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2002

2002 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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January 1991

Preah Khan Conservation Project Stage One Report Two

Proposes a project to conserve the 12th century temple complex of Preah Khan in Angkor, Cambodia, one of the most significant remains of the ancient Khmer civilization. Prepared by a World Monuments Fund consultant subsequent to two field missions to Angkor organized in 1989 and 1991, this proposal...Read more
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Cambodia
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Preah Khan Temple
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January 1991

Preah Khan Mission Report Inventory and Training

Proposes an inventory system for the structures of the temple complex of Preah Khan in Angkor, Cambodia, as well as the digitizing of previous field reports and inventories. This report was prepared by a World Monuments Fund consultant subsequent to two field missions to Angkor that took place in...Read more
Country: 
Cambodia
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Preah Khan Temple
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Date: 
1986

Restorers at Work: 20 Years' Achievement in Venice 1966-1986

A remarkable number of organizations, both public and private, from almost all the major countties ofthe Western world have been wotking for the past 20 yeats to restore the buildings of Venice and its art treasures. This international effort, unique in its scope and ambition, has come about as a...Read more
Country: 
Italy
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August 1990

Saving our Past: A Race Against Time

This volume was published to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of World Monuments Fund (WMF), the first private, non-profit organization that sponsoring worldwide preservation activities. It consists of a series of project profiles from the defining WMF projects completed or in progress as...Read more
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1990

Venice or Expo: It is Up to You

The International heritage community conducted a vigorous campaign to oppose selection of Venice or the Veneto region as the site for Expo 2000, a four-month celebration planned for the turn of the millennium. The UNESCO office in Venice produced a booklet, for distribution throughout Italy and...Read more
Country: 
Italy
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Jewish Cemetery on the Lido, Ca' D'oro, Santa Maria del Giglio Church (Santa Maria Zobenigo), Querini Stampalia Library, Scuola Grande dei Carmini (Scuola Grande Di Santa Maria del Carmelo), Scuola Grande Di San Giovanni Evangelista, Schola Canton, Scuola Grande Di San Rocco, Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta, San Giovanni in Bragora, Basilica of San Pietro Di Castello
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January 1990

Preservation of Art and Architecture: Salzburg Seminar Session 285

Held in June-July 1990, the 285th session of the Salzburg Seminar was the first to consider the issue of historic preservation. In the wake of the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc, issues relevant to the cultural property of former Eastern Bloc countries were examined. The session was viewed as a...Read more
Country: 
Austria
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1976

Four Golden Horses in the Sun

Written in narrative form, this report summarizes the technical findings on the condition of the bronze Triumphal Quadriga located on the Basilica of Saint Mark in Venice, Italy. The report describes the metallurgical techniques likely used to cast the statuary, and identifies issues in that...Read more
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Italy
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