Lecturers Albert Ferrer and Daniel Benito from the UV’s art history department have been awarded the prize Premios Europa Nostra 2012 de Patrimonio Cultural, in its research section, for their study to rehabilitate the space Palauet de Nolla in the town of Meliana. Ferrer and Benito are part of a multidisciplinary team that has worked in the study of this emblematic building.
These prizes are the most famous in Europe as for preservation, spreading and rehabilitation of cultural goods. The members of the jury have taken into account the efforts carried out for the implementation of the research related to Palauet de Nolla, a building which is a meaningful symbol witness of Spanish pottery activities in the 19th century. The project not only focused on the patrimonial value but it also increased recognition from Meliana’s citizens.
This research is focused on one of the most relevant 19th century monuments in Valencia. This building located in Meliana was the symbol and the exhibitions centre of an important ceramics factory in the history of Spanish industrialization, whose floor tiles decorated many Art Nouveau buildings in Europe like those built by Antonio Gaudí.
The prizes are going to be awarded on June the 1st in a ceremony at the Hieronymite Monastery in Lisboa. The 28 awarded were selected among 226 projects coming from 31 different countries. All the awarded are going to receive a commemorative plaque or a trophy. Each of the special prizes awarded is going to receive 10,000 Euros. Deadline for applications for the next call ends on October the 1st, 2012.
Europa Nostra is a pan-European NGO giving voice to the cultural patrimony in Europe. It gathers and represents 250 non-governmental organizations from more than 50 European countries, and a minimum of five million citizens are members. Its many professionals and volunteers devote to preserve the European cultural patrimony for the current and future generations’ benefit.
Last update: 26 de march de 2012 12:30.
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