In 1989, at the invitation of the Cambodian government, the World I Monuments Fund embarked on an ambitious, multidisciplinary I conservation effort at Angkor—one of the first of its kind undertaken by Western experts after nearly two decades of civil unrest. WMF discovered that, while the...Read more
Tempel Synagogue, used during World War" as a stable by Nazi occupying forces and afterwards neglected for decades, was once the most magnificent synagogue in Krakow. Today it is restored to its original splendor. Tempel is one of only seven synagogues in Krakow to have survived the war and is...Read more
Constructed in the wake of the Thirty Years' War-at a time of widespread and violent discrimination against the Jewish people-the Great Synagogue stands as a moving testament to the resilience of Je>yish culture. The 17th-century synagogue is the only survivor of three synagogues known to...Read more
The Jewish Heritage Program was launched by World Monuments Fund in 1988 to draw attention to Jewish cultural heritage under threat as a result of the Jewish Diaspora and the inability of smaller communities to care for their sacred and secular sites. This publication describes ten historic...Read more
Offers a concise history of Angkor, the capital seat of the Khmer empire between the 9th and 13th centuries, and of the 12th century temple complex of Preah Khan, one of the most significant remains of the ancient Khmer civilization. Issued at a time when a ten-year conservation program of the...Read more
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At mid-height, Meryemana Kilisesi is buried midair in mother earth.
The trail crosses the orchard in the valley of Kiliclar, where vines bloom from their mounds of earth, and ascends 45 meters high where the valley narrows. In a quasi vertical crevice,...Read more
The Chassidic Route is a tourist route following the traces of Jewish communities through southeastern Poland, and soon also western Ukraine. Twenty-three communities in which priceless reminders of a centuries-old Jewish presence have survived have already joined the project. These are: Baligród,...Read more
A remarkable number of organizations, both public and private, from almost all the major countties ofthe Western world have been wotking for the past 20 yeats to restore the buildings of Venice and its art treasures. This international effort, unique in its scope and ambition, has come about as a...Read more
The Venice Committee of the World Monuments Fund maintains an office and Visitors Center in the Church of the Pieta in Venice. It has supported more than 20 major building restorations and conservation projects sillce the disastrous floods of 1966. The Committee also sponsors a wide range of...Read more