Prince of Asturias Awards
Oviedo, Spain
Notes
- The awards were established in 1980 by the Prince of Asturias Foundation, a non-profit institution that aims to promote the sciences, technology, concord, arts and letters. HRH Crown Prince Felipe of Spain, the Prince of Asturias, presides over the Foundation and presents the awards annually at a symbolic ceremony in Asturias, Spain, before an invited audience from the worlds of society, politics and culture in Europe, Japan and the Americas. The ceremony attracts extensive international press, radio and television coverage and is considered one of the principal events in the European and Latin American cultural calendar.
- The awards are given in eight categories, communications and humanities, letters, the arts, technical and scientific research, international co-operation, concord, social sciences and sports, of the category 'arts' is of some interest here as it may include achievements from the world of movies.
Awards
Prince of Asturias Award