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 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

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 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

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

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