In April 2010, three months after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, a World Monuments Fund team traveled to Port-au-Prince to undertake an assessment of the historic Gingerbread House district. With their intricate ornamentation, these turn-of-the-century structures are icons of Haiti...Read more
The Historic Center of Lima: Cultural Heritage at Risk presents the architectural treasures of Peru's capital city, a 2008 Watch site, and demonstrates its importance both today and when it was a Spanish colonial city of great wealth. The exhibition, supported by WMF, illustrates the...Read more
In May 2008, World Monuments Fund convened a four-day international symposium in the Italian tuff towns of Pitigliano, Civita di Bagnoregio, and Orvieto to address the pressing geological and cultural issues of the towns—namely, the conservation and preservation of their historic fabric,...Read more
A vast landscape of more than 50,000 rock carvings and 5000 inscriptions, dating back some 9000 years, is being impacted by the construction of the Diamer-Basha Dam in northern Pakistan. Several entities are collaborating on the development of an Emergency Action Plan to mitigate the potentially...Read more
The ideas and recommendations included in this book are the result of two international workshops supported by WMF as part of the on-going program for the rehabilitation of the Capitanes Generales Palace in Antigua Guatemala. These public workshops have been unprecedented in Guatemala as examples...Read more
Catalog of endangered flora found in the site of the ancient Maya city of Naranjo after a study sponsored by World Monuments Fund. The remote archaeological site of Naranjo is covered with dense vegetation, including rare varieties of orchids and cacti. This illustrated document provides scientific...Read more
Compilation of materials relating to a 2010 workshop on the conservation and stabilization of the brick shrines of Phnom Bakheng, one of the oldest temples in the ancient city of Angkor, in Cambodia. The workshop was organized by World Monuments Fund to review and prioritize threats to the brick...Read more
A vast landscape of more than 50,000 rock carvings and 5000 inscriptions, dating back some 9000 years, is being impacted by the construction of the Diamer-Basha Dam in northern Pakistan. Several entities are collaborating on the development of an Emergency Action Plan to mitigate the potentially...Read more