Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse

Ya´Far’s house in Madinat Al-Zahra
The restoration works carried out on the stacks of materials spread over the site have made it possible to recompose more than 120 marble slabs and about 50 of violet limestone, some of which...
Córdoba / Córdoba / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2004

Works on the island of Lanzarote
There is no place in Spain where its cultural and tourist rehabilitation is so closely linked to a name as Lanzarote.
Lanzarote / Las Palmas / Canarias.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1985

Works in Plaza de Cascorro number 11
The rehabilitation of a central "corrala" in the Madrid neighborhood of Lavapiés was completed with the creation of a plaza that improves pedestrian circulation in a previously highly congested area.
Madrid / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1987

Via de la Plata, St. James’ way through Extremadura
Between 1996 and 2004, Extremadura Regional Government promoted a project to rescue from oblivion the Extremadura Silver route, which in Roman times travelled Hispania between Astorga and Merida.
/ Cáceres / Extremadura.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2005

Various urban works in Palos de la Frontera
The distinct projects promoted by the Town Hall and awarded by Europa Nostra focused on historical buildings and urban spaces from the time of Christopher Columbus.
Palos de la Frontera / Huelva / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1987

Various urban works in Olivenza
Olivenza, the most Portuguese of Spanish cities, was the subject of different urban recovery, rehabilitation, and monumental restoration works that restored it to its old splendor.
Olivenza / Badajoz / Extremadura.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1990

Various restoration works in Soto de Luiña
The restoration of the hospital for pilgrims and the church of Santa María was partially paid for by donations from the residents of this small town with a population of under a thousand inhabitants.
Soto de Luiña (Cudillero) / Asturias / Principado de Asturias.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1987

Various actions on the Way of St James
Ribadiso and Triacastela, municipalities of La Coruña and Lugo respectively, underwent different reforms related to the Jacobean route and the old spirit of welcoming pilgrims.
Triacastela y Ribadiso / La Coruña, Lugo / Galicia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1993

Valencia in memory. Shelters from the Spanish Civil War
Valencia in memory is a unique case of restoration of three contemporary buildings dedicated to the same utility but with different architectural solutions.
Massarrojos y Valencia / Valencia / Comunidad Valenciana.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2021

Underground wineries and traditional wines “El Cotarro”
In Moradillo de Roa, there are 193 neighbours and almost the same number of wineries. The recovery of El Cotarro has been due exclusively to neighbourhood participation and the collaboration of volunteers.
Moradillo de Roa / Burgos / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2020

Tourist infrastructure improvement plan (Plamit)
This plan has empowered small rural communities, which have become more aware of the wealth of their heritage while at the same time becoming more dynamic.
Cuenca y otros municipios / Cuenca / Castilla-La Mancha.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2017

Tourist and cultural pedestrian area of the Paseo del Prado-Bailén
The most visible contribution of this project is the fragments of immortal Spanish literary works, engraved in gold letters on the pavement of Huertas Street.
Madrid / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2003

Torner’s space in the Gothic church of San Pablo
The Torner space is a daring commitment to contemporary art in a church, which does not undermine the Gothic beauty of its ribbed vaults but rather revalues them.
Cuenca / Cuenca / Castilla-La Mancha.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2006

Tonita mill. Industrial, cultural and gastronomic report
In addition to the comprehensive restoration of the mill and its revitalization as a restaurant, the project has also included the digitization of a historical archive of Murcian paprika brands.
Espinardo / Murcia / Región de Murcia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2020

The windmills of Mota del Cuervo
Europa Nostra rewarded the effort of the town of Mota del Cuervo for preserving its century-old mills and rescuing them from neglect.
Mota del Cuervo / Cuenca / Castilla-La Mancha.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1994

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 Veracruz Sanctuary
The hermitage of Veracruz was in a deplorable state in the 21st century, after having been used as a parish hall, movie theatre, and even as a home.
Navalcarnero / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2009

The Snow Wells
The original use of the Constantina Snow Wells, an old artificial snowfield, gives this emblematic building in the Sierra Norte de Sevilla a very particular mark.
Constantina / Sevilla / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2006

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

The Royal Spanish College in Bologna, Italy
The College of Spain in Bologna is the only medieval university college remaining in continental Europe.
Bolonia, Italia / / .
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2012

The Royal Site of San Ildefonso
The Town Council of the Royal Site of San Ildefonso had to coordinate all the recovery initiatives of the sites with National Heritage and the Ministry of the Environment since for a long time...
Real Sitio de San Ildefonso / Segovia / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2010

The Roman Villa La Olmeda
Similar to the legendary discovery of Pompeii, a farmer found a Roman bronze piece in 1968 in Olmeda. In 2009, a brand new site of Roman mosaics was reopened in the state-of-the-art exhibition space.
Pedrosa de la Vega / Palencia / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2010

The Roman Theatre in Cartagena
The construction of a building in 1998 brought to light the remains of what was later revealed as a Roman theatre embedded in the historic centre of Cartagena.
Cartagena / Murcia / Región de Murcia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2010

The Pazo de Lestrove
The restoration work between 2003 and 2005 managed to refurbish the Pazo de Lestrove, the former resting place of the Archbishopric of Santiago, into a quality hotel.
Dodro / La Coruña / Galicia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2006

The church of Santa María la Mayor
Archaeological studies in the church revealed the existence of the original Colmenar slab pavement, and the church floor was lowered 30 centimetres.
Colmenar de Oreja / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2009

The church of San Nicolas de Bari
The restoration of the property of San Nicolas de Bari was a real puzzle given the different typologies and artistic styles of the pieces.
Madrigal de las Altas Torres / Ávila / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2008

The Chimney of the old lead factory “Los Guindos”
The chimney of the old lead factory is the symbol of the industrial legacy of the city of Malaga.
Málaga / Málaga / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2009

The Cerralbo Museum
The restoration allows the public to appreciate the collector's spirit of the Belle Epoque in a building designed for these purposes.
Madrid / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2008

The Casería de Tomillos
For the restoration, the local masons had to learn traditional construction techniques and became aware of the richness of the historical legacy that surrounds them.
Alcalá del Valle / Cádiz / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2009

Snow wells in Sierra Espuña
Two old snow warehouses have been restored with the aim of maintaining their original structure, preserving their construction techniques and ensuring that this type of knowledge is preserved over time.
Totana / Murcia / Región de Murcia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2024

Sitio arqueológico Casa del Obispo
The Bishop's House offers the rare experience of walking in the same site through Phoenician, Punic, Roman, and Muslim cultural remains.
Cádiz / Cádiz / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2006

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

Santos Justo y Pastor church
The church is part of the "Romanesque North" intervention plan, an innovative heritage management plan, financed by the Castile and Leon Regional Government, which obtained the Europa Nostra award in 2013.
Olleros de Pisuerga / Palencia / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2010

San Juan de los Reyes Mudejar church
The architectural complex is an excellent example of the cultural and social hybridization between Islam and Christian Spain.
Granada / Granada / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2006

Ruins of the Monastery of San Pedro de Eslonza
The ruins of this 16th-century monastery have undergone an intervention that included archaeological investigation, consolidation and rehabilitation for tourist visits. Its technical, economic and social sustainability is commendable.
Gradefes / León / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2023

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

Riotinto mining park
The former owner of the famous mines knew how to reinvent it into a Foundation promoting the study and dissemination of mining from a location with five thousand years of history.
Riotinto / Huelva / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2003

Restored works in Jaca
In Jaca, Europa Nostra awarded five major operations from periods separated by almost a thousand years of history.
Jaca / Huesca / Aragón.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1985

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 works in the town of Rubielos de Mora
The recovery of Rubielos de Mora is linked to the figure of José Gonzalvo, a sculptor who sought support from the authorities and his neighbours to save his town from abandon and ruin.
Rubielos de Mora / Teruel / Aragón.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1983

Restoration works in the monastery of Sigena
The monastery of Sigena, royal foundation of the 12th century, was one of the few dual monasteries of its time-with both male and female communities.
Villanueva de Sigena / Huesca / Aragón.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1991

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 urban complex of Villa of Covarrubias, Burgos
The first Europa Nostra prize awarded in Spain valued the complete involvement of the neighborhood in the rehabilitation of Covarrubias where, in addition to the main monuments, two hundred houses were also restored.
Covarrubias / Burgos / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1978

Restoration of the town of Mirambel
Queen Sofía presents the Europa Nostra gold medal in situ. A plaque on the Portal of the Nuns marks the occasion.
Mirambel / Teruel / Aragón.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1981

Restoration of the tower of don Borja
One of the first operations undertaken by the Santillana Foundation was the acquisition and restoration of the Torre de Don Borja for cultural purposes.
Santillana del Mar / Cantabria / Cantabria.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1981

Restoration of the Tower of don Beltrán de la Cueva
The Beltraneja tower is a clear example of the integration of vernacular mountain architecture in a magnificent defense tower from the Early Modern Age.
Queveda / Cantabria / Cantabria.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1978

Restoration of the Toscana Collection-Legacy
The splendidly restored legacy of Tuscany offers the rare opportunity to view an entire collection of little-known Italian painters of the late Renaissance and early Baroque.
Valladolid / Valladolid / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2008

Restoration of the Santa Clara Convent
On this occasion, the restoration work brought to light valuable Mudejar ceilings, once covered by the architect Churriguera, as well as frescoes from the 13th to the 18th centuries, and sculptural elements from the...
Salamanca / Salamanca / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1988

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 the roman circus
Europa Nostra was five years ahead of the later recognition of the Tarragona archaeological site by UNESCO.
Tarragona / Tarragona / Cataluña.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1995

Restoration of the Renaissance layout of the Montserrat abbey
The Renaissance design of Montserrat has a modern roof system, characterized by its discretion, simplicity, and aesthetic integration with the rest of the Abbey.
Monistrol de Montserrat / Barcelona / Cataluña.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1997

Restoration of the plateresque façade of the San Ildefonso University Student Residence Hall
The jury has highlighted the pedagogical component of the conservation process, that was used and exploited as a tool for interpreting this intervention.
Alcalá de Henares / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2018

Restoration of the Pazo Torre do Monte
The zeal of the architect who directed the work ensured that the construction of the tower's roof was done without using a single screw, using the techniques of carpenters from centuries ago.
Estramundi de Arriba (Padrón) / La Coruña / Galicia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2001

Restoration of the palacio de Quiñones in Riolago de Babia
This fortified palace from the 15th century was restored by its owner, the industrialist Fernando Geijo.
Riolago / León / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1989

Restoration of the palacio de Monterrey
The Palacio de Monterrey, a paradigm of the Spanish Renaissance palace, suffered a serious deterioration of its sculptural decoration due to the high porosity of the Villamayor stone from Salamanca.
Salamanca / Salamanca / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1985

Restoration of the Palacio de los Pardo
This palace, headquarters of General Palafox Headquarters during the siege of Zaragoza, was remodeled into the Camón Aznar Museum and houses the only complete collection of the four great series of Goya’s etchings.
Zaragoza / Zaragoza / Aragón.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1980

Restoration of the palace of the Counts of Sástago
This palace, a prototype of a palace from the Aragonese Renaissance, was only saved from demolition when it was bought in 1981 by the Government Delegation in Zaragoza.
Zaragoza / Zaragoza / Aragón.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1986

Restoration of the oratory of the Partal Palace and the House of Astasio de Bracamonte in The Alhambra
The respectful and thorough intervention undertaken, opening up new opportunities to understand traditional Hispano-Muslim building techniques.
Granada / Granada / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2019

Restoration of the old town hall in Puertollano
The founding of a Workshop School in Puertollano stimulated the restoration of the old Town Hall, and its adaptation into a Municipal Museum.
Puertollano / Ciudad Real / Castilla-La Mancha.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1993

Restoration of the old Hospital Real de Granada
The conversion of the old Royal Hospital of Granada into university headquarters has allowed the total conservation of its different architectural styles and spaces.
Granada / Granada / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1982

Restoration of the old convent of los Terceros
The Palace of the Dukes of Arcos and the Los Terceros Convent were saved from complete demolition when they were bought by the municipal water company of Seville, which restored them and adapted them...
Sevilla / Sevilla / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1990

Restoration of the monumental area of the Aljafería Palace
In 2001, the Aljafería Palace was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, considered one of the leading examples of Aragonese Mudejar art.
Zaragoza / Zaragoza / Aragón.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2000

Restoration of the monastery of Santa María la Real in Aguilar de Campoo
At the end of the 70s, a non-profit association, the Friends of the Monastery of Santa María la Real, rescued the old monastery from abandon and ruin providing it with spaces for training young...
Aguilar de Campoo / Palencia / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1987

Restoration of the monastery of Santa María de Bujedo
Santa María de Bujedo is an extraordinary and little-known example of Cistercian architecture in Spain.
Bujedo / Burgos / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1981

Restoration of the monastery of San Salvador de Celanova
In San Salvador de Celanova the institute and one of the best examples of Mozarabic architecture coexist, the Chapel of San Miguel.
Celanova / Orense / Galicia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1983

Restoration of the monastery of Oseira
The restoration work in Santa María la Real, a monastery of enormous dimensions in the town of Oseira, phases over more than five decades.
Oseira / Orense / Galicia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1989

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 dome of the abbey of Santa María del Poblet
Although the restoration work in the monastery has been carried out over more than a century, the Europa Nostra award was granted for the restoration of the dome of the abbey.
Poblet / Tarragona / Cataluña.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1983

Restoration of the Collegiate church in Salas
The collegiate church in Salas has an alabaster mausoleum of Pompeo Leoni, one of the most celebrated sculptors of the late Renaissance.
Salas / Asturias / Principado de Asturias.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1992

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

Restoration of the cistercian monastery of Nuestra Señora de Rueda
After thirteen years of studies and works, the Monastery of Nuestra Señora de Rueda has recovered the sober splendour of the best Cistercian architecture.
Sástago / Zaragoza / Aragón.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2003

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 the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament
The restoration of the Las Santas Formas Chapel, built in the 17th century to commemorate a Eucharistic miracle, has allowed the recovery of one of the most important elements of Madrid's Baroque architecture, which...
Alcalá de Henares / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2012

Restoration of the Casa del Comú, Court of Justice and Prison in Morella
The main civil buildings of Gothic origin in Morella have been restored as the municipal and judicial headquarters, restoring their original spatial distribution, and providing them with modern facilities.
Morella / Castellón / Comunidad Valenciana.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1997

Restoration of the Casa de las Conchas
In the restoration of the most representative building in Salamanca, the patio was disassembled and cleaned ashlar by ashlar in a laboratory built in situ before being reassembled, a technique used for the first...
Salamanca / Salamanca / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1994

Restoration of the carrera del Darro
The picturesque frescoes of the palatial houses of the Carrera del Darro, hidden under the lime for centuries, were recovered on the occasion of the fifth centennial.
Granada / Granada / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1992

Restoration of the Carlos III Theatre in el Escorial
The first Europa Nostra medal awarded in Spain values the restoration of the only court theatre that survives in our country.
San Lorenzo del Escorial / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1979

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 of the Batlló House
Since its acquisition by the last owners, the Casa Batlló, a UNESCO world heritage site since 2005, has been restoring and opening up different spaces and floors to the public until making one of...
Barcelona / Barcelona / Cataluña.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2004

Restoration of Segovia Square de Navalcarnero
The project of the Plaza Mayor is only the first part of a larger project that consists in restoring several hundred caves, one located below the Town Hall building, historically used as underground presses.
Navalcarnero / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2001

Restoration of Santa María de la Rábida monastery
The commemoration of the fifth centenary led to the final restoration of one of the landmarks on any of Columbus’ routes.
Palos de la Frontera / Huelva / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1992

Restoration of Cine Doré
The restoration of this old cinema not only endowed Madrid with a new National Film Library but also contributed enormously to rehabilitating an area, Antón Martín, very degraded in the capital.
Madrid / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1989

Restoration of Cervantes Theatre
The recovery of the great Cervantes Theatre has returned to the public in Malaga a modern performance hall in the form of a Municipal Theatre.
Málaga / Málaga / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1987

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 of a palatial house from the 15th century
The palace house in the Plaza de San Luis Bertrán, fully restored by its owners, is an excellent example of a 15th-century Catalan-Aragonese palace.
Valencia / Valencia / Comunidad Valenciana.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1991

Restoration of a morisca house
Restoration work has turned an old Albaicin housing estate into an excellent example of a Moorish house from the late 15th century.
Granada / Granada / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2001

Restoration of a house from the 15th century
The restoration of an old Toledo house that previously housed a chocolate factory, brought to light a magnificent 15th and 16th century home with Gothic coffered ceilings and plasterwork.
Toledo / Toledo / Castilla-La Mancha.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1991

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

Restoration in the monastery of Guadalupe
The monastery of Guadalupe, one of the most important in Spain, both for historical importance and artistic wealth, was restored in 1992 sponsored by the World Monuments Fund.
Guadalupe / Cáceres / Extremadura.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1995

Restoration in the Cazalla de la Sierra Charterhouse
The restoration of the Charterhouse de la Sierra is a great example of the contribution of private initiative to the salvation of artistic heritage.
Cazalla de la Sierra / Sevilla / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1986

Restoration in Abarca de Campos
Three very different works on a church, a factory, and a palace in a small town in Palencia did not go unnoticed by the Europa Nostra jury.
Abarca de Campos / Palencia / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1995

Restoration and renovation for a new use of Cap Enderrocat fortress
The intervention has respected at all times the original work and techniques, as well as its link with the landscape environment, turning this hotel proposal into an example of tourist revitalization respecting its historical...
Llucmajor / Mallorca island / Islas Baleares.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2017

Restoration and rehabilitation of the Venerables Sacerdotes hospital
The Venerables Sacerdotes Hospital, restored by the FOCUS foundation, has one of the best periods of Spanish Baroque religious painting on site.
Sevilla / Sevilla / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1992

Restoration and rehabilitation of the Torre de Mens castle
Europa Nostra awarded the restoration of a fortress whose origins are lost in time, carried out by an owner who adapted it as a second residence.
Mens / La Coruña / Galicia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1993

Restoration and rehabilitation of the Isabel II Canal reservoir tower
Europa Nostra awarded the transformation of an old water tank into an exhibition hall, considered one of the best examples of industrial architecture in the city of Madrid.
Madrid / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1992

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

Restoration and recovery of the historical garden of “El Capricho”
The recovery works of the historic garden of the Alameda de Osuna were developed in two phases over fifteen years, always respecting the general plan of the National Geographic Institute of 1870.
Madrid / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2001

Restoration and expansion of Mercado del Este
If the Mercado del Este was not demolished in its entirety, it was because the Government declared it a Site of Cultural Interest in 1986 when the demolition procedure had already begun.
Santander / Cantabria / Cantabria.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2002

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

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

Renovation of building annexed to the House of Commons
The renovation works of this historic property consisted in the recovery of the 1918 façade and the reform of its interior to adapt it to the needs of the neighboring House of Commons.
Madrid / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1986

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

Rehabilitation of the Villarreal palace in Baeza
The Villarreal Palace, built in the 16th century, was bought by the Andalusian Regional Government and completely restored by the students of the Baeza Heritage Restoration School as a social housing complex.
Baeza / Jaén / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1991

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 Torre de las Aguas del Besòs in Barcelona
The start-up of the project has been possible thanks to the agreement signed in 2010 between the Barcelona City Council and AGBAR, the current company responsible for supplying water in the city, historically linked...
Barcelona / Barcelona / Cataluña.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2021

Rehabilitation of the San Isidro chapel
The restoration work on the chapel of San Isidro in the church of San Andrés, burned down during the Civil War, lasted ten years.
Madrid / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1991

Rehabilitation of the Parliament of Cantabria
Europa Nostra awarded the restoration of the oldest civil building in Santander, the Hospital de San Rafael, and its conversion into the seat of the Regional Assembly of Cantabria.
Santander / Cantabria / Cantabria.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1987

Rehabilitation of the palace of Argensola
The residents of the Argenosola Palace were evicted because of demolition plans, finally paralyzed by its insertion in the catalogue of historical-artistic monuments at the request of the College of Architects of Zaragoza.
Zaragoza / Zaragoza / Aragón.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1991

Rehabilitation of the Linares palace
One of the last palaces on Paseo de la Castellana, Linares Palace, was recovered as the headquarters of the Casa América and the Ibero-American Community of Nations.
Madrid / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1993

Rehabilitation of the Hospital del Rey
The University of Valladolid transformed an old medieval hospital for pilgrims into a modern Law School.
Burgos / Burgos / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1992

Rehabilitation of the Historical Centre of Madrid
Three public administrations and several private foundations have promoted the rehabilitation of the main streets and squares of Madrid of the Habsburgs, facilitating the mobility of pedestrians and promoting a more friendly image of...
Madrid / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1998

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

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 of the Campo de Criptana granary
The granary, a fundamental institution during the Old Regime, was fully restored by the local Workshop School and converted into a Municipal Museum.
Campo de Criptana / Ciudad Real / Castilla-La Mancha.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1997

Rehabilitation of the Armando Palacio Valdés theatre
Citizen mobilization was behind the salvation of the magnificent historical theatre of Aviles, an industrial city that could not afford to lose one of its principal cultural assets.
Avilés / Asturias / Principado de Asturias.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1992

Rehabilitation of the Archibishop Fonseca college
One of the first Renaissance buildings in Salamanca, the College of Archbishop Fonseca, also called the Irish College, underwent a careful restoration process converting it into modern university residence.
Salamanca / Salamanca / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1994

Rehabilitation of the abbey do Pelouro Axeito
The thorough restoration, using traditional materials, of two dilapidated farms in Caldelas de Tuy has led to the foundation of tourist accommodation next to a school and a workshop school.
Caldelas de Tuy / Pontevedra / Galicia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1997

Rehabilitation of Mas de Burot
The knowledge acquired during the works will be of great use to professionals working on similar projects in the future.
Horta de Sant Joan, Parque Natural de Els Ports / Tarragona / Cataluña.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2021

Rehabilitation of el Capricho de Gaudí in Comillas
El Capricho, the jewel of Gaudí's first creative period, was restored conscientiously following the original project of the great Catalan architect.
Comillas / Cantabria / Cantabria.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1990

Rehabilitation of Botines’ house by Antonio Gaudí
Cleaning the façade, general sanitation, and conversion of the attics into a spacious boardroom are some of the projects in one of the few works by the best-known Spanish architect outside of Catalonia.
León / León / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1998

Rehabilitation of 19th-century theatres
Europa Nostra awarded in 1994, Year of the Theater in Europe, the recovery of more than sixty 19th-century theatres, distributed throughout the National territory.
/ / National scope.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1994

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

Reform of the Mercado de Colon
The rehabilitation of the Mercado de Colon has returned to the city of Valencia the beauty of one of its most perfect Modernist buildings.
Valencia / Valencia / Comunidad Valenciana.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2003

Recovery of the roman walls, Lugo
This 1980 diploma attracted attention to the grandeur of Lugo's wall, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO twenty years later.
Lugo / Lugo / Galicia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1980

Recovery of the jewish quarter of Girona
The joint effort of two associations from Gerona and the artist José Tarrés has made it possible to rescue the Call of Gerona from the oblivion of centuries and prevent it from being a...
Gerona / Gerona / Cataluña.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1984

Recovery of the Churches of Lorca after the earthquake of 2011
The recovery of the historic centre of Lorca and, in particular, of six of its most outstanding churches, is an excellent example of the fluid collaboration between public and private entities in record time...
Lorca / Murcia / Región de Murcia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2016

Recovery of the casa del Temple
An old farm with seven residents, rehabilitated as a hotel, has returned the Casa del Temple all its Hispanic-Muslim to all its artistic wealth.
Toledo / Toledo / Castilla-La Mancha.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1998

Recovery of the buildings of the University in Alcala de Henares
Europa Nostra was four years ahead of UNESCO in its outstanding assessment of the recovery work on the Alcalá de Henares university campus.
Alcalá de Henares / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1994

Recovery of the arab baths, Jaen
The works in the basement of the Villardompardo palace revealed the extraordinary importance of the old Arab Baths of Jaen, the largest and best-preserved in Spanish territory.
Jaén / Jaén / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1984

Recovery of el Caminito del Rey
The recovery of this centennial path, a chilling one hundred metres above the Guadalhorce river gorge, is one more example of the close relationship between the preservation of historical memory and the development of...
Ardales, Antequera and Álora / Málaga / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2016

Reconstruction and extension of the Liceo theatre
The architect responsible for the restoration of the Liceo, Ignasi de Solà-Morales, died soon after the works were finished. Their Majesties The King and The Queen presented the award to his widow.
Barcelona / Barcelona / Cataluña.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2000

Puerta de Alcalá
A symbol of Madrid and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, combined traditional craftsmanship and scientific analysis in a large-scale public project, setting new standards for transparency, research, and public engagement.
Madrid / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2025

Pre-industrial buildings in Ademuz/Sesga
The restoration process has been the object of a rigorous study and meticulous methodology to recover both the buildings and their interior, evoking the memory of the old trades and workshops that they housed.
Sesga (Ademuz) / Valencia / Comunidad Valenciana.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2011

Pont Trencat
Two neighborhood associations from two towns separated by a river managed to get the Pont Trencat, an old bridge destroyed more than two hundred years ago, to regain its functionality and unite its municipalities.
Sant Celoni y Santa María de Palautordera / Barcelona / Cataluña.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2006

Pobleta de San Miguel bridge over the Truchas river
The execution of the work involved the individual selection and precise placement of approximately 30,000 stones of various shapes and sizes, from the many pebbles in the pavement to the large blocks of several...
Iglesuela del Cid y Villafranca del Cid / Castellón, Teruel / Aragón, Comunidad Valenciana.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2008

Plan for conservation and promotion of fortifications of Pamplona
The fortifications, one of the emblematic monuments of the city, with transcendent influence on its urban development and the city´s morphology, have ceased to be a defensive wall to become a meeting place.
Pamplona / Navarra / Comunidad Foral de Navarra.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2012

Palace and Tabladillo site
The palace and site of Tabladillo is a spectacular complex in the province of Avila, successively developed from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
Ojos Albos / Ávila / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2006

Oyambre Natural Park
The Europa Nostra medal confirms the importance of the declaration of Oyambre, a place with an unusual variety of landscapes on the Cantabrian coast, as a Natural Park.
Comillas, San Vicente de la Barquera, Udías, Valdáliga y Val de San Vicente / Cantabria / Cantabria.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1989

Olive Oil Museum
The restoration of an old 18th-century press has turned an abandoned building into the brand new Olive Oil Museum.
San Felices de los Gallegos / Salamanca / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2002

Olivares water mills
The intervention in the olive groves of Olivares has not only prevented their definitive destruction but has also returned to Zamora a fundamental part of its rich history.
Zamora / Zamora / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2008

Old salting factory renovated as a rural tourist house in Aldán-Cangas
The dining room of the rural touristic house allows the contemplation, through glass, of the salting basins that once had a purpose in the old factory.
Cangas do Morrazo / Pontevedra / Galicia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2003

Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados Basilica of Valencia
The restoration of the oval dome with frescoes by Palomino restores the city of Valencia with one of its most unique and beautiful buildings.
Valencia / Valencia / Comunidad Valenciana.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2005

National Paradores de Turismo
The Paradores formula has been copied in other countries as a management model that preserves the historical-cultural heritage.
/ / National scope.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1980

Museum of the roman villas of Almenara-Puras
Restoration work in the town, discovered in 1887, brought to light hundreds of metres of high-quality mosaics, which can be visited today thanks to modern museography.
Puras / Valladolid / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2004

Monfragüe Natural Park
This diploma is the first Europa Nostra award granted in Spain to a natural site.
Serradilla, Jaraicejo, Malpartida de Plasencia, Serrejón, Toril y Torrejón el Rubio / Cáceres / Extremadura.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1984

Los Descalzos church
The church of Los Descalzos had been closed for thirty years, hiding its exuberant interior richness of stucco work, which makes it one of the best examples of Seville's Baroque.
Écija / Sevilla / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2010

Lithica – Quarry of s’Hostal, from a forgotten landscape to a living heritage
The most recent projects have been the creation of a large mineral labyrinth and another of aromatic plants in 2014, as well as adapting in 2018 an interior path system of the Labyrinth of...
Ciudadela de Menorca / Menorca island / Islas Baleares.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2019

Inventory and restoration of the windmills
The mills of Mallorca, condemned to abandonment and destruction for decades, have been rescued from oblivion and restored thanks to the intervention of the public administrations and the Association of the Mills of Mallorca.
Palma de Mallorca y otros / Mallorca island / Islas Baleares.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1995

Intimate Sorolla. Sketches “Vision of Spain”
The exhibition Intimate Sorolla, sketches from “Vision of Spain” allowed us to show both Sorolla's creative process, through his sketches, and the complex restoration intervention carried out by IVCR + i professionals who used...
Valencia / Valencia / Comunidad Valenciana.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2018

Integration into the surroundings of Line 1 of the Serra Grossa TRAM
The construction of a tram as it passes through Serra Grossa has been used to recover an old quarry and reintegrate into a new and scenic urban space in Alicante.
Alicante / Alicante / Comunidad Valenciana.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2011

Illa del Rei
The rehabilitation of Illa del Rei is the result of a fruitful collaboration between a foundation established by local volunteers, who turned the naval hospital built in 1711 into a museum, and Hauser&Wirth, which...
Mahón / Menorca island / Islas Baleares.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2022

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

Historical landscape of Millennial Olive Trees of The Sénia Territory
Before the intervention, these olive trees faced danger of being replaced by citrus plantations or other faster-growing species, as well as garden plants.
Ulldecona y La Jana / Castellón, Tarragona, Teruel / Aragón, Cataluña, Comunidad Valenciana.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2014

Hacienda los Molinos de Maestre
The estate has remained in the hands of the same family since its creation in the 17th century by Diego Maestre Aernoust, born Jacobo Meester in the Flemish city of Bruges.
Dos Hermanas / Sevilla / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2010

Güell park restoration
The Ministry of Culture financed between 1987 and 1994 the rehabilitation of what some consider the most excellent work of Antoni Gaudí.
Barcelona / Barcelona / Cataluña.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1995

Five buildings for public use in the natural park of Sierra Nevada
Europa Nostra awarded the administration's effort to facilitate rural tourism in the Sierra Nevada Natural Park, one of the few Biosphere Reserve sites in our country.
Postero Alto, Puerto de la Ragua, Laroles, El Dorado y Ubeire / Almería, Granada / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1995

Ene Térmica, Nacional Energy Museum
The Light Factory, Museum of Energy arises from the conservation and rehabilitation of the sophisticated functional buildings of a power plant, abandoned in 1971, and its equipment.
Ponferrada / León / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2012

Ecoparque de Trasmiera, an open sky museum
The strategic plan of the Trasmiera Ecopark, presented in 1998, had among its objectives to seasonally adjust sun and beach tourism in the Cantabrian municipality of Arnuero.
Arnuero / Cantabria / Cantabria.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2015

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

Cover for the ruins of the Monastery of San Juan
The project has respected the remains of the monastery, protecting them from the extreme climate of Burgos employing a modern wooden structure that also improves the quality of visits.
Burgos / Burgos / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2017

Conversion of an old tannery into a dwelling complex
Europa Nostra awarded the reconversion of an abandoned and semi-dilapidated tannery into a brand-new development with thirty-one homes and a river walk along the Sarela.
Santiago de Compostela / La Coruña / Galicia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 1994

Conservation and restoration of the Pórtico de la Gloria
The Pórtico de la Gloria is one of the most significant monuments, both sculptural and architectural, of all the European Romanesque. This is due both to the quality and scale of the sculptural ensemble...
Santiago de Compostela / La Coruña / Galicia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2019

Conservation and international promotion of four 15th century flamenco tapestries (Pastrana Tapestry)
For the restoration and preservation of this set of Flemish tapestries, perhaps the most valuable of this time preserved in Europe, both for its quality and size and for the fact - also exceptional...
Pastrana / Guadalajara / Castilla-La Mancha.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2011

Collection XVII-XVIII century plaster casts from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
With this Medal, the historical value of the collection is recognized, from the acquisitions made by Velázquez in Italy for King Philip IV, the castings that King Charles III brought with him from his...
Madrid / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2005

Cenotaph of San Vicente in the Basilica of Santos Martires
The restoration has restored the exceptional cenotaph to the vividness of its original late 12th-century polychrome and has prepared it for the wear and tear of centuries to come.
Ávila / Ávila / Castilla y León.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2010

Cathedral of Tarazona
Not only has this monumental building been saved, but archaeological work has also yielded great finds, consisting of a late Roman necropolis, a public building from the lower imperial period with polychrome mosaics, and...
Tarazona / Zaragoza / Aragón.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2015

Blast furnace nº2 in the Port of Sagunto
The recovery of Blast Furnace number 2, witness to the industrial development of coal and steel in the 1920s, makes the port of Sagunto one of the icons of its historical and cultural landscape.
Sagunto / Valencia / Comunidad Valenciana.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2012

Archaeological site in Daroca
The discovery of some archaeological remains during the construction of the Town Hall allowed for the dating of the foundation of Daroca to Celtiberian times and helped the realization of a project that integrates...
Daroca / Zaragoza / Aragón.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2014

Actions in the Roman bridge and surroundings of puerta del puente and la Calahorra
The actions in the environment of the Guadalquivir, which have lasted eight years and cost thirty-three million euros, have returned to the citizens of Cordoba a first-class urban space for its beauty and historical...
Córdoba / Córdoba / Andalucía.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2014

Access to the rooftops of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
With the restoration and accessibility to the rooftops, the Cathedral of Santiago has expanded and revitalized its cultural offer.
Santiago de Compostela / La Coruña / Galicia.
Award in the Category Conservation / Conservation and adaptive reuse in the year 2006

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

“Cellers Cooperatius. Cooperative Wineries”, restoration of 8 modernist wineries
Built between 1913 and 1922, these eight wineries, beautiful examples of Catalan Modernism, have been continuously dedicated to the function for which they were constructed.