The Farmhouses of Hälsingland Project, Hudiksvall
Since 1997, the nominated group of farmowners and their associations, architectural heritage experts, museums, local councils and heritage groups, schools and colleges and the tourist industry, has worked to conserve and sometimes restore the province's large and usually ...
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Project details
| Title: | The Farmhouses of Hälsingland Project, Hudiksvall |
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| Entr. year: | 2003 |
| Result: | Medal |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Category type: | organisation |
| Architect / Proj.leader: | Dedicated service by individuals or organisations |
| The Jury's citation: | For the restoration and care of a previously largely unnoticed, yet unique architectural and agricultural heritage, and for raising local pride and tourist interest in this rural area. |
Description:
Since 1997, the nominated group of farmowners and their associations, architectural heritage experts, museums, local councils and heritage groups, schools and colleges and the tourist industry, has worked to conserve and sometimes restore the province's large and usually well-preserved 18th-19th century wooden farm houses. The group works to raise the awareness and thus protection of these buildings and building complexes which represent a distinctive cultural heritage of the region.
