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Tseto Goenpa lies at the top of a mountain that has three stretching ridges and resembles the vajra - a mythological three-pronged dagger and a Buddhist symbol of indestructibility.

Located at a crossroads of Europe and Asia on the famous Silk Road, Tbilisi faced repeated invasions since its founding in the fifth century as rival powers have sought to control its strategic position.

The Palafoxiana Library dates to 1646 when a personal collection of approximately 5,000 volumes was contributed to the Colegio de San Juan y San Pedro by Bishop Juan de Palafox y Mendoza.

The Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria was founded in 871 by Emperor Louis II, near the city of Pescara in Abruzzo.

Quito’s most opulent historic theater was reopened as the result of the conservation efforts that followed a disastrous fire.

Kannon-do Hall, constructed in 1766 during the mid-Edo period, is the oldest remaining structure at Tenyu-ji Temple.

The second oldest Protestant church in Canada, St. John's was built in 1753 to serve as a meeting house for its local community in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

Počitelj, once a feudal seat on the Neretva River, is dominated by a fortress that fell to the Ottoman advance in 1471.

Meandering through gorges of the Indus River valley and across high mountain passes, ancient arteries of the fabled Silk Road cut through the Diamer District of Northern Pakistan.

19th century colonial settlers to New Zealand constructed government buildings reminiscent of those in London, combining the English Gothic Revival style with local flourishes.

The conservation of a publicly-used historic house in Jacmel will help rebuild the community after a disastrous earthquake struck Haiti in 2010.

WMF has been working with Iraq’s State Board of Antiquities and Heritage since 2008 to conserve Babylon’s fragile archaeological remains.