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May 02, 2014

Opposition to LG Headquarters by Palisades Growing

WMF continues to be involved with the effort to stop LG from building a new headquarters that would tower over the protected tree line of the Hudson River Palisades, destroying an unbroken natural vista treasured by millions of people in New Jersey, New York, and around the world.

April 30, 2014

Interpreting Sacred Space in Subotica, Serbia

About mid-way between Belgrade and Budapest, Subotica sits on the Serbian side of the Hungary/Serbia border and is a charming, diverse city of approximately 100,000 people. I recently visited Subotica to check in on World Monuments Fund’s current projects at the city’s large art nouveau synagogue.

April 25, 2014

Conservation of the Fortress of São Sebastião, Ilha de Mozambique

The approach to the reading of the materials and structures of the fortress of São Sebastião in Ilha de Moçambique must be accompanied by knowledge of the stages that marked its building.

April 20, 2014

Enlisting Tourism to Preserve World Heritage. From Little Things, Big Things Grow.

Ilha de Moçambique—the Island of Mozambique—once a significant link in the centuries-old African trade route to India and Europe, has a fascinating past and a fabulous contemporary culture.

April 20, 2014

Ilha de Mocambique–Mozambique Island–Muihipiti: A Personal Account

Mozambique Island is a tiny island among the many that crown the coral reefs stretching along the coast of the Indian Ocean off northern Mozambique. If the sea rises, as it might according to the worst climate change scenario, the island will soon disappear. At the moment it is still very much alive.

April 18, 2014

Celebration at a Temple in Luxor, Egypt

The Amenhotep III Temple/Colossi of Memnon project in Luxor, Egypt, is probably one of the largest and most ambitious archaeological and conservation projects of our time. Dr. Hourig Sourouzian and her team took on the almost impossible task to recover and piece together the huge statues of the pharaoh that once flanked the three gates of the temple.

April 18, 2014

Venice’s Commemorative Monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni

Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400–75) is far from a household name but his legacy was immortalized in a monumental equestrian statue found today in the Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. To local Venetians, this is a very familiar spot as the Colleoni monument sits in front of the Basilica di Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the hospital of the same name.

April 17, 2014

A Plea for Volunteering: Young Architects at the Wooden Churches of Hunedoara

The 60 wooden churches project became very real all of a sudden when we were invited to take part in it as volunteers in the summer of 2012. Barely out of architecture university, a young, pretty inexperienced but enthusiastic bunch, we were sent to Boz and Târn?vi?a, two small villages in Hunedoara County, to supervise the emergency interventions on the roofs of two small wooden churches, without really knowing the places or their issues.

April 16, 2014

Work in Progress

Those who travel in the southern area of the Carpatian Mountains can easy discover beautiful villages with small wooden churches spread throughout a scenic landscape. The life in these villages is changing, become modern, and so are also the houses. Small wooden construction are abandoned and destroyed.

April 15, 2014

Emergency Rescuing of 60 Wooden Churches: A Civil Society Mobilization

Since 2009, a very important project has been underway in Romania focusing on the conservation of 60 wooden churches in the center of the country. These wonderful structures are part of the national heritage. However, these countryside treasures could disappear entirely since their remote location and diminishing congregations has meant fewer resources to care for them.

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