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The current dangerous route of the cruises through the historic center, 2nd September 2009
Completed Project
Venice, Veneto, Italy

Venice

A sustainable system for tourism management in Venice would safeguard the city’s historic treasures.
Completed Project
Rome, Italy

Farnese Aviaries

The Farnese Aviaries, admired by countless visitors since the sixteenth century, are among the best-preserved Renaissance remains on the Palatine Hill.
View of facade, August 2012
Completed Project
Rome, Italy

Temple of Hercules

One of ancient Rome’s oldest structures was restored, preserving generations of history contained in its historic fabric.
Completed Project
Pompeii, Italy

Ancient Pompeii

The ancient Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum and villas near the Bay of Naples were buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in August A D.
Completed Project
Padua, Italy

Villa dei Vescovi

The Villa dei Vescovi is considered a masterpiece by the Veronese architect and painter Giovanni Maria Falconetto (1468-1535).
Conservator at work, May 2007
Completed Project
Rome, Italy

Santa Maria Antiqua Church

Located at the base of the Palatine Hill in the Roman Forum, the sixth-century church of Santa Maria Antiqua is one of the earliest surviving Christian monuments in Rome.
Completed Project
Venice, Italy

Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo

An early Renaissance staircase set into a circular Byzantine-style tower, the Bovolo Staircase at the Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo is an architectural icon in Venice.
Interior view of one of the lab spaces in the Misericordia Conservation Laboratory. The expertise of the facilityís staff has been integral to other WMF restoration efforts at important heritage sites like St. Trophime Cathedral in Arles and the edifice , c1982
Completed Project
Venice, Italy

Misericordia Laboratory

In partnership with the Samuel H Kress Foundation and the Italian government, WMF established the Misericordia Laboratory to investigate and teach advanced techniques in stone conservation.
First established in 1386, the cemetery was unused since the end of the seventeenth century, when the "new" cemetery was opened. The old burial ground had become overgrown with vegetation and overcrowded with tombstones, many of them randomly scattered and broken., February 1975
Completed Project
Venice, Italy

Jewish Cemetery on the Lido

In 1386 the Venetian Republic granted its Jewish community land for a cemetery at San Nicolò on the Lido, the thin strip of land separating the Venetian lagoon from the Adriatic Sea.
Completed Project
Rome, Italy

Temple of Portunus

The conservation of the Temple of Portunus is part of an effort to protect and enhance Rome’s ancient Forum Boarium.
Completed Project
Liguria, Italy

Cinque Terre

Conservation work on Cinque Terre’s cultural landscape has been developing alongside advocacy for the site’s preservation.

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