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Grandeur of Medieval Delhi Comes Alive for Students
The Hindu, Friday, April 19, 2013
Keywords: Delhi, India, Isa Khan's tomb, Mughal, World Heritage
Related Projects: ISA KHAN’S COMPLEX AT HUMAYUN’S TOMB
In commemoration of World Heritage Day, the aesthetically constructed garden tombs of Isa Khan Niyazi and Bu Halima, located at the entrance of Humayun’s Tomb, were on Thursday re-opened to the public after a gap of two years.
World Monuments Fund president and chief executive officer Bonnie Burnham said her New York-based organisation was in partnership with AKTC for working on the preservation of the two tombs. “We financed this phase of the project because we wanted to support the restoration work. We want to bring alive these magnificent monuments which the world had forgotten.”
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A Once-Vibrant City Struggles as Panama Races Ahead on a Wave of Prosperity
The New York Times, Saturday, March 23, 2013
Related Projects: HISTORIC CENTER OF COLÓN
Some Colón boosters have mustered their own piecemeal efforts, tired of waiting for a government rescue. Kurt Dillon, an architect and urban planner, has led a coalition to save and restore some of the crumbling buildings in the city’s historic core, recently drawing dozens of preservationists to write a plan with the help of the World Monuments Fund, an independent nonprofit group. “Civil society has to get things done here,” he said.
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Restoring legacy: Funds Flow in for Balaji Ghat
The Times of India, Thursday, March 21, 2013
Keywords: Balaji Ghat, India, Varanasi
Related Projects: BALAJI GHAT
Balaji Ghat, an iconic landmark built by Balaji Peshwa in 1735 on the banks of the Ganga in Varanasi that finds a place in World Monuments Watch List 2012 for decaying heritage, is today in the process of restoration. The restoration of the ghat is a joint effort of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), the Scindia Devasthan Trust, and World Monuments Fund ( WMF).
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Tsunami-Hit City to Receive Grant to Restore Historic Buildings
Kyodo News, Friday, March 8, 2013
Keywords: earthquake, Japan, Kesennuma, tsunami
Related Projects: EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE HERITAGE SITES
The World Monuments Fund said on Thursday that it will give $250,000 to rebuild seven historic buildings in the coastal city of Kesennuma, which was devastated by a tsunami that hit northeastern Japan almost two years ago.
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The Places We Love IV: Heritage Advocates Want Cruise Ships Tamed
National Geographic, Thursday, February 14, 2013
Keywords: Charleston, Cruise ships, USA
Related Projects: CHARLESTON HISTORIC DISTRICT
“After what we’ve heard today, I can’t imagine why any community would want to be a cruise port.” So spoke Gustavo Arroz, president of the International Council on Monuments and Sites, ICOMOS, which seeks to protect historic and archaeological sites around the world.
What we had heard last Thursday, February 7, were mostly negative findings and opinions about the effects of large cruise ships on historic ports. The three-day international “Harboring Tourism” symposium was turning out to be a cruise-line roast. That wasn’t the original plan. The World Monuments Fund (WMF) had convened the 150 or so attendees with support from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Preservation Society of Charleston, host of the conference. WMF didn’t want it to be a roast, but an apparent boycott by most pro-cruise invitees left it that way.
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Conference on cruises in historic ports set for SC
Associated Press, Sunday, February 3, 2013
Keywords: Charleston, Cruise ships, USA
Related Projects: CHARLESTON HISTORIC DISTRICT
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — From Mobile, Ala., to Venice, Italy, the same debate on the cruise industry is heard: How can historic cities balance the economic benefits of the industry with impacts such as congestion and pollution?
This week, Charleston — where cruise ships have sparked headlines and lawsuits in recent years — will host an international conference on the topic. The event is called "Harboring Tourism: A Symposium on Cruise Ships in Historic Port Communities."
"Our interest is to raise the dialogue and to really understand how do historic ports manage cruise tourism, how do they do that effectively and what are some of the challenges they face," said Erica Avrami, research and education director for the World Monuments Fund, a sponsor of the event.
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Look for cruise answers
The Post and Courier, Sunday, February 3, 2013
Keywords: Charleston, Cruise ships, USA
Related Projects: CHARLESTON HISTORIC DISTRICT
Perhaps you have heard those who want to regulate the cruise industry in Charleston dismissed as a small group picking at nits.
Now hear this: That contingent, actually not small at all, is in the good company of residents, preservationists, environmentalists and tourism managers in historic ports around the world.
And from Wednesday through Friday, some of the world’s most distinguished experts will be in Charleston looking for policy solutions to the challenge of accommodating cruise tourism without harming places like Charleston.
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Le foyer (re)doré de l'Opéra Comique
Le Figaro, Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Keywords: France, Opera Comique
Related Projects: OPÉRA COMIQUE
Le petit théâtre parisien a restauré son foyer, grâce au World Monuments Fund. De quoi redécouvrir le style pompier.
Difficile d'imaginer plus pompier que le foyer de l'Opéra Comique, dans lequel les spectateurs viennent déambuler pendant l'entracte.
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Riapre la Chiesa di Santa Maria Antiqua nel Foro Romano
ANSA, Monday, October 1, 2012
Keywords: Antiquity, Byzantine, Church, Forum, Fresco, Italy, Roman Forum, Rome, Santa Maria Antiqua
Related Projects: SANTA MARIA ANTIQUA CHURCH
Riapre al pubblico dopo otto anni la chiesa di Santa Maria Antiqua nel Foro Romano, straordinaria testimonianza della cristianità e dell'arte bizantina dell'Altomedioevo. Da oggi al 4 novembre, prenotando la visita guidata, gruppi di 25 persone per volta potranno ammirare i meravigliosi cicli pittorici realizzati in piena iconoclastia dal VI all'VIII secolo, storie della Bibbia e dei Santi che hanno fatto definire il monumento la Cappella Sistina del Medioevo.
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Coventry Cathedral in Amnesty for Missing Stained Glass
BBC News, Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Keywords: Britain, Cathedral, Church, Conservation, glass, medieval, stained glass, United Kingdom
Related Projects: RUINS OF THE FORMER CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL, COVENTRY
Experts working to restore the ruins of Coventry's old cathedral have begun an amnesty for the return of pieces of its medieval stained glass windows.
The World Monuments Fund, which is overseeing the work, said that while cleaning and cataloguing the glass it was noticed some was missing.
The windows were removed from the cathedral before World War II but it is believed some glass was given away.
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