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| December 20, 2023

Yanacancha-Huaquis: Participación comunitaria en un paisaje excepcional

Ancient Town of Huaquis (2023) by Rafael Schmitt / Instituto de Montaña
Desde su elección en el Watch 2022-2024, el Paisaje Cultural Yanacancha-Huaquis no ha dejado de sorprendernos por su rico patrimonio, participación comunitaria y los esfuerzos conjuntos de diferentes actores en recuperar los sistemas ancestrales de manejo del agua que constituyen alternativas actuales en para hacer frente a los impactos del cambio climático.
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| December 20, 2023

Río Abiseo: Explorando la expansión de la sociedad Chachapoyas en la selva amazónica

Conservators' evaluation of the exterior of Building 1 of Pajatén (2023) by Heinz Plenge Archive
Luego de la misión exploratoria realizada durante el 2022, nuestros equipos de los componentes de investigación y conservación arqueológica y monitoreo ambiental ingresaron al Parque Nacional Río Abiseo (PNRA) entre julio y octubre de este año para realizar intervenciones enfocadas en los caminos de acceso y en los sitios arqueológicos de Los Pinchudos y Gran Pajatén.
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Blog Post
| December 19, 2023

Safeguarding Ontario Place: A Call for Government Engagement with Local Stakeholders

A view of the cinesphere, Ontario Place, Toronto, Canada, 2020.
In 2020, WMF named Canada’s Ontario Place to the World Monuments Watch, a biennial selection of 25 of the world’s most significant heritage sites in need of immediate attention. The Toronto public waterfront site’s selection for this internationally recognized program placed it alongside such renowned places as Easter Island, Chile, and Notre-Dame of Paris, France. The choice affirmed that Ontario Place is a modernist icon worthy of protection.
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Blog Post
| December 07, 2023

Returning a Historic Synagogue to Life: A Timişoara, Romania, Travelogue

Exterior view of the Fabric Synagogue, Lipot Baumhorn masterpiece, 2021.
When World Monuments Fund (WMF) first began our Jewish Heritage Program, it was with the specific goal of preserving and revitalizing historic Jewish sites in post-communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The Fabric Synagogue, a 2022 World Monuments Watch site located in the Romanian city of Timişoara, in many ways recalls the kinds of projects we focused on in those early years.
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Blog Post
| November 22, 2023

Río Abiseo: Work with Local Populations in the Buffer Zone

La Inmaculada School, Pataz, La Libertad
A central part of World Monuments Fund’s (WMF) ongoing work at Río Abiseo National Park (PNRA) is promoting not just the protection of the park’s incredible monuments but the cultural heritage identity of its surrounding communities.
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| November 22, 2023

Río Abiseo: El trabajo con poblaciones locales en la zona de amortiguamiento

La Inmaculada School, Pataz, La Libertad
Una parte central del trabajo en curso de World Monuments Fund (WMF) en el Parque Nacional Río Abiseo (PNRA) es promover no sólo la protección de los increíbles monumentos del parque sino también la identidad del patrimonio cultural de las comunidades circundantes. El PNRA, ubicado en la región San Martín de Perú, tiene una zona de amortiguamiento o área periférica protegida que cubre la región de La Libertad.
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| November 16, 2023

1,001 Churches, 3 Languages, 1 App: Exploring the Archaeological Site of Ani, Türkiye Like Never Before

Rainbow after a storm at the Church of the Holy Redeemer, Ani, Türkiye.
Once dubbed “the city of 1,001 churches,” Ani—an Armenian metropolis in what is now eastern Türkiye—welcomed religious communities ranging from Muslims to Zoroastrians during its medieval heyday as a thriving Silk Road station. Today, visitors to archaeological site of Ani—inscribed UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2016 in recognition of its outstanding universal value—will be able to experience this rich and layered history in a new light thanks to a mobile app launched this year by Anadolu Kültür.
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