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One of the most important rock-hewn churches in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, Debre Tsion suffers from water infiltration that threatens the fourteenth and fifteenth-century wall paintings that decorate the interior.

WMF and the Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism are developing a plan for the preservation and reuse for the birthplace of the nation of Liberia, where freed slaves from America landed in 1822.

Built in 1862 in an exuberant blend of Moorish and neo-Romanesque styles, Tempel synagogue was home to a modern Reform Jewish congregation within one of Europe's oldest Jewish communities.

Abd-el-Rahman III commissioned the Medina Al-Zahra after elevating himself to Caliph of Córdob and to secure his supremacy in Al-Andalus in the middle of the tenth century.

Santa Croce in Gerusalemme Church in Rome was originally part of the Sessorian Palace owned by Helena, mother of Emperor Constatine.

The Library at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia is one of several facilities housed within this cultural institution.

Birds wheeling above a fishing boat, mounted horsemen, and competing athletes are among the painted scenes covering the walls and ceilings in some 200 Etruscan tombs.

WMF has been working with Iraq’s State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) since 2009 on the Future of Babylon project, including Ishtar Gate.

Since 2012, WMF has been working with the Iraq State Board of Antiquities and Heritage to address the Lion’s presentation and protection.

The coral stone mosques of the Maldives are architecturally unique, combining local and regional influences to create a synthesis that reflects their historical and geographic context.

The Spanish-inspired Batete Church, located on the west coast of Bioko Island, is the cherished and regularly-used parish church for the village of Batete and badly in need of repair.

This temple, dedicated to the mother goddess Ninmakh in the sixth century, was first excavated by archaeologists of the Koldewey Expedition (1899–1914) and later re-excavated and reconstructed by Iraqi archaeologists.