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July 2016

Watch Day 2016: Spot the Pseudoglyphs

Watch Day is a series of celebratory events that promote community engagement and empower local partners to leverage and capitalize on the national and international attention drawn from being included on the World Monuments Watch. WMF developed a series of activity pages for schoolchildren to...Read more
Country: 
Sudan
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Sabu-Jaddi Rock Art Sites
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Date: 
July 2016

Watch Day 2016: Color the Coffered Ceiling

Watch Day is a series of celebratory events that promote community engagement and empower local partners to leverage and capitalize on the national and international attention drawn from being included on the World Monuments Watch. WMF developed a series of activity pages for schoolchildren to...Read more
Country: 
Spain
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Convents of Seville
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Date: 
July 2016

Watch Day 2016: Build Your Own Roman Arch

Watch Day is a series of celebratory events that promote community engagement and empower local partners to leverage and capitalize on the national and international attention drawn from being included on the World Monuments Watch. WMF developed a series of activity pages for schoolchildren to...Read more
Country: 
Italy
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Arch of Janus
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Date: 
June 2016

The Quest to Save Segovia Aqueduct

The Roman Aqueduct of Segovia was included on the 2006 World Monuments Watch to call attention to considerable conservation needs of the structure and the desirability to improve documentation of the structure and develop a comprehensive management plan to protect the site in the future, from its...Read more
Country: 
Spain
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Aqueduct of Segovia
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Date: 
March 2016

Restoration of Tenyu-ji Temple Kannon-do Hall after the Great East Japan Earthquake

The destruction inflicted by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami was so extensive that more than 700 cultural heritage sites in the area were damaged. These sites, including the Kannon-do Hall at Tenyu-ji Temple, were collectively listed on the World Monuments Watch, first in...Read more
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Kannon-do Hall at Tenyu-ji Temple, East Japan Earthquake Heritage Sites, Kesennuma Historic Cityscape
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