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Mission to Port-au-Prince
February 24, 2010
Related Projects: GINGERBREAD HOUSES , CITADELLE HENRI
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
Related Projects: GINGERBREAD HOUSES , CITADELLE HENRI
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
Related Projects: GINGERBREAD HOUSES , CITADELLE HENRI
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
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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