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Date: 
2012

A Walk Around Jantar Mantar

The Jantar Mantar is an open-air observatory, a collection of astronomical instruments built by Sawai Jai Singh II in the early eighteenth century. He constructed it through a royal sanction of the Mughal ruler at the time, Muhammed Shah ‘Rangeela’. Read more
Country: 
India
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Delhi Heritage Route
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Date: 
2012

Project-based learning Unit: Qianlong Garden, Beijing, China

This project-based learning unit is one of a series developed by World Monuments Fund and World Savvy, an education organization dedicated to engaging youth in community and world affairs. By combining WMF’s knowledge and experience in the heritage field with World Savvy’s education mission and...Read more
Country: 
China
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WMF-World Savvy Education Collaboration, Qianlong Garden Conservation Project
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Date: 
2012

Safdarjung's Tomb and its Surroundings

One of the most important roads to fall in New Delhi’s heritage route is Lodi Road. At its eastern end stands one of the three UNESCO World Heritage sites in Delhi, Humayun’s Tomb. At its western end is another remarkable tomb, that of the Mughal nobleman Safdarjung. Read more
Country: 
India
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Delhi Heritage Route
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Date: 
2012

Siri and its Surroundings

The focal point of this historically rich area is the ancient city of Siri, established by Alauddin Khalji in the early fourteenth century as a military camp to protect the capital of his empire from the attack of the Mongol army. Little did Alauddin know that his newly founded city would, in the...Read more
Country: 
India
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Delhi Heritage Route
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2012

South Shahjahanabad

South Shahjahanabad is a fascinating area that is a striking blend of history and contemporaneity. Before Shahjahan built the walled city, the area was well known as a site for burials around the grave of Shah Turkman (a Sufi saint who lived here during the reign of Sultan Iltutmish) and later as...Read more
Country: 
India
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Delhi Heritage Route
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Date: 
2012

Tughlaqabad

Tughlaqabad is considered to be the third extant city of Delhi, after Lal Kot (built in mid-eleventh century by the Tomars) and Siri (built by the second ruler of the Khalji Dynasty, Alauddin Khalji). The Tughlaq Dynasty that ruled a large part of India from Delhi enjoyed the prowess of three...Read more
Country: 
India
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Delhi Heritage Route
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Date: 
August 2012

Memoria de Conservación en el Monasterio de Santa Catalina (Report on the Conservation of the Santa Catalina Monastery)

The sixteenth-century ex-convent of Santa Catalina de Siena is a popular destination for tourists visiting the historic center of Arequipa, Peru, and an important religious complex for the local community. After the site’s inclusion on the 2008 Watch, WMF supported the restoration of mural...Read more
Country: 
Peru
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Santa Catalina Monastery
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