The winners of two national prizes from the Heritage Foundation will know at the beginning of December the amount of aid granted to them.
Selected as part of the 2024 Heritage Mission, the Palais-sur-Vienne dovecote received an allocation of €80,000, the Arfeuille-Château dovecote received €120,000 and the house on the river site at Ségur-le-Château received €120,000. €110,000.
A Ford Vedette from the 1950s, which served as a taxi, then as a tow truck in Creuse, was offered by a collector in December 2023 to the Saint-Vaury vocational school which will restore it. She received the Motul-Fondation du Patrimoine prize. An endowment of €10,000 has just been granted to him.
Sites selected in Saint-Yrieix, Ambazac, Le Dorat…
Other prizes, accompanied by aid, have also been obtained by other sites. The Moustier collegiate church of Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche and the church of Lamazière Basse (Corrèze) each obtained an endowment of €50,000 and the church of Janaillat (Creuse) €30,000 under the Religious Heritage Program.
The Joux site in Gentioux-Pigerolles (Creuse) obtained aid of €20,000 as part of the Local Heritage and Tourism Program – Airbnb.
The Ambazac Pagoda received a grant of €10,000 from the Arts and Crafts Fund. Same fund and same endowment for the old Dorat chapel, for the restoration of its stained glass windows.
The Sainte-Marguerite d'Auzances chapel (Creuse) won the Sésame Prize. The prize is €20,000.
Natural heritage
A Haute-Vienne site is a candidate as part of the Natural Heritage and Biodiversity Program, one of the latest prizes created by the Heritage Foundation. The candidate site is the Murat pond in Lussac-les-Eglises, where you can observe birds. Verdict in early 2025.
