Salinas de La Concepción (coastal saltworks)

The restoration returned abandoned salt pans to active production, reviving traditional craft, strengthening local engagement and reconnecting a historic coastal landscape with its environmental and cultural role.

Es Mercadal / Menorca island / Islas Baleares.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2026

International Summer School on Historic Masonry Structures-HIMASS

International summer school where engineers and architects study historic masonry buildings through real case studies. It reconnects modern structural analysis with traditional geometry-based design principles while building an international community of specialists in structural...

/ National scope / National scope.
Award in the Category Education, training and awareness-raising / Education, training and skills in the year 2026

FENIX Project: Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies Applied to the Prevention and Management of Fires and Natural Disasters in Movable and Immovable Cultural Heritage

Develops AI-supported tools and open satellite-based risk analysis to help cultural heritage institutions prepare for natural and human-made disasters. Through simulations and training exercises, it improves emergency planning for heritage sites.

Sevilla / Sevilla / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Research in the year 2026

Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Preservation

Factum Foundation was founded in Madrid in 2009 by Adam Lowe as a non-profit organisation dedicated to the high-resolution digital documentation of cultural heritage. From its headquarters, a multidisciplinary team of around 60 specialists...

Madrid / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Heritage Champions in the year 2026

Dome of the Church of Escuelas Pias

It has been revitalised by a restoration that stabilised the critically damaged 18th-century structure, renewed its tile covering, and reopened the lantern, combining research, craftsmanship and monitoring.

Valencia / Valencia / Comunidad Valenciana.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2026