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The Vertical Garden Plaza Delicias and selected among the ten best public spaces in Europe.

In this sixth edition was rewarded the best projects completed in 2008 and 2009, being declared the Vertical Garden and Public Plaza Delicias, the work of Sicily and Associates Architecture, finalist and being among the top ten public space projects at European level.

This means that Zaragoza will be a benchmark as far as regards public space and serves to underscore the need for conservation and maintenance of a place, that being the heritage of Zaragoza, is also renowned for its ability European social integration, its purely public character and vocation of revitalizing urban areas, indicating the City of Zaragoza in a statement.

The European Prize for Urban Public Space, whose jury is composed, among other members, by architect Rafael Moneo as president, is an initiative of the Centre de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona, who was born in order to recognize and promote the public nature of urban spaces, as well as their ability to social cohesion, emphasizing the relational nature and typically urban civic space.

One of the peculiarities of this award is given to both the architect and the public administration, being in the case of draft Zaragoza City Council the developer of it, with the collaboration of the Association of Neighbors Delicias &quot,Monsignor_Santiago_Garcia_Aracil_saysr;Manuel Viola. "

Also, is characterized not only leads to large urban developments, but interventions are mainly intended to improve the living conditions of citizens.

The Vertical Garden and Plaza Delicias, which was inaugurated in November 2008, is structured in different levels of height,The_Castilian-La_Mancha_among_them, reaching 14.40 meters, and also of the square has a natural area where there are more than 80 plant species different.

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