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The Awards Ceremony 2009 took place in the beautiful Sicilian city of Taormina on June 5th 2009.
The juries awarded 28 prizes in 4 categories out of hundreds of applications.
The juries also awarded 7 Grand Prize Winners out of these 28 which were announced during the ceremony.
Category 1 - Conservation:
· Gozzoburg Medieval building, AUSTRIA
· Grotenfelt Family Burial Chapel's wall paintings, FINLAND
· Kesälahti Church Bell Tower, FINLAND [Grand Prize]
· Dokumentationsstätte Regierungsbunker, GERMANY
· Archaeological Site of Nicopolis, GREECE
· Mátra Museum in Gyöngyös, HUNGARY [Grand Prize]
· The Church of Saints Faustino and Giovita, ITALY [Grand Prize]
· Macro Future and Alternative Economy City, ITALY
· Via Latina at Coimbra, PORTUGAL
· La Casería de los Tomillos, SPAIN
· The Church of Santa María La Mayor, SPAIN
· Stanley Mills, UNITED KINGDOM
· Logie Schoolhouse, UNITED KINGDOM
· The Pier Arts Centre, UNITED KINGDOM
· High Level Bridge at Newcastle-Gateshead upon Tyne, UNITED KINGDOM [Grand Prize]
Category 2 — Research:
· Study, Assessment and Design for the Structural and Architectural Restoration of the Bedestan, CYPRUS
· Series of five restoration catalogues from 2004 to 2008 of the Olomouc Museum of Art, CZECH REPUBLIC
· An Inventory of Historic Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Ireland, IRELAND
· Global Climate change impact on built heritage and cultural landscape: the Noah's Ark Project, ITALY [Grand Prize]
Category 3 — Dedicated service:
· Dr. Glenn Murray, SPAIN [Grand Prize]
· Fundación de la Comunidad Valenciana La Luz de las Imágenes, SPAIN
· Professor David Walker, OBE, UNITED KINGDOM
Category 4 — Education, training and awareness-raising:
· Maison du patrimoine médiéval mosan, BELGIUM
· Sustainable Aegean Programme, GREECE [Grand Prize]
· A proposed teaching method for reading the landscape: Pontemanco, ITALY
· Academia Istropolitana Nova, SLOVAKIA
· “Culture Ants” project, TURKEY
· Upper Colne Valley dry stone walling project, UNITED KINGDOM
More info
Press Release Grand Prize Winners 2009