TIRANA, May 11 /ATA/ – CHwB Albania (Cultural Heritage Without Borders-Albania) said Thursday that their restoration and reinforcement project on the Castle of Preza, Tirana district, has been selected as winner of the Big See Architecture Award 2023 in public buildings category.
“We are very grateful to our team of architects and our partners who delivered on this project,” CHwB Albania said via the social media, a non-governmental organization committed to preservation and protection of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, affected by conflicts, disasters or neglect.
The Castle of Preza is a 1st category monument and a fortification of great importance. It has been built during the 15th century and is an asset with a long history of intervention phases. The earthquake of November 2019 had a catastrophic impact on most of the tangible cultural heritage in central Albania including the castle of Preza.
A restoration and reinforcement project kicked off and it went from reconstruction to structural rehabilitation, reinforcement using innovative materials in combination with traditional techniques, and use of saved original materials. It represents a project of monument recovery, with its treatment of existing pathologies, not addressed for years, and the improvement of its structural integrity with the final goal of bringing it back to the community of Preza.
/gj.m/r.e/u.sh/
