Laureates of the annual European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards were presented with their Awards at the annual European Heritage Awards Ceremony, which took place on 8 June 2007 in the Stockholm City Hall in Sweden. Ján Figel', Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, HRH the Prince Consort of Denmark, President of Europa Nostra, and HRH Princess Madeleine, Patron of Europa Nostra Sweden presented the awards to representatives of the awarded achievements. Mrs Llena Adelsohn-Liljeroth, Swedish Minister of Culture, also participated in this major event. The ceremony was honoured by the presence of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Sweden.

These European Heritage Awards were jointly launched in 2002 by the European Commission and Europa Nostra, in the framework of the Commission’s Culture 2000 programme, to recognise best practices in heritage conservation on a European level. The aims of this Awards Scheme are three-fold: to promote high standards in conservation practice, to stimulate trans-boundary exchanges of knowledge and skills, and to encourage further exemplary initiatives in the field of cultural heritage.

A total of 158 excellent applications and nominations from 32 countries were received in various categories and assessed in situ by independent experts. The most outstanding of these were selected by the Heritage Awards Jury in a series of meetings which took place over recent months. The range of exemplary initiatives submitted illustrated the many facets of Europe's rich cultural heritage, ranging from the restoration of buildings and sites, their adaptation to new uses, new buildings in conservation areas, urban and rural landscape rehabilitation, to archaeological sites, care for collections, research and dedicated service to heritage conservation by individuals or organisations. Five top Prizes, which each include a monetary award of € 10,000, were presented in the following categories:

 

Conservation of Architectural Heritage to the Sarica Church in Cappadocia (Turkey)