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Das Untere Fürstenquartier im Potsdamer Neuen Palais ist restauriert
Märkische Verlags- und Druck-Gesellschaft mbH, Thursday, January 19, 2012
Related Projects: NEW PALACE IN SANSSOUCI PARK
Ein Größeres hat Hartmut Dorgerloh nicht. Auf fünf Etagen, vom Keller bis unters Dach, verbergen sich 634 Räume hinter diesen Mauern. Trotzdem ist der Generaldirektor der Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, dem diese als Neues Palais bekannte Architekturangeberei heute anvertraut ist, nicht zu beneiden.
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Recuperan fachada de monumento huaca de la Luna - Trujillo
OZONO Televisión, Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Related Projects: HUACA DE LA LUNA
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Govt need to swiftly intervene to save Sonar Fort
The Times of India, Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Related Projects: JAISALMER FORT
Conservationists feel that the Jaisalmer Fort requires major interventions by the government authorities to save it from irrevocable damages. Carrying out restoration works in an ancient structure like the Jaisalmer Fort is in itself a challenge, but doing so while addressing the needs of almost 3,000 people who reside inside it and depend upon it for their livelihood poses a complex range of issues.
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The Sistine Chapel of the Andes
Smithsonian.com, Thursday, January 12, 2012
Keywords: Watch
Related Projects: SAN PEDRO APÓSTOL DE ANDAHUAYLILLAS CHURCH
Just miles from Peru’s Incan ruins lie artifacts from another era—beautiful Baroque churches that married Spanish design with indigenous culture.
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Miss Lassie’s house becomes world monument
Cayman News Service, Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Keywords: 2012 Watch
Related Projects: MIND'S EYE
A week after the announcement of the 2012 World Monuments Watch the Ministry of Health, Environment, Youth, Sports & Culture pledged $500,000 over a period of four years to further assist the restoration of the site.
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Time running out for endangered sites in Mexico
San Francisco Chronicle, Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Keywords: 2012 Watch
Related Projects: RUTA DE LA AMISTAD
This year's Watch List, which the 46-year-old nonprofit compiles every other year, brings Mexico's total number of sites to 32.
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Architectural fashions change, but even brutalist buildings should be saved
The Guardian, Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Keywords: 2012 Watch
Related Projects: BRITISH BRUTALISM
Brutalist architecture of the 1960s may not be to everyone's taste now, but that is no reason to tear it down.
See ArticleTsunami-hit Japanese sites added to World Monuments Fund list
Kyodo News, Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Keywords: 2012 Watch
Related Projects: EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE HERITAGE SITES
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Coventry Cathedral ruins added to international watch list
BBC News, Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Keywords: 2012 Watch
Related Projects: RUINS OF THE FORMER CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL, COVENTRY
The Cathedral ruins are the result of damage inflicted by incendiary bombs during World War II.
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World Monuments Fund Releases Watch List for 2012
Art in America, Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Keywords: 2012 Watch
Related Projects: 510 FIFTH AVENUE
The New York-based World Monuments Fund has released its 2012 watch list, which identifies 67 cultural heritage sites in 41 countries in need of protection, from the earthen architecture of Burkina Faso and the Pueblo Walpi Village in Arizona to cathedrals and modernist buildings.
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