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World Monuments: 50 Irreplaceable Sites to Champion Around The World

World Monuments: 50 Irreplaceable Sites to Champion Around The World


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About the Book

In commemoration of its 50th anniversary, the World Monuments Fund has commissioned some of today’s most important writers to give voice to the organization’s work around the world over the past 50 years. The culmination of these efforts, is World Monuments, a bucket list of fifty of the world's most important places to see. Features essays alongside powerful photography curated by the International Center of Photography, World Monuments takes the reader to the very edge. This is an important book for anyone interested in seeing areas of global importance. World Monuments is perfect for the sophisticated traveler--armchair or otherwise--presenting 50 of the world's most compelling destinations, cultures, and important architectural works that must be seen and preserved. With this book, you will explore the world through the triumphs and the challenges of architectural and cultural preservation. 

About the Author :
World Monuments Fund is the world’s leading independent organisation dedicated to saving the world's most treasured places. Since 1965, in more than 90 countries, its experts have been racing against time, applying proven techniques to preserve important architectural and cultural heritage sites around the globe. Through partnerships with local communities and governments, it inspires an enduring commitment to acknowledging and preserving history and culture for future generations.

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"Published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the World Monuments Fund, World Monuments is a lavish new coffee table book that highlights 50 historic sites alongside compelling essays by eight experts...from Angkor to Yaxchilan. Each chapter begins with an essay by a leading scholar. John Julius Norwich covers the effects of natural catastrophe and climate change on Venice while Anne Applebaum uses the remaining Jewish synagogues in Krakow as a framework for discussing intentional damage at the hands of war and human conflict. Other essays by luminaries including William Dalrymple and Andre Aciman address additional concerns by focusing on sites in Rome, Cairo, Agra, Cusco, Mexico City and Beijing. World Monuments complements the thoughtful essays with informative summaries and splendid photographs that get at the heart of each historic site. While the book's primary focus is on the importance of historic preservation efforts, it also inspires as a 'bucket list' for the educated traveler--armchair or otherwise." --Longitude, Recommended Reading for Travelers "No mere coffee table book, [World Monument's] pages are filled with though-provoking essays by some of the world's prominent writers . . . In essence, the book is an armchair bucket list for the educated traveler. From Petra to new Orleans and Angkor to the Tempel Synagogue in Krakow, the Mughal Gardens of Agra, India to the Changellerie d'Orleans in Paris, it offers 50 of the world's more compelling destinations, cultural heritage sites and significant architectural works." -ARCHITECTS & ARTISANS


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780847846818
  • Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
  • Publisher Imprint: Universe
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 203 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0847846814
  • Publisher Date: 29 Sep 2015
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: 50 Irreplaceable Sites to Champion Around The World


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