Category Beautiful World

Torbay Council is preparing listed building consent and restoration design work for Torquay Pavilion, moving the landmark closer to a repaired future.

A major funding package in England is aimed at saving and improving more than 1,000 arts venues, museums, libraries and heritage buildings.

Ireland allocated €8.1 million under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2026, supporting conservation works on almost 700 historic buildings.

Ireland allocated €365,000 from a strategic investment fund to help protect and prepare sites on its World Heritage Tentative List.

Ireland’s Historic Towns Initiative awarded €2 million to support conservation-led projects in eighteen towns, with a focus on reuse and keeping old buildings in good condition.

Guimarães, Portugal’s European Green Capital for 2026, is using a year-long programme to highlight green spaces, local sustainability and urban quality of life.

The Bonnat-Helleu Museum in Bayonne reopened after a long €35 million restoration, bringing one of France’s strongest Old Master collections back to the public.

Five Italian projects were selected for European Heritage Awards 2026, covering restoration, urban regeneration, archive work and specialist training.

Italy unveiled 337 recovered antiquities from the United States, including Roman, Greek, Etruscan and Egyptian objects that will be studied and returned to their original locations.

Japan’s 2026 cherry blossom season officially began when benchmark Somei Yoshino trees opened their first blossoms in Kochi, Gifu and Yamanashi.