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At a press conference in Baghdad on March 8, 2015, the Iraq State Board of Antiquities and Heritage and World Monuments Fund presented the Babylon Site Management Plan to Adil Fahad Shrshab, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities.
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The Tomb of I’timad-ud-Daulah, a white marble edifice built between 1622 and 1628 by order of Empress Nur Jahan, is one of the few surviving buildings from among what was once a series of 44 Mughal-era riverfront gardens along the River Yamuna in Agra. The structure is notable as the earliest example of a predominantly white marble construction in the Mughal period, representative of a transition out of the red sandstone phase of Mughal architecture and predating its more famous counterpart, the Taj Mahal.
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On my walks to and from work, I have often noted how people from the neighborhoods surrounding The Cloisters museum and gardens gather in the evenings in Fort Tryon Park to watch the sun as it dips below the Palisades to the west.
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Located in a remote town, the Capilla de La Virgen Concebida de Kuchuhuasi has retained its original features and still plays an active role in the lives of the adjacent communities, evident in several of the nearby houses which feature painted murals, inspired by the church, on the façades. Every four years the communities gather to replace the thatched roof as part of the traditional repaje ceremony.
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WMF is engaged in a comprehensive research project to document and develop conservation plans for historic Mughal gardens on the Yamuna riverfront in Agra. Students from three academic programs spent a week in Agra identifying possible solutions to the urban challenges faced by the city as it grapples with balancing the needs of the local population, tourism management, and development pressures.
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The year 2015, World Monuments Fund's 50th anniversary, is also a milestone for me personally as I mark 30 years at the helm of WMF. In discussion with the Board of Trustees I have concluded that this is the ideal time for a new leader to take my place, and I have decided to retire from my position as President of WMF before the end of the year.
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Battersea Power Station was returned to World Monuments Fund's 2014 Watch list ten years after it was first included. On both occasions the building was nominated by Battersea Power Station Community Group (BPSCG), which has campaigned for the preservation of the building since 1983 when the defunct generating station was sold by state-owned Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) to the first of a series of private owners.
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