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Phase I Work Completed at Ani Archaeological Site
January 19, 2012
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World Monuments Fund and the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage and Museums, Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, are partnering to document, stabilize, and conserve two of the most significant and visible structures at Ani Archaeological Site, Ani Cathedral and the Church of the Holy Savior (Surp P’rikitch). The Church of the Holy Savior project is supported through a grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Ambassodor’s Fund for Cultural Preservation.
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2012: The Year of Jacmel
January 13, 2012
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Jacmel’s historic district was included on the 2012 World Monuments Watch because of uncertainty about the fate of more than 100 historic buildings damaged in the 2010 earthquake. In the following field dispatch, advocate Louise Lo Presti describes a great new development for the city.
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Isa Khan’s Tomb: Conservation & Garden Restoration
November 16, 2011
Related Projects: ISA KHAN’S COMPLEX AT HUMAYUN’S TOMB
Isa Khan’s tomb (A.D. 1547) has often been considered, including by some experts, as a minor tomb within the Humayun’s Tomb complex (a World Heritage Site), and comparisons with the much grander later building have been made without an understanding of the smaller building’s enormous cultural significance.
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Save Our Culture
November 2, 2011
Related Projects: EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE HERITAGE SITES
On November 2 in Tokyo, World Monuments Fund and the Foundation for Cultural Heritage and Art Research launched Save Our Culture (SOC), an international effort to help cultural heritage sites affected by the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
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Conservation and New Discoveries at the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III
August 29, 2011
Related Projects: THE MORTUARY TEMPLE OF AMENHOTEP III
A team of conservators recently wrapped up its 13th season of work at the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III. The group made steady progress this past spring in stabilizing, cleaning, documenting, and restoring various sections of the ruined temple.
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Andahuaylillas Dia Del Patrimonio
July 26, 2011
Related Projects: SAN PEDRO APÓSTOL DE ANDAHUAYLILLAS CHURCH
The WMF-sponsored conservation work on the church of Andahuaylillas, which is often described as the heart of the neighborhood, acted as a catalyst for a subsidiary project focusing on the development of the community itself.
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Chile Mission Dispatch
June 29, 2011
Related Projects: IGLESIAS DE ARICA PARINACOTA (CHURCHES OF ARICA PARINACOTA)
Seeing the churches of Arica-Parinacota come back to life through the efforts of Fundacion Altiplano, and their Chilean, Peruvian, Ecuadorian, German, and North American experts, is satisfying. World Monuments Fund is proud to have a role in the revitalization of these communities.
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WMF Congratulates John Stubbs on Tulane Appointment
June 11, 2011
World Monuments Fund congratulates John Stubbs on his appointment at Tulane University as Senior Professor of Architectural Practice and the Director of the MS Program in Preservation Studies.
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LOROPENI – BURKINA FASO
May 23, 2011
Related Projects: LOROPENI RUINS
Solving unique challenges while taking extreme care to not overwhelm or obliterate its intangible character, WMF’s project at Loropeni was successfully completed in November 2010.
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Inauguration Ceremony at Zamość Synagogue
May 9, 2011
Related Projects: ZAMOŚĆ RENAISSANCE SYNAGOGUE
The restored synagogue was dedicated on April 5, 2011. As there is no Jewish population in Zamość now, the synagogue will not serve as a house of prayer. Rather, it will serve the needs of Jewish visitors to Zamość as well as its inhabitants.
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Carol A. Rodley, U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, Visits Phnom Bakheng
March 25, 2011
Related Projects: PHNOM BAKHENG
Glenn Boornazian, Director of Projects at Angkor for World Monuments Fund, joined the United States Ambassador to Cambodia, Carol A. Rodley, and her guests at Phnom Bakheng to review conservation work in progress.
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Ten-Year Anniversary of the Destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas
March 7, 2011
Related Projects: BUDDHIST REMAINS OF BAMIYAN
March 2011 marks the ten-year anniversary of the destruction of the colossal Buddhas in the Bamiyan Valley of Afghanistan.
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Climbing Great Buildings
February 24, 2011
A BBC architecture series featuring WMF Britain Chief Executive Jonathan Foyle recently won “Best Daytime Series” at the 2011 Broadcast Awards.
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Update from Egypt
February 24, 2011
Related Projects: LUXOR TEMPLE
Theban monuments are intact, and our mission continues to work at Kom el Hettan without any incident and without threat of imminent danger.
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Report on Work at the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III
February 24, 2011
Related Projects: THE MORTUARY TEMPLE OF AMENHOTEP III
The 400-ton torso of the North Colossus of Amenhotep III at the Second Pylon was transported on a ramp 9.5 meters towards its original place and is now lying near and parallel to its pedestal.
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International Workshop for Qusayr 'Amra
February 22, 2011
Related Projects: QUSAYR 'AMRA
Qusayr ‘Amra is a lodge and bath house built during the Umayyad period in the mid-eighth century. Its interiors are covered with mural paintings representing hunting and bath scenes, artisans at work, a zodiac, and other scenes of court life.
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Seventeenth-Century Painting Materials Discovered in Historic Peruvian Church
December 17, 2010
Related Projects: SAN PEDRO APÓSTOL DE ANDAHUAYLILLAS CHURCH
Our conservation team finds a ceramic container filled with ochre pigment, a wood and hair brush, and a wooden stick.
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Torino: Restoration Central in Italy 2010-11
December 10, 2010
John H. Stubbs, Vice President, Field Projects, reports on a number of impressive architectural restoration projects in Torino, Italy to mark the upcoming celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, slated for April 2011.
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The Structural Repair of the West Gopura IV
September 2, 2010
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WMF’s work at Preah Khan enters a new phase with the commencement of the conservation of the West Gopura tower.
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Field School Lays Foundation for Church's Rejuvenation
August 10, 2010
Related Projects: DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH
The 5-week field school at the historic Dutch Reformed Church concludes this week in a ceremony outside the church in Newburgh, NY.
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Tower Would Forever Alter Historic Skyline
July 30, 2010
Related Projects: HISTORIC LANDSCAPE OF SEVILLA
Despite an outcry from local and international presersvation groups, the Spanish bank CajaSol has broken ground on a 180-meter-high office tower in Sevilla. If built, the building, designed by Cesar Pelli, will overshadow Sevilla Cathedral's tower, which for 800 years has been the tallest structure in the city.
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Mission to Port-au-Prince
February 24, 2010
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Following the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12, WMF Program Director for Latin America, Spain, and Portugal, Norma Barbacci traveled to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and reports that scores of monumental public buildings, including the Government Palace, as well as many of the most important churches, lay in ruins.
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Mission to Santo Domingo and Jacmel
February 18, 2010
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The aftershocks of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12 were still being felt three weeks later when, from February 3 to 6, 2010, WMF Program Director for Latin America, Spain, and Portugal, Norma Barbacci, joined an international mission to Santo Domingo and Jacmel.
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Earthquake in Haiti
February 12, 2010
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As the people of Haiti recover from this catastrophe, WMF is committed to helping in recovery efforts, bringing our expertise in disaster response to this devastated country. We will be coordinating our work in Haiti with HELP (Haitian Education & Leadership Program), the group that nominated the Gingerbread Houses of Port-au-Prince to the 2010 Watch.
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Illuminating St. George’s Bloomsbury
December 18, 2009
Related Projects: ST. GEORGE’S BLOOMSBURY
The installation of a 17th-century Dutch chandelier this November marked the completion of WMF Britain’s seven-year, nine-million-pound restoration project at St. George’s Bloomsbury, master architect Nicholas Hawksmoor’s sixth and last London church.
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Locals Celebrate Placement of Ujumbe Palace on 2010 Watch
December 14, 2009
Related Projects: UJUMBE PALACE
In the Comoros Islands, an African archipelago near Madagascar, the local community of Mutsamudu celebrated the placement of Ujumbe Palace on the 2010 World Monuments Watch.
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Cloister of St. Trophime
November 13, 2009
Related Projects: CLOISTER OF ST. TROPHIME
For the last year, WMF has participated in a number of on-site meetings to analyze the columns and capitals that form the cloister of St. Trophime and determine the best methods for cleaning, repairing, and maintaining the structure.
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Convent of San Clemente, Spain
August 10, 2009
WMF has begun fieldwork at the medieval Spanish convent of San Clemente, just outside the city walls of Toledo.
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Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria
August 4, 2009
Related Projects: ABBEY OF SAN CLEMENTE A CASAURIA
WMF has taken on a two million-dollar project at the medieval Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria, which was badly damaged in the April 6, 2009, earthquake that struck the Abruzzo region of central Italy.
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L'Aquila, Italy
April 6, 2009
World Monuments Fund mourns the lives lost following the earthquake in the historic city of L'Aquila, Italy, on April 6, 2009
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