The European Commission and Europa Nostra have announced the 2023 European Heritage Awards/Europa Nostra Awards winners. Romania has two awarded projects among the winners.
Via Transilvanica wins in Citizens’ Engagement & Awareness-raising category, while Pathfinders of the Waters, Danube Delta wins in Education, Training & Skills.
The annual EU prize for cultural heritage rewards 28 excellent initiatives and outstanding personalities from 20 European countries representing the latest developments and priorities related to European heritage policy and practice.
Winners in each category of European Heritage Awards 2023
Conservation & Adaptive Reuse
Steam Engine Brewery, Lobeč, CZECHIA
Friluftsskolen Open-Air School, Copenhagen, DENMARK
Hôtel de la Marine, Paris, FRANCE
Royal Gardens of Venice, ITALY
Museum of Urban Wooden Architecture, Vilnius, LITHUANIA
Wit Stwosz Altarpiece in St. Mary’s Basilica, Kraków, POLAND
Mudéjar Ceilings of the Cathedral of Funchal, Madeira, PORTUGAL
Ruins of the Monastery of San Pedro de Eslonza, Gradefes, SPAIN
Research
Scientific-Archaeological Studies for the Preservation of Ererouyk, ARMENIA/FRANCE
Proto-Industrial Architecture of the Veneto in the Age of Palladio, ITALY
Safeguarding of the Artisanal Fishing Technique “Arte-Xávega”, PORTUGAL
Education, Training & Skills
MADE IN: Crafts and Design Narratives, AUSTRIA/CROATIA/SLOVENIA/SERBIA
Carpenters without Borders, Paris, FRANCE
National Centres for Restoration of Historic Vessels, NORWAY
Pathfinders of the Waters, Danube Delta, ROMANIA
Citizens’ Engagement & Awareness-raising
Village Square Meer, Antwerp, BELGIUM
Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), Dublin, IRELAND
ALMADA Project, Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Un-archiving Post-industry, UKRAINE
Heritage Champions
Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO), UKRAINE/INTERNATIONAL PROJECT.
Each winning achievement of this year’s European Heritage Awards/Europa Nostra Awards results from extraordinary skills and commitment, collective and individual, spanning European heritage places and traditions. By honouring these achievements, we also reiterate our firm commitment to protecting our shared cultural heritage, which is vital for our sense of togetherness as citizens and communities of Europe.
Margaritis Schinas, European Commission Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life
The award ceremony will take place on 28 September in Venice at the European Cultural Heritage Summit 2023. The summit that Europa Nostra organizes with the support of the European Commission takes place from 27 to 30 September.
About Via Transilvanica
Via Transilvanica is a long-distance trail of 1,400 kilometers that crosses Romania diagonally, from Putna to Drobeta Turnu Severin and is suitable for hiking, cycling or horseback riding.
About Pathfinders of the Waters
Pathfinders of the Waters represents a group of children who have built life-size wooden boats with their own hands, with which they explore the waters of the localities they belong to learn as much as possible about these natural spaces. In years to come, with their passion for nature and accumulated knowledge, they will be able to become capable guides for visitors. The guides come from Mila 23, Drobeta Turnu Severin, Eșelnita, Sfântu Gheorghe, Sulina, Piscu, Chilia Veche, and Comana. They built their canoes and paddles in “meaningful learning” workshops, in 4-week sessions, under the guidance of the carpenter Viorel Gheorghe of the Ivan Patzaichin – Mila 23 Association.
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