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Winter 2003/2004

Frozen in Time

At the close of the nineteenth century, Antarctica remained the only continent on Earth that had yet to feel the imprint of humankind. Until that time, only the heartiest of men had even spied her frozen wastes at a distance as they combed Antarctica’s ice-choaked waters in pursuit of whale and...Read more
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Antarctica
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Scott's Hut and the Explorers' Heritage of Antarctica
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Winter 2004

ICON, Winter 2004

Of all the factors that threaten our most treasured cultural sites, few can match the destruction wrought by our restless planet. Its ever-shifting plates, yawns, and sighs cause earthquakes and tsunamis. Its mountain-building schemes change Earth's weather patterns, which affect humidity and...Read more
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Winter 2003/2004

Isle of the Ancient Mariner

Homer called this island “Ogygia,” where the divine nymph Calypso held the “master mariner and commander” captive for seven long years, but the Maltese call it Gozo. The cave itself is said to be a grotto high in a cliff overlooking the beach at Ramla Bay, on the north side of the island, the...Read more
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Malta
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Mnajdra Prehistoric Temples
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Winter 2002/2003

Abode of the Gods

The thirteenth century Buddhist monastery of Itum Bahal and the Teku Thapatali Monument Zone at the confluence of the Bagmati and Vishnumati rivers in Nepal were placed on World Monument Fund’s list of the 100 Most Endangered Sites in 1996, 2000, and 2002 due to increasing pressure...Read more
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Nepal
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Teku Thapathali Monument Zone
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Winter 2002/2003

Castro's Dream

Following the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara selected the Havana Country Club as the site for a series of National Art Schools, educating students of ballet, modern dance, music, and the dramatic and plastic arts. The architects Ricardo Porro, Vittorio Garatti and Roberto Gottardi...Read more
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Cuba
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National Art Schools
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Winter 2002/2003

Catalysts for Change

Private trusts such as the United Kingdom’s National Trust have been effective tools for local preservation, though they are also capable of accomplishing work on a global scale. Being relatively small, non-governmental organizations, trusts are able to avoid some of the pitfalls of...Read more
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Winter 2002/2003

Chronicle in Stone

Commissioned by King Manuel I in celebration of Vasco da Gama’s 1498 discovery of a lucrative sea route to India, Lisbon’s Jerónimos Monastery is the crowning achievement of Manueline architecture. Built on the site of the Santa Maria hermitage, founded by Prince Henry the Navigator in 1460, the...Read more
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Portugal
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Jeronimos Monastery and Church
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Winter 2002/2003

Destruction and Hope

Few regions of the world are as steeped in history as Afghanistan, its vast archaeological remains bearing silent witness to all who have come to reap the country’s riches—among them, Greeks, Kushans, Sassanians, and Arabs. Few nations on Earth have ever experienced the political turmoil and...Read more
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Afghanistan
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Old City of Herat
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Winter 2002/2003

Next Stop: Mongolia

The Bogd Khan Palace in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, represents a last vestige of a way of court life that had prevailed in Central Asia for centuries, until the brutal Stalinist purges of the 1930s. The residence of the eighth and last Bogd Khan ( Living Buddha), head of state and religious leader of...Read more
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Mongolia
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Bogd Khan Palace Museum
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Winter 2002/2003

Sir Edward Lutyens and the Building of New Delhi

In 1585, three Englishmen—William Leeds, Ralph Fitch, and John Newbury— landed on the west coast of India, bearing a letter from Queen Elizabeth I. Her majesty requested that the travelers be “honestly intreated and received,” as a first step toward establishing a “mutual and friendly trafique of...Read more
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India
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