The walls of Vitoria-Gasteiz

The people of Vitoria have lived for centuries next to more than three hundred metres of forgotten walls that, after ten years of restoration, have been recovered for the enjoyment of the citizens.

Vitoria-Gasteiz / Álava / País Vasco.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2010

The Salt Valley of Añana

One of the objectives of the Valle Salado de Añana Foundation is to produce with traditional techniques, sustainably and respecting the thousand-year-old know-how of the salineros, a high-quality salt whose sale is contributing to...

Salinas de Añana / Álava / País Vasco.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2015

Restoration of the city centre of Vitoria

The restoration of the center of Vitoria shaped the modern capital of the Basque Country that included the reform of the Town Hall and the transformation of a school into the seat of the...

Vitoria-Gasteiz / Álava / País Vasco.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1982

Remodeling of the Vizcaya bridge

The Europa Nostra award preceded the highest honour that a monument can obtain; its inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Bilbao / Vizcaya / País Vasco.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2002

Master plan for restoration of the Cathedral of Santa María

The Restoration Master Plan took into account from the first moment the visitability of the restoration works, exhibiting them to the public with the idea of implicating them in the conservation of their heritage.

Vitoria-Gasteiz / Álava / País Vasco.
Award in the Category Research in the year 2002

Deba bridge

The remarkable rehabilitation of this 19th-century stone bridge, an exquisite example of civil engineering, required extensive historical research into materials and forgotten techniques and benefitted from interdisciplinary technical cooperation.

Deba/Deva / Guipúzcoa / País Vasco.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2023