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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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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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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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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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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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I am thrilled to announce that a respected heritage organization, Global Heritage Fund (GHF), is joining World Monuments Fund (WMF) in a strategic affiliation. Founded in 2002 in Palo Alto, California, GHF has partnered with over 100 public and private organizations at 30 sites across 20 countries. This affiliation will allow us to increase our impact preserving irreplaceable heritage around the world.
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