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Spring 2004

A Sacred Mission

Settled more than a millennium ago and sited atop a sandstone mesa that rises more than 100 meters above the surrounding landscape, Acoma Pueblo, 96 kilometers west of Albuquerque, NM, is North America’s oldest continually inhabited village. Its name denotes a “place that always was.” Dominating...Read more
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United States
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San Esteban del Rey Mission
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Spring 2004

Cairo Blooms

When the city of Cairo was rebuilt and laid out by the Fatimids in 969–974 (358 Hijri), and named al-Quahira (“the Victorious”), 20 percent of it—roughly 30 hectares—was devoted to open space. East of the al-Mu’izz palace, horseriding grounds were turned into a royal park and garden and a large...Read more
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Egypt
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Al-Darb Al-Ahmar District Mosques, Tarabay Al-Sharify
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Spring 2004

Column Right

You can see it for kilometers: an immense Corinthian column, towering up nearly 30 meters toward the sky, its massive pedestal set on a high rocky outcrop some twenty-minutes’ drive to the west of Wexford, in the southeast corner of Ireland. The country possesses many grand ornamental landscape...Read more
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Ireland
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Browne Clayton Monument
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Spring 2004

Ever-Present Past

As a Cheyenne, I have often contemplated the meaning of “historic preservation” from a Native-American point of view. I have also pondered the longer-range implications for the historic preservation movement in the context of Native American life and culture. In the course of my ruminations, I...Read more
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United States
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Spring 2004

ICON, Spring 2004

Spring is universally regarded as a season of renewal—a time for sowing seeds of change. This issue we focus on a suite of sites witnessing dramatic rebirth, two of which are, appropriately enough, gardens, a third, an ancient temple-complex in Beijing dedicated to the worship of Xiannong, the...Read more
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Spring 2004

Rites of Spring

At a quarter to eight in the morning on the first auspicious day of the second month of spring, the gongs atop the Meridian Gate sound. The emperor of China, clad in azure silk, emerges from the Forbidden City. He is accompanied by a multitudenous entourage, among his attendants, three dukes and...Read more
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China
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Xiannongtan (Temple of Agriculture)
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Spring 2004

Rococo Variations

The element of fantasy is a recurring theme in the written accounts of visitors to the pink Rococo palace of Queluz. One such description is that of Cecil Beaton, the celebrated photographer who, visited the palace in 1942. His diary he recalls his enchantment at this fantasy world with its...Read more
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Portugal
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Queluz Palace Garden
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2004

2004 Annual Report

Major shifts in world events in 2004 posed both challenges and opportunities for WMF in its effort to safeguard and conserve our cultural heritage. Read more
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