Join us on 26 February for the Live Announcement of Europe’s 7 Most Endangered Heritage Sites 2026
We are pleased to invite you to the Live Announcement of the 7 Most Endangered Heritage Sites in Europe for 2026 on 26 February (11:00-12:30 CET).
The much-awaited final list of 7 Most Endangered sites 2026 will be unveiled during this online event, which will feature the participation of high-level representatives from Europa Nostra, the European Investment Bank Institute and the European Commission.
The online event will also feature contributions from representatives of the organisations that nominated the 7 listed sites, which were selected by the Board of Europa Nostra from among the cases of heritage at risk previously preselected by the Advisory Panel of the 7 Most Endangered Programme.
The 7 Most Endangered Programme is run by Europa Nostra – the leading European heritage civil society network – with the support of the European Investment Bank Institute. It is also supported by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, through the network project Europa Nostra Heritage Agora.
Since its launch in 2013, the 7 Most Endangered Programme has become a key civil society initiative dedicated to saving Europe’s heritage at risk. It has brought visibility, support and urgent action to 70 monuments and heritage sites in 33 countries; and many of them have since been safeguarded for both present and future generations.
The 7 Most Endangered Programme acts as a catalyst for mobilising expertise, halting unsuitable or unsustainable development, and/or ensuring necessary public and private support, including funding, among other forms of assistance. Each case on the final list is eligible to receive an EIB Heritage Grant of €10,000 to support action towards saving it.
Join us on 26 February to find out which heritage sites in Europe have been selected for the 2026 List of 7 Most Endangered!
This online event is free-of-charge but registration is compulsory.
PROGRAMME
11:00-11:05
Welcome by the moderator, Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović, Secretary General of Europa Nostra
11:05-11:10
Address by Guy Clausse, Vice-President of Europa Nostra
11:10-11:15
Video Announcement of the 7 Most Endangered Heritage Sites in Europe for 2026
11:15 -11:20
Address by Anna Canato, Head of Division, Youth Engagement and Society, EIB Institute
11:20-11:30
Reaction by José Manuel Fernández Arroyo, Deputy Head of Unit for Creative Europe, DG EAC, European Commission
11:30- 12:15
Pitches by the nominators and the representatives of 7 selected cases (3-4 minutes each)
12:15-12:25
Stories from sites selected in previous editions of the programme
– Grimsby Ice Factory, United Kingdom (selected in 2018)
– Kortrijk Railway Station, Belgium (selected in 2023)
12:25 – 12:30
Concluding remarks by the moderator
