(24 September 2021) – The winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards, Europe’s top honour in the field, were awarded yesterday at the headquarters of the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice.
The remarkable rehabilitation of the Wooden Church of Urși Village (Romania) is the big winner of 2021: the jury granted it a Grand Prix while the general public selected it as their favourite heritage project in Europe and proud winner of this year’s Public Choice Award.
Some 7,000 citizens from all over Europe voted online via the Europa Nostra website.
The Grand Prix laureates, chosen by the Board of Europa Nostra on recommendation by an independent jury of experts, will receive €10,000 each.