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
Tracing the origins of World Monuments Fund (WMF) to 1965, this publication explains how James A. Gray, a retired U.S. Army Colonel, created the non-profit, New York-based International Fund for Monuments, the first private organization to focus on the conservation of important buildings,...Read more
The World Monuments Fund's restoration, completed in 1992, of the templet and garden of the Mudejar Cloister at the Royal Monastery of Guadalupe has won a 1995 Europa Nostra Prize. The principal cloister of the monastery established under royal patronage in 1341 and constructed through the...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
Every two years since 1996, the World Monuments Watch has focused global attention on cultural heritage sites around the world that are facing such dangers and that illuminate current issues in the field of heritage preservation.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