Award year: 1999

Seo restoration

For almost twenty years the Seo of Zaragoza remained closed to the faithful and the public. Since 1998 one of the principal monuments in Zaragoza has once again shone with all its light.

Zaragoza / Zaragoza / Aragón.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1999

Restorations in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

The declaration of Santiago as the European Capital of Culture in 2000 was the conclusive accolade for the undertaking of preventive restoration works in one of the most important cathedrals in Europe.

Santiago de Compostela / La Coruña / Galicia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1999

Restoration of the Romanesque church of San Cristobal

The state of ruin of the church San Cristóbal resulted in the collapse of the vault of the nave in 1985. After ten years of work, the temple, a clear example of Castilian Romanesque...

Salamanca / Salamanca / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1999

Restoration of a 17th-century building in Jerez de la Frontera

Since 1999, 29 Bizcocheros Street in the town centre, has been home to a picturesque 17th-century Jerez palatial house, where a decade before there was only rubble.

Jerez de la Frontera / Cádiz / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1999

Rehabilitation of the fortress

The restoration and conservation works of the fortified areas of Melilla have allowed it not only to recover the greatness of one of the best examples of defensive architecture on the Mediterranean but also...

Melilla / Melilla / Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1999