Annibale Carracci's frescoed ceiling in Rome's Palazzo Farnese - home of the French Embassy - is to be restored, it has been announced.
Thought to be one of the most influential Renaissance commissions in Italy, the project is expected to cost 1m Euros (£870,000).
It is being funded by the World Monuments Fund, the French Embassy in Italy and the Fondation de l'Orangerie pour la Philanthropie Individuelle.
n entertainment venue in east London which failed in its applications for Heritage Lottery funding has raised enough money to continue operating.
Wilton's Music Hall, which is close to Tower Bridge in the East End, had been seeking £4m for restoration work.
About £500,000 has been donated in two months, which will pay for initial assessments of the dilapidated site.
L’affaire date des années 20, de 1923 précisément. La Banque de France, pour s’agrandir, décidait de détruire l’un des plus beaux hôtels particuliers parisiens du XVIIIe siècle (ill. 1), l’Hôtel Voyer d’Argenson également connu sous le nom de Chancellerie d’Orléans, construit par Germain Boffrand en 1707 pour Melle de Séry, la maîtresse du duc d’Orléans, puis vendu en 1710 avant d’être donné en usufruit au marquis d’Argenson, chancelier du duc.
In the late 1970s, the Goodyear family donated the estate, which then included about 100 acres, to the New York Institute of Technology. In 1997, the institute sold the property to developers, who had planned to tear down the main house and build smaller homes on five-acre lots, according to the World Monuments Fund, which led the fight to preserve the house.
In the late 1970s, the Goodyear family donated the estate, which then included about 100 acres, to the New York Institute of Technology. In 1997, the institute sold the property to developers, who had planned to tear down the main house and build smaller homes on five-acre lots, according to the World Monuments Fund, which led the fight to preserve the house.
The school, designed by Charles R. Colbert, was considered one of the best examples of modern architecture in New Orleans. The World Monuments Fund placed the structure on its World Monuments watch list in 2009 along with the ruins of Machu Picchu.
La Unesco y la entidad privada World Monuments Fund (WMF) se incorporarán como patronos benefactores al Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife, cuyo presupuesto para 2011 asciende a 22,6 millones de euros, un 3,5% menos que el año anterior, mientras que la inversión se reducirá un 6,8%, aseguró ayer el consejero de Cultura, Paulino Plata.
10/6/11 - Patrimoine - Albi, Cathédrale - Après avoir annoncé la restauration de la galerie des Carrache au Palais Farnèse (voir l’article), le World Monuments Fund Europe s’engage sur deux nouveaux projets : le salon Rico du palais de la Medina Al-Zahra, en Andalousie, édifiée au Xe siècle sous le califat d’Abd Al-Rahman III, et le chœur de la cathédrale d’Albi cité épiscopale inscrite au patrimoine mondial de l’Unesco depuis juillet 2010.
NEW YORK, NY.- World Monuments Fund announced today two new projects: the conservation of the choir of the renowned Albi Cathedral in France and of the Salon Rico in the Medina Al-Zahra in Cordoba, Spain.
