The struggle to save the historic landscapes of one Palestinian village located west of Bethlehem gained international recognition last month. Battir, in the occupied West Bank, had its ancient irrigation systems and agricultural terraces included in the World Monument Fund’s 2014 “Watch List.”
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Infiltrations, plâtre qui se décolle, fissures du bâti, œuvres d'art qui se détériorent sont devenus le lot commun de nombreux lieux de culte, classés pour beaucoup monuments historiques. L'état de Saint-Merri et de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette leur a même valu le piètre privilège de figurer sur la liste 2014 des monuments et sites patrimoniaux culturels en danger établie par l'organisation internationale World Monuments Fund.
La collégiale Sainte-Croix de Liège se retrouve dans la liste de 67 monuments extrêmement menacés dans le monde, établie par le World Monument Fund. Malgré sa grande valeur patrimoniale, son état est très inquiétant. Il va falloir agir vite pour la sauver.
Israel’s Supreme Court is due to consider whether the route of a West Bank separation barrier will run through a 4,000-year-old farming village near Bethlehem. Conservationists and activists are hoping the ancient irrigated terraces of Battir will be saved since the World Monuments Fund added the site to its endangered list earlier this month.
El patrimonio monumental de Barcelona es una de sus primeras marcas de identidad. Y dentro de sus edificios sobresalen, de forma destacada, los del periodo Modernista. Tanto, que el 80% de visitantes que vienen a Barcelona cada año aseguran que lo hacen atraídos por maravillas como la Sagrada Familia, la Casa Batlló, La Pedrera o el Parque Güell. Todas llevan la firma del genial arquitecto Antoni Gaudí que las construyó a caballo entre finales del siglo XIX y comienzos del siglo XX.
Celebrating Mexico
An after-party for the World Monuments Fund's third annual Hadrian Gala.
October 23, 2013 5:32 PM | by Vanessa Lawrence
What: The third annual after-party for the World Monuments Fund’s Hadrian Gala.
When: Tuesday, October 22nd
Where: The Knoll showroom in midtown Manhattan, where the Pantone wall and displays including a new David Adjaye-designed chair provided the perfect backdrop for cocktails and canapés. (Andrew B Cogan, Knoll’s CEO, was given the Watch Award at the gala earlier that night.)
At the World Monuments Fund gala last night, honoree Roberto Hernandez Ramirez, former chief executive officer of Banco Nacional de Mexico SA, had his daughters, sons-in-law and a grandson fly from Mexico City to join him in the Plaza’s ballroom.
If you see an unused bit of land in London, the chances are that someone will be trying to build on it. If it remains unused for more than a couple of years, a spanner must have entered the works. Convoys Wharf, at Deptford, east London, is a good example. On the face of it, this 40-acre site is ripe for the taking: a riverside location within shouting distance of the City, lying unused and unloved, a mix of old docklands and a slightly sad park. On the table is a proposed £1 billion, 2,500-unit development.