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When World Monuments Fund’s (WMF) Portuguese affiliate was founded 30 years ago by Paulo Henrique Lowndes Marques, our pioneering restoration of Lisbon’s Tower of Belém changed the face of the country’s stone conservation—and garnered Portugal its first Europa Nostra award. What a joy it was, three decades later, to run into his daughter Susan Greco, Marques’s daughter, by chance at the house of WMF Trustee Christian Louboutin during our latest Monumental Journeys trip to Portugal.
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A UNESCO World Heritage site, Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island) is one of the most extraordinary archaeological sites in the world—and at World Monuments Fund (WMF), we’ve been supporting the protection of its incredible heritage for almost sixty years.
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World Monuments Fund’s (WMF) support for Rapa Nui began with our founder. Since that time, we’ve remained committed to protecting the heritage of Rapa Nui, with work spanning 57 years and nearly 20 conservation campaigns across the island
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As guests of World Monuments Fund’s (WMF) latest event sat down for dinner above the arching ceilings of the world’s largest Victorian glasshouse, they were serenaded with a performance by the award-winning Kanneh-Mason family. The tables they sat at, meanwhile, were adorned with custom Cabana linens inspired by the lush greenery of their surroundings. The spectacular ambience could not have been more appropriate for Palace of Palms, an event celebrating one of the ambitious projects that forms part of our Climate Heritage Initiative. 
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| April 17, 2024

Fire at Denmark’s Boersen Building

Spire of Denmark's Boersen Building in sunset
World Monuments Fund (WMF) expresses deep sadness and solidarity with the people of Denmark over the fire that destroyed the Boersen Building in Copenhagen on Wednesday, April 16.
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