Award year: 1996

Restoration of urban space in Balborraz Street

The cleaning and removal of extemporaneous elements in Balborraz Street, promoted by the City Council and Castille and Leon Regional Government, lasted more than five years.

Zamora / Zamora / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1996

Restoration of the chapel of the Condestables of the cathedral of Burgos

After the total restoration, which included its pantheon and altarpieces, the Chapel of the Constables, one of the best examples of Castilian flamboyant Gothic architecture, recovered all its splendor.

Burgos / Burgos / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1996

Restoration of Almudin

The City Hall opted for the meticulous restoration of Valencia´s Almudin, a building of utmost importance in the medieval city, maintaining its ancient Gothic profile.

Valencia / Valencia / Comunidad Valenciana.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1996

Restoration and refurbishing of the Gran Hotel

The Gran Hotel is one of the best examples of modernist architecture in Mallorca. Its restoration has transformed it into a modern Cultural Centre.

Palma de Mallorca / Mallorca island / Islas Baleares.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1996

Renovations in the medieval villa of Pedraza

The Pedraza Town Hall, one of the best-preserved medieval towns in the country, receives the Europa Nostra award for its efforts to maintain the original appearance of its old streets, its ornamented houses, and...

Pedraza / Segovia / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1996

Rehabilitation of the Trinitarios descalzos church in Baeza

A modern wooden vault covers the nave of a church that has been transformed into a modern public assembly hall, safeguarding, above all, the original spirit of the building.

Baeza / Jaén / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1996

Rehabilitation of the episcopal palace in Albarracín

The old episcopal palace, abandoned for two hundred years, was restored into a multipurpose building, namely, the Congress Palace, the Diocesan Museum, and the Workshop School.

Albarracín / Teruel / Aragón.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1996

Rehabilitation housing plan in Santiago de Compostela

The Technical Rehabilitation Office has given advice on hundreds of renovation projects, thus safeguarding the original urban landscape of the city of Santiago.

Santiago de Compostela / La Coruña / Galicia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1996