The European Commission (EC) and Europa Nostra have announced the winners of the 2013 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards, with winners including Kings Cross Station; Strawberry Hill; Martin Drury, and the South Pennines Watershed Landscape interpretation.
Europa Nostra writes:
This year, which marks Europa Nostra’s golden jubilee and coincides with the European Year of Citizens, some 200 projects were submitted from 30 countries. The laureates will receive their awards at a special ceremony in the Greek capital on 16 June.
The European Commission’s Deputy Head of Unit from the DG Education and Culture revealed the 30 winners. Fifteen projects were rewarded in the conservation category, four in the research category, five in the dedicated service category, and six in the education, training and awareness-raising category. In his address, Alessandro Senesi stressed the importance of the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards and gave a short account of the wider European Union policy objectives in the field of cultural heritage.
Europa Nostra’s Secretary General highlighted the fruitful partnership between the two organisations: ‘Europa Nostra has cooperated with the European Commission for many years. It is a paradigm of collaboration, aiming to promote excellence in the heritage field’.
‘Many Greek projects have been recognised and Hellenic citizens and communities have demonstrated a strong commitment to safeguarding their cultural and natural heritage’, stated Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailovi?. In this year’s edition, tribute is paid to the exemplary maintenance of Propylaea’s Central Building, a monumental gateway to the Acropolis, and the exceptional expertise developed by the Committee for the Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments (ESMA). Volunteers from this committee have contributed to the planning, direction and supervision of the restoration works on that supreme monument of European culture since 1975.’
The press conference was attended by 50 people, including national and local media, foreign correspondents and top-level representatives of European embassies.
The Conservation Laureates for the UK are Kings Cross Station and Strawberry Hill; for dedicated service, Martin Drury, former Director General of the National trust, and for education etc. the South Pennines Watershed Landscape.
For the 2013 Laureates see: LINK
For Kings Cross Station see: LINK
For Strawberry Hill see: LINK
For Martin Drury see: LINK
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