School contest “The Nine Secrets”

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

Applicant: Historical Heritage of Castile and Leon Foundation (today Santa María la Real Historical Heritage Foundation).

Reason for the award :

For to the pedagogical interest of this contest that is convened annually by the Historical Heritage of Castile and Leon Foundation, aimed at teachers, high school students, and students of technical programmes in that community, to promote the consciousness of young people towards historical heritage and make society aware of the collective responsibility for its care and conservation.

  • © Fundación del Patrimonio Histórico de Castilla y León
  • © Fundación del Patrimonio Histórico de Castilla y León
  • © Fundación del Patrimonio Histórico de Castilla y León
  • © Fundación del Patrimonio Histórico de Castilla y León
  • © Fundación del Patrimonio Histórico de Castilla y León

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 conservation.

Convened annually from 2001 to 2014, The Nine Secrets contest has been aimed at students in the 4th year of Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, and Technical Programmes from schools in the nine provinces of the Castile and Leon region.

Its objective is to raise in students public awareness regarding heritage, promoting the idea of ​​the need for preservation, as well as encouraging teachers and students to present quality work on the movable, immovable, or archaeological heritage that needs to be recovered. The effort made is rewarded with cultural trips. Some of these works have motivated the restoration of various elements of our heritage that have been incorporated into the activities of the Foundation. So far, some 2,500 people have participated.

Others awards in Castilla y León:
White carpentry school in Narros del Castillo
Ruins of the Monastery of San Pedro de Eslonza
Underground wineries and traditional wines “El Cotarro”
Cover for the ruins of the Monastery of San Juan
Hotel Abadía Retuerta le Domaine: a restored treasure of the 12th century
Romanesque North Plan
Ene Térmica, Nacional Energy Museum
The Historical Heritage Foundation of Castile and Leon
Santos Justo y Pastor church
Cenotaph of San Vicente in the Basilica of Santos Martires
The Roman Villa La Olmeda
The Royal Site of San Ildefonso
Dr. Glenn Stephen Murray, president of the Association of Friends of the Segovia Mint
Olivares water mills
Restoration of the Toscana Collection-Legacy
The church of San Nicolas de Bari
Palace and Tabladillo site
Museum of the roman villas of Almenara-Puras
Romanesque Encyclopedia in Castile and Leon
Olive Oil Museum
Restoration of the Romanesque church of San Cristobal
Rehabilitation of Botines’ house by Antonio Gaudí
Restoration of urban space in Balborraz Street
Restoration of the chapel of the Condestables of the cathedral of Burgos
Renovations in the medieval villa of Pedraza
Restoration in Abarca de Campos
Restoration of the Casa de las Conchas
Rehabilitation of the Archibishop Fonseca college
Rehabilitation of the Hospital del Rey
Restoration of the palacio de Quiñones in Riolago de Babia
Restoration of the Santa Clara Convent
Restoration of the monastery of Santa María la Real in Aguilar de Campoo
Restoration of the palacio de Monterrey
Restoration of the monastery of Santa María de Bujedo
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Restoration of the urban complex of Villa of Covarrubias, Burgos