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2006

2006 Annual Report

The World Monuments Fund’s fortieth anniversary Hadrian Award lunch in October 2005 was the occasion for a thrilling announcement. Robert W. Wilson, WMF’s most generous donor, agreed to raise the level of funding for his Robert W. Wilson Challenge to Conserve Our Heritage from $50 million to $100...Read more
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2006

2006 World Monuments Watch

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
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Winter 2005/2006

Fifteen Years at Angkor

Angkor, a vast Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in north-central Cambodia, is among the most magnificent architectural wonders of Southeast Asia. Founded more than a millennium ago, this ancient city was the one-time seat of the mighty Khmer Empire, which ruled most of the region between the ninth and...Read more
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Cambodia
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Phnom Bakheng, Preah Khan Temple
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January 2006

Phnom Bakheng Workshop on Public Interpretation

Reports on a December 2005 workshop organized by World Monuments Fund and APSARA, the Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap, on the subject of the interpretation of Phnom Bakheng, a 10th century mountain temple located in the historic city of Angkor, in...Read more
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Cambodia
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Phnom Bakheng
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Date: 
January 2006

World Monuments Fund and World Heritage

Profiles the involvement of World Monuments Fund (WMF) in the protection of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This illustrated brochure describes numerous current and past projects and initiatives at World Heritage Sites around the world.Read more
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January 2006

World Monuments Fund in China

The mission of the World Monuments Fund (WMF) is to encourage and support the conservation and preservation of culturally and historically significant works of art and architecture worldwide. WMF is a private international organization based in New York. It works across geographic, cultural, and...Read more
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China
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Winter 2004/2005

Biblioteca Palafoxiana

Upon entering the massive carved wooden doors of the Palafoxiana Library, one is struck by the rich Old World scent of fine furniture and leather-bound books. The morning sun beams through the windows of a high vaulted ceiling, playing off the voluptuous baroque ornament of the three-tiered...Read more
Country: 
Mexico
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Modern Murals (Feast of the Santa Cruz by Montenegro) Colegio de San Pedro y San Pablo, Palafoxiana Library
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Winter 2004/2005

Glory of Lisbon

Commissioned by Doña Elvira Maria de Vilhena, Countess of Pontével (1627–1718) and consecrated on the sixth of September, 1708, the church of Nossa Senhora da Encarnação (Our Lady of the Incarnation) in the heart of Lisbon is among the most splendid Baroque churches in a city known for its...Read more
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Portugal
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Winter 2005

ICON, Winter 2005

When the World Monuments Fund marked ts fortieth anniversary this past spring, it seemed an ideal time not only to take stock of the current state of affairs but to step back and take in the larger picture, to assess the overall impact of the organization on the field of historic preservation since...Read more
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