The European Commission and Europa Nostra have announced 29 winners from 15 countries for the 2010 Edition of the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards.

The awards will be presented by Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner responsible for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, and Denis de Kergorlay, Executive President of Europa Nostra, during a ceremony taking place in the Aya Irini in Istanbul, Turkey on 10 June 2010. During this ceremony the names of 6 Grand Prize winners will be made public.

 The European Union and Europa Nostra have selected 29 candidates for the annual "European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards", in categories ranging from the restoration of buildings and their adaptation to new uses, to urban and rural landscape rehabilitation, archaeological site interpretations, and care for art collections. Also awarded are prizes for research, for education and awareness-raising projects related to cultural heritage and for dedicated service to heritage conservation by individuals or organisations.

Complete list of Award Laureates

Category 1 — Conservation

• The Nordkette Cableway Stations, Innsbruck AUSTRIA
• La Fonderie de la Société Alsacienne de Construction Mécanique, Mulhouse FRANCE
• Le Collège des Bernardins, Paris FRANCE
• The Sarcophagi of the Dukes of Pomerania, Wolgast GERMANY
• The Neues Museum, Berlin GERMANY
• The Ancient Tower and Adjacent Buildings at Horio-Aghia Triada, Amorgos GREECE
• The National Observatory of Athens, Athens GREECE
• The Fortifications and City Walls of 's-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch THE NETHERLANDS
• The Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS
• The Monastery of Santa Clara-A-Velha, Coimbra PORTUGAL
• The Roman Theatre, Cartagena SPAIN
• The Church of Los Descalzos, Ecija SPAIN
• The Royal Site of San Ildefonso, SPAIN
• The Sultan's Pavilion of the Yeni Mosque, Istanbul TURKEY
• St Davids Bishop’s Palace, St Davids UNITED KINGDOM
• St Martin-in-the-Fields, London UNITED KINGDOM

Category 2 - Research

• Restoration Study for the Horní hrad of the Bečov State Castle, Bečov CZECH REPUBLIC
• Sacred Timber Architecture in the Carpathians: Building Archaeology of Selected Objects in Western Ukraine, Munich GERMANY
• Restoration Study for the Tempesta's Fortress, Noale ITALY
• The Letters Project –  Vincent van Gogh’s Letters, Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS

Category 3 — Dedicated service

• Nils Vest, Copenhagen DENMARK

In this category, Europa Nostra Awards will be presented to two projects from European countries not taking part in the EU Culture Programme:

• Commission to Preserve National Monuments, Sarajevo BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA
• Ludmila V. Shaposhnikova, Moscow RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Category 4 — Education, training and awareness-raising

• REMPART: Volunteers for Saving Heritage, Paris FRANCE
• The East Eifel Volcano Park, Plaidt GERMANY
• The Baerwaldbad - Conservation of a Public Bath House through Vocational Training, Berlin GERMANY
• Empathic Archaeology - On Storytelling and Identity, Borger THE NETHERLANDS
• Discovering the Museum – Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu ROMANIA
• Faith in Maintenance, London UNITED KINGDOM

Europa Nostra represents some 250 non-governmental organisations, 150 associate organisations and 1500 individual members from more than 50 countries who are fully committed to safeguarding Europe’s cultural heritage and landscapes.