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September 2015

Capela de São José dos Homens Pardos em Ouro Preto: História, arte e restauração (Saint Joseph Chapel of Colored Men in Ouro Preto: History, art and restoration)

From 2010 to 2015, World Monuments Fund supported the restoration of the Church of São José and Santa Cecilia in collaboration with the Museum of Sacred Art of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Work included the comprehensive conservation of the church’s exterior, interior, and artwork, as well as a...Read more
Country: 
Brazil
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Church of São José and Santa Cecilia
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Date: 
Spring 2015

Monumentum Spring 2015

While five sites cannot adequately represent all of WMF’s work in the field, those we have chosen share several themes of great importance to WMF. They represent extraordinary past achievements, have the potential for greater community benefit and engagement, and intrigue residents and visitors who...Read more
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Qianlong Garden Conservation Project, Farnese Aviaries, Quinta de Presa, The Mughal Gardens of Agra, Phnom Bakheng, Deptford Dockyard and Sayes Court Garden, Sulgrave Manor, Battersea Power Station, Grimsby Ice Factory and Kasbah, Stowe House, Christ Church Cathedral and Former Slave Market Site, Tecton Buildings At Dudley Zoological Gardens, Sheerness Dockyard
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May 2015

Touring Exhibition: Zanzibar, Christ Church Cathedral, and the Last Slave Market

The last permanent slave market in East Africa was in Zanzibar (Tanzania) and was closed in 1873. In 1879, British missionaries built Christ Church Cathedral at the site, and today it is the most significant marker of what occurred at that place. Zanzibar’s tropical climate took its toll on the...Read more
Country: 
Tanzania
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Christ Church Cathedral and Former Slave Market Site
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Date: 
2015

2015 Annual Report

This annual report chronicles some of the high points and milestones of World Monuments Fund, focusing on the themes and issues that underlie our current work and our selection of projects: sharing knowledge through training, addressing catastrophe and the rising specter of human conflict, and...Read more
2015 Annual Report
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Date: 
2015

World Monuments Fund Conservation at Qusayr ‘Amra

Qusayr ‘Amra is a magnificent bathhouse locat¬ed in the eastern badiya (steppe) of Jordan, 50 miles east of Amman along the road to Azraq. Currently, both natural and man-made factors threaten the site, requiring urgent action for its long-term, sustainable conservation, investigation, and man­...Read more
Country: 
Jordan
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Qusayr 'Amra
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Date: 
Winter 2003/2004

Butabu

Among the Batammaliba of Togo, the word butabu describes a process of moistening earth with water in preparation for building - the prefix and siffix bu referring to the earth and all that is associated with it. Wet earth construction is a complex art based on a sound knowledge of structure and the...Read more
Country: 
Ghana
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Larabanga Mosque
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Date: 
Winter 2005/2006

The Science of Saving Venice

In the old days of the Venetian Republic, the doge would board his golden barge on Ascension Day to be rowed out beyond the lagoon into the waters of the Adriatic. There, he would throw a consecrated ring into the sea, saying “Desponsamus te, mare,” (We wed thee, O sea). On the night of 3 November...Read more
Country: 
Italy
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Date: 
Winter 2004/2005

Two Cheers for London

This past December, two extraordinary mid-eighteenth-century lead sculp - tures from the historic Portuguese pal - ace of Queluz (see ICON, Spring 2004) returned to their native London where they are undergoing a dramatic restora - tion at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Cast by renowned British...Read more
Country: 
Portugal
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Queluz Palace Garden
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