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Autumn 2012

Monumentum, Autumn 2012

“Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.” Churchill, in one of his less well-known phrases, gets to the heart of an important issue for us. The art of building needs tradi - tion and continuity to maintain a harmony and sense of place, even...Read more
Country: 
United Kingdom
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Ruins of the Former Cathedral Church of St. Michael, Coventry, Stowe House, Knill’s Monument, St. John the Evangelist Parish Church, Shobdon
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Date: 
2011

2011 Annual Report

Each year WMF supports work around the world that transforms historic places in urgent need of care into vibrant centers of activity, places to learn from and to enjoy. Sometimes our engagement is short-term and catalytic, as it is with many sites in our global advocacy program, the World Monuments...Read more
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Date: 
2011

2010 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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Date: 
2012

A Walk Around Chirag Dilli and Khirki

Chirag Dilli is named for the much-revered Sufi mystic, Nasiruddin Mahmud, Roshan Chiragh-e-Dehli (‘The Illuminated Lamp of Delhi’), who came to Delhi in the early fourteenth century and was a disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya, and later became his successor. Along with Khirki village, south-west of...Read more
Country: 
India
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Delhi Heritage Route
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Date: 
2011

Bafut Palace

Bafut Palace is located in the heart of the Bafut kingdom in northwest Cameroon. The palace comprises over 50 buildings arranged around a shrine, which are used by the Fon, his wives, and the royal court. The entire site is surrounded by a sacred forest.  Included on UNESCO’s...Read more
Country: 
Cameroon
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Bafut Palace
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Date: 
2011

Centro Histórico de LIMA Patrimonio Humano y Cultural en Riesgo (Historic Center of LIMA World Cultural Heritage at Risk)

Following the inclusion of Lima Historic Center on the 2008 Watch, World Monuments Fund initiated a pilot conservation project at Casa de las Columnas, once part of a sixteenth century convent. A traveling exhibition featuring some of Lima’s extraordinary, yet endangered, architectural heritage was...Read more
Country: 
Peru
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Lima Historic Center
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