Event
Re-Discovering Qusayr 'Amra: Conservation of an Early Islamic Site in Jordan
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
6:00 PM presentation. Reception follows.
World Monuments Fund
Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2412, New York, NY 10118
This Report from the Field will feature the eighth-century Umayyad residence Qusayr 'Amra in Azraq, Jordan. Rediscovered in 1989, Qusayr 'Amra features extraordinary and unique representations of Islamic art in its extensive interior mural paintings. Gaetano Palumbo, World Monuments Fund's Program Director for North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, and Giovanna de Palma of the Italian Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro, will present the significant interior and exterior conservation work that has been underway since 2008 through a collaboration between WMF, the Italian Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro, and the Department of Antiquities of Jordan.
WMF supporters and Friends at the $250 level and above are invited to attend. To RSVP to this event, please e-mail rsvp@wmf.org or call 646-424-9594 by Wednesday, March 20.
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