Award year: 2013

School contest “The Nine Secrets”

Sponsored by the current Santa María la Real Historical Heritage Foundation, this contest has proven to be the best vehicle for engaging students in heritage protection and stimulating them as active agents for its...

Varias localidades / Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid, Zamora, Ávila / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Education, training and awareness-raising / Education, training and skills in the year 2013

Romanesque North Plan

More than 54 Romanesque religious buildings in the north of Palencia and Burgos have been restored for seven years, thanks to the North Romanesque Plan.

Aguilar de Campoo, Becerril del Carpio, Cezura, Perapertú, Revilla de Santullán, Ailanes, Castecías, Rebolledo de la Torre y otros / Burgos, Palencia / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2013

Restoration of the Fountain of los Leones in the Alhambra

The restoration of the lions and the fountain - in the heart of the most significant Nasrid palace - as well as the renovation of the complicated water supply system has been a real...

Granada / Granada / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2013

Restoration of the Bofilla Tower

The Bofilla tower is located in an environment practically unaltered since the 15th century, a truly unique feature that accentuates the value of its restoration.

Bétera / Valencia / Comunidad Valenciana.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2013

Restoration and consolidation of the Roman theatre of Medellin

The works on the southern slope of Cerro del Castillo have brought to light one of the best-preserved Roman theatres in Spain.

Medellín / Badajoz / Extremadura.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2013

Hotel Abadía Retuerta le Domaine: a restored treasure of the 12th century

To solve the problems of dampness, the rehabilitation has included the installation of a hypocaust heating system under the plaster, avoiding the intervention in the old walls of the building.

Sardón del Duero / Valladolid / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2013

Granaries on stilts (horreos, cabazos and other barns): the lost art of building with nature

This study, which has given rise to the book Supra Terram Granaria, investigates what is, assuredly, the place in the world with the highest number and variety of granaries, Galicia and Asturias.

/ / National scope.
Award in the Category Research in the year 2013

Cabanyal Live Archive

The project shows to what extent the consciousness of citizens towards the historic seafront of Valencia can be awakened through sustainable urban planning.

Valencia / Valencia / Comunidad Valenciana.
Award in the Category Education, training and awareness-raising / Education, training and skills in the year 2013

16th century chapel restoration and reformation

The recovery of a dilapidated 16th-century chapel linked to the execution of a modern design combining new materials, such as twinned pine slats, respecting the original walls, visible in the whiteness of the stuccoed...

Brihuega / Guadalajara / Castilla-La Mancha.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2013