Provincia: Madrid

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

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

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 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 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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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

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 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 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

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

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

Caja Madrid Foundation

The Caja Madrid Foundation, today called Montemadrid, has been one of the main motors of private non-profit financing for heritage restoration projects in our country since its foundation.

Madrid / Madrid / Comunidad de Madrid.
Award in the Category Dedicated service / Heritage champions in the year 2006