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EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014
Musée Horta Museum is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

1. Musée Horta Museum

7.9
Amerikaansestraat 23-25 Rue Américaine, Sint-Gillis, Brussel-Hoofdstad
Art Museum · 50 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: Enter the restored home of Belgium’s chief art nouveau master, one of the 2014 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage winners. The jury was particularly impressed with the precision and attention to detail. Read more.

Home For Co-operation is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

2. Home For Co-operation

8.8
(Σπίτι της Συνεργασίας)
28 Marcou Dracou St, Λευκωσία, Επαρχία Λευκωσίας
Event Space · 7 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: This building contributes “to the revitalisation of Nicosia’s UN Dead Zone as well as to the wider peace making procedure,” the Europa Nostra jury said – awarding it one of the 27 prizes for 2014. Read more.

St.-Marien-Kirche is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

3. St.-Marien-Kirche

Papenstraße 7, Barth, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Church · 2 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: Containing probably the oldest church library in the country, first mentioned in 1398, the jury saw a model conservation project and awarded it the 2014 Europa Nostra Award in the same category. Read more.

Basilica Palladiana is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

4. Basilica Palladiana

9.1
Piazza dei Signori, Vicenza, Veneto
Historic and Protected Site · 22 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: One of the most important early works of architect Andrea Palladio, awarded the 2014 Europa Nostra Award for the current “sound professional restoration of a famous building” – unlike past repairs. Read more.

Teatro Sociale is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

5. Teatro Sociale

8.1
Via Bartolomeo Colleoni, 4, Bergamo, Lombardia
Theater · 6 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: Bergamo’s fine antique wooden Teatro Sociale from 1804 was restored with “minimal amount of new work and minimal intervention in the old”, securing it the 2014 Nostra Europa Award for conservation. Read more.

Museo Walser is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

6. Museo Walser

Fraz. Pedemonte 1, Alagna Valsesia, Piemonte
Museum · 3 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: The Walser houses are perhaps the earliest examples of vernacular architecture in this form, excellently restored and documented, earning them one of the 27 EU Prizes of Cultural Heritage for 2014. Read more.

Hovelsrud Gård is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

7. Hovelsrud Gård

Helgøyveien 960, Helgøya
Uncategorized · 1 tip

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: “The authenticity of this restoration, using research methods and professional restorers, deserves to be widely copied,” said the jury, making it a winner of the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014. Read more.

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: The three Linhas de Torres Vedras was a defensive system and most efficient as such. 200 years later it was restored for its role in European history, earning it the Europa Nostra Award 2014. Read more.

Mănăstirea Dragomirna is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

9. Mănăstirea Dragomirna

Mitocul Dragomirnei, Suceava, Suceava
Monastery · 3 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: It may look more like a fort than a monastery on the outside, but it is the 400-year-old and recently restored and conserved mural frescoes that make this an EU Prize for Cultural Heritage winner. Read more.

Agrobotiga Celler Cooperatiu Gandesa is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

10. Agrobotiga Celler Cooperatiu Gandesa

6.9
Avenida Catalunya, 28, Gandesa, Catalunya
Wine Store · 3 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: One of eight wineries – restored and still in use – that collectively were awarded the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage, the jury citing it an example of best practice in public-private partnership. Read more.

Oliveres Mil·lenàries de l'Arion is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

11. Oliveres Mil·lenàries de l'Arion

Partida l'Arion, Ulldecona, Catalunya
Other Great Outdoors · 4 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: “The efforts so nobly made to ensure their conservation by the wide range of participants,” said the jury and awarded the project and the 4700 odd olive trees the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014. Read more.

Roman Bridge is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

12. Roman Bridge

9.1
(Puente Romano)
Río Guadalquivir, Córdoba, Andalucía
Bridge · Sur · 37 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: Collectively with the gate of the bridge, the Calahorra tower and the surrounding area, this is one of the 27 recipients of the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage in 2014. Congratulations, Córdoba! Read more.

Abbotsford House is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

13. Abbotsford House

7.6
The Abbotsford Trust, Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders
Museum · 6 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: Author Sir Walter Scott created Ivanhoe, Rob Roy – and this magnificent manor, the embodiment of Scottish romanticism and awarded the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage in 2014. Read more.

Trizina is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

14. Trizina

Trizina
Historic and Protected Site · 1 tip

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: The mausoleum of Trizina is but one of 30 pieces of Roman vaulted architecture throughout the Peloponnese, the research into which earned Dr Paolo Vitti of Italy the Europa Nostra Award of 2014. Read more.

Castelul din Brâncovenești is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

15. Castelul din Brâncovenești

Brâncovenești, Mureș
Castle · 1 tip

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: One of 93 Transylvanian castle gardens painstakingly documented by the faculty of landscape architecture at Budapest’s Corvinus University. This earned it the 2014 Europa Nostra Award for research. Read more.

Museo Nacional del Prado is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

16. Museo Nacional del Prado

9.3
C. de Ruiz de Alarcón, 23 (P. del Prado), Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid
Art Museum · Retiro · 875 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: Enjoy Van Dyck’s paintings? Want to learn more? Check out “Van Dyck in Spain”: 900 pages of research on the great pan-European artist rewarded with the Europa Nostra Award in 2014. Read more.

Klimt-Villa is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

17. Klimt-Villa

6.1
Feldmühlgasse 11, Wien, Wien
Museum · Unter St. Veit · 5 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: The great artist’s last working studio painstakingly conserved, restored and kept open to the public by the Gustav Klimt Memorial Society, earning it the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage award for 2014. Read more.

Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen - Toegangspoort Mechelse Heide is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

18. Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen - Toegangspoort Mechelse Heide

8.5
Joseph Smeetslaan 280, Maasmechelen, Limburg
Nature Preserve · 5 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: Formed in 1997, Kempens Landschap manages more than 800 hectares of land, equally conserving it and keeping it accessible to the public – earning it the 2014 Europa Nostra Award for dedicated service. Read more.

Como is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

19. Como

Lombardia
City · 98 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: Congratulations, Iubilantes of Como, on the 2014 Europa Nostra Award for dedicated service for restoring and returning footpaths and trails to public use to help people rediscover the joy of walking! Read more.

Tirana is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

20. Tirana

(Tiranë)
Tirana District, Qarku i Tiranës
City · 39 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: Congrats: The Cultural Heritage without Borders’ regional restoration camps in Albania, teaching people to care for that heritage, earned the organisation the 2014 Europa Nostra Award for education. Read more.

Miskolc is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

21. Miskolc

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén megye
City · 9 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: Preserving and recognising the city’s cultural and industrial past as well as revitalising and re-presenting its surviving built heritage, makes Miskolc a given 2014 Europa Nostra Awardee. Read more.

Westfries Museum is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

22. Westfries Museum

8.1
Roode Steen 1, Hoorn, Noord-Holland
History Museum · 4 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: Does a colonialist like Jan Pieterszoon Coen deserve a statue? When the debate got heated, the museum didn’t flinch – it joined in, earning it the 2014 Europe Nostra Award for awareness-raising. Read more.

TSF is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

23. TSF

Edifício Altejo Rua 3 da Matinha 3º piso (Sala 301), Lisboa, Lisboa
Office · Nossa Senhora de Fátima · 1 tip

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: “This project is an exemplar of broadcasting on the subject of heritage,” said the Europa Nostra jury of the radio programme Encounters with Heritage – awarding it a 2014 prize for awareness-raising. Read more.

24. Norwich

Norfolk, Norfolk
City · 28 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: Two former cultural centres lately overlooked joined forces for a “model of cross-border collaboration”, earning Shaping 24 – Gent and Norwich – the 2014 Europa Nostra Award for awareness-raising. Read more.

Ghent is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

25. Ghent

(Gent)
Oost-Vlaanderen, Oost-Vlaanderen
City · 109 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: “The venture validates the use of EU funding for incontestably European benefits,” the jury said, awarding Gent and Norwich the 2014 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage for their joint project Shaping 24. Read more.

Catherine Park is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

26. Catherine Park

9.4
(Екатерининский парк)
Садовая ул., 20 (Парковая ул.), Пушкин, Санкт-Петербург
Park · 313 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: Don’t forget to visit the Agate Rooms on the upper floor of the Cold Baths pavilion; restored and conserved with such “quality of science”, it received the 2014 Europa Nostra Award for conservation. Read more.

Compagnie Générale De La Navigation is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: These eight La Belle Epoque steamers were built between 1904 and 1927 and are still kept afloat today by the Compagnie Generale de Navigation – earning it a 2014 Europa Nostra Award for conservation. Read more.

Holy Etchmiadzin Cathedral | Էջմիածնի Մայր Տաճար is one of EU Prize for Cultural Heritage 2014.

28. Holy Etchmiadzin Cathedral | Էջմիածնի Մայր Տաճար

Etchmiadzin, Ejmiatsin, Armaviri Marz
Church · 13 tips and reviews

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament: It took four volumes to document all the 7th century church architecture in the South Caucasus, this being a fine example, but it was work well rewarded – with a 2014 Europa Nostra Award for research. Read more.