Designed by Giacomo Quarenghi and built between 1792 and 1796, this neoclassical palace near St. Petersburg was a gift from Catherine the Great to her eldest grandson Alexander before he ascended to the throne. Alexander I, Nicholas I and Nicholas II all spent their summers living in the palace...Read more
Reports on the fourth field campaign of World Monuments Fund at the temple complex of Preah Khan in Angkor, Cambodia, which took place in 1995-1996. During the fourth field campaign a number of ongoing conservation projects reached completion, while research and training activities expanded in new...Read more
Appendix to a report describing the accomplishments of the 1995-1996 field campaign of World Monuments Fund at the temple complex of Preah Khan in Angkor, Cambodia. This appendix contains two technical reports prepared by WMF consultants. The first report describes structural repairs undertaken...Read more
This report provides a bilingual summary of the research later compiled into the report entitled “The Alexander Palace: Preliminary Assessment Report for Restoration and Adaptive Re-Use,” published by World Monuments Fund in 1997.Designed by Giacomo Quarenghi and built between...Read more
Dr. A. Elena Charola, consultant to the World Monuments Fund Easter Island Program, reports on the creation, installation and mechanisms of deterioration for the large stone sculptures, or moai, and associated petroglyphs carved of Rano Raraku tuff. Weathering from exposure to wind and water,...Read more
In the aftermath of the 1991-95 war in the former Yugoslavia, the Save Dalmatia Foundation organized a conference sponsored by World Monuments Fund, the Kress Foundation and the World Bank to gather concerned citizens, preservationists, environmentalists, and representatives from international...Read more
El complejo eclesiástico de la Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor en Toro, construido entre el siglo XII y XIII, es conocido por su magnífico legado artístico, en especial por la Portada de la Majestad. En el siglo XIX la capilla donde se encontraba el pórtico fue clausurada seguido el derrumbe del...Read more
During the summer of 1995, the Archdiocese of Lithuania, in conjunction with St. John’s University in New York and World Monuments Fund, hosted an international charrette to plan for the conservation and adaptive re-use of the Bernardine Complex, located in the UNESCO World Heritage site...Read more
Following a successful planning charrette in the town of Valtice, situated in Southern Moravia of the Czech Republic, World Monuments Fund and Greenways/Zelene Stezky hosted a similar charrette in the neighboring town of Lednice during the summer of 1994. The focus of these efforts was the zamek,...Read more
Reports on the third field campaign of World Monuments Fund at the temple complex of Preah Khan in Angkor, Cambodia, which took place in 1994-1995. The report describes accomplishments in research and conservation. A major research advance was a Spaceborn Imaging Radar survey of Angkor undertaken...Read more