In 2001, WMF, with support from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, organized a survey of the conditions and conservation needs of the complex. WMF also undertook the restoration of a wooden relief in one of the small chapels. The Calvary Fund, a local civic association, formed to address the ongoing conservation and site management needs of this unique cultural monument.
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In 2001, WMF, with support from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, organized a survey of the conditions and conservation needs of the complex. WMF also undertook the restoration of a wooden relief in one of the small chapels. The Calvary Fund, a local civic association, formed to address the ongoing conservation and site management needs of this unique cultural monument.
Banská Štiavnica was listed on the 2008 Watch, and through the Robert W. Wilson Challenge to Conserve Our Heritage, WMF supported the restoration of the facade and the Baroque wall paintings in several chapels of the Calvary Lower Church. The restoration of the wall paintings in the chapels has been completed. Sections of the interior walls were repaired and treated to address damage caused by excess moisture. The stone pavement on the interior floors was removed and restored, and new drainage systems are scheduled to be completed in 2010. The cement plaster on the façade of the Lower Church was removed and several layers of a new lime plaster were applied. The restoration of the façade is scheduled to be completed in spring 2011.
