The winners of the 2013 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards were unveiled by the European Commission and Europa Nostra. The 30 winners, selected from nearly 200 nominated projects, are honoured for their achievements in four areas: conservation, research, dedicated service, and education, training and awareness-raising. The award ceremony will take place on 16 June at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens, in the presence of Karolos Papoulias, the President of Greece, Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, and Plácido Domingo, the world-renowned opera singer and Europa Nostra President. The event is held under the auspices of the Greek President. Of the 30 winning projects, six will be named as grand prix laureates in Athens and one of the winners will receive the public choice award, based on an online poll conducted by Europa Nostra.

2013 Award Winners:

Category 1 — Conservation

Tallinn Seaplane Harbour, ESTONIA
Peenemünde Power Station, Usedom, GERMANY
Taut’s Home, Berlin, GERMANY
Propylaea Central Building, Acropolis, Athens, GREECE
Festetich Castle, Alsóbogát, HUNGARY

The Forest of Saint Francis, Assisi, ITALY
Railway Bridges in the Langstraat, Drunen, THE NETHERLANDS
Lyceum Passos Manuel, Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Chalet of the Countess of Edla, Sintra, PORTUGAL
Northern Romanesque, Castile and León, SPAIN
The Fountain of the Lions, Granada, SPAIN
Roman Theatre of Medellin, SPAIN
Abadia Retuerta LeDomaine, Sardón de Duero, Valladolid, SPAIN
King’s Cross Station, London, UNITED KINGDOM
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, UNITED KINGDOM

Category 2 – Research

Restoration of the Exceptional Machines of Wielemans-Ceuppens Brewery, Brussels, BELGIUM
Company Towns in European Textile Industry 1771-1914, Lodz, POLAND
Granaries on Stilts: the Ancient Art of Building with Nature, Castropol, SPAIN
In this category, a Europa Nostra Award is presented to a project from a European country not taking part in the EU Culture Programme:

The housing complex of Lignon: architectural study and intervention strategies, Geneva, SWITZERLAND

Category 3 — Dedicated service

Fondation du Patrimoine, Paris, FRANCE
Association for the Promotion of Art and Culture in the Eastern Part of Germany (VKF), Berlin, GERMANY
ESMA- Committee for the Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments, Athens, GREECE
Foundation Ricardo do Espírito Santo Silva (FRESS), Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Martin Drury, London, UNITED KINGDOM

Category 4 — Education, training and awareness-raising

Irish Walled Towns Network Educational Programme, Kilkenny, IRELAND
Italian Places I Love, Milan, ITALY
Wooden housing in Kuldiga old town, LATVIA
SOS Azulejo Project, Loures, PORTUGAL
The Living Cabanyal Archive, Valencia, SPAIN
South Pennines Watershed Landscape, Bradford, UNITED KINGDOM