , p. 29 ( nrw-stiftung.de [PDF; 6.1 MB ; accessed on December 15, 2011]).
- ↑ http://www.europanostra.org/awards/86/
- ↑ ge.ch, French-language commercial register of the canton of Geneva, spelling Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le Lac Léman for the entry of Michel Jeannet (ship restoration). Accessed on November 29, 2016
- ↑ http: //www.abvl.ch,/ Communiqué de Press, Europa Nostra, Palmarès 2014 du Prix du patrimoine culturel de l'UE. Accessed on November 16, 2016
- ↑ The Rundlingsverein receives a grand prize at a ceremony in Oslo
- ↑ Homepage of Bauverein Winzerberg, July 2018 Retrieved on August 14, 2018