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1995 EuropaNostra Prize toWMF Project at

Royal Monasteryof Guadelupe

The World Monuments Fund'srestoration, completed in 1992,of the templete and garden of theMudejar Cloister at the RoyalMonastery of Guadalupe has WOn a1995 Europa Nostra Prize. Theprincipal cloister of the monastery­established under royal patronage in1341 and constructed through thefifteenth century-is a rare survivingexample of monumental mudijarconstruction in Spain, a document ofthe synthesis of forms from Christianand Islamic traditions in Spanishmedieval art. Financed and super-·vised by WMF, an international teamof architectural conservation expertscarried out the project from initial

planning through the restoration ofthe upper stage of the templete, thestabilization of its lower register, andan interpretive reconstruction of theoriginal garden, based on historicevidence and archaeological data.

WMF gratefully acknowledges theprincipal sponsors of the restorationproject for the templete and gardenof the Mudejar Cloister, Banco deExtremadura (Caceres, Spain) andthe Caixa Geral de Depositos(Lisbon, Portugal) and supportreceived from the Amanson Founda­tion, Alliance Capital Management,The Getty Grant Program, SamuelH. Kress Foundation, and Robert W.Wilson.

RECEIVES 1995 HADRIAN AWARD

adds to my happiness and gratitude­gratitude to you Marilyn Perry and toyou Bonnie Burnham for your greathelp and encouragement, and for thequite splendid work of the WorldMonuments Fund-its all achievedwith a staff of only twelve people. Butyou have a network in twenty coun­tries, and I think that what you haveachieved over thirty years is quiteextraordinary.

Happily, the World MonumentsFund has now established a branchin the United Kingdom under thechairmanship of John Julius Norwich.

A great occasion and the effort andsupport of friends has resulted in noless than fifty percent more revenuesfor the great cause of the worldheritage than on any previous occa­sion. That is a wonderful and welldeserved accolade from an extraordi­nary institution celebrating its thini­eth anniversary. Can I say, quitesimply, how deeply touched, grateful,and honored I am.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE

LUNCHEON, WHICH TAKES

PLACE AT THE PLAZA,

PLEASE CONTACT THE WMF

OFFICE IN NEW YORK.

From left: luncheon cochairman Oscar de LaRenta, 1990 Hadrian Award recipient Mrs.Vincent Astor, and Princess Laetitia Boncompagnj

OCTOBER 25, 1996,

PRESENTATION OF THE

NINTH ANNUAL HADRIAN

AWARD TO HIS HIGHNESS

THE AGA KHAN. FOR

Lord Rothschild and luncheon cochairmanJayne Wrightsman

teaching of the Torah, and thepossession of a scroll of law allbecame capital crimes. For someeighteen hundred years afterHadrian's repression, Jews were nolonger masters of their own fate inJerusalem.

So I doubt if we could really thinkin terms of Hadrian warming to thesight of the Israeli flag flying highover the Supreme Court in Jerusalem,but in a sense I suppose that makesthe award just that much sweeter tomany of us here today. It certainly

acquired by Cardinal Albani, whoplaced it above his chimney piece inthe piano nobile of his great VillaAlbani. Then Lord Spencer acquiredhis cast when he went to Rome inabout 1763, and there it remains tothis day in the hall.

But there is another face ofHadrian-the one set on conquest andsuppression and not the gentle one,which was concerned with art andbuilding. If he would have approvedof Spencer House and his influencesthere, I am not at all sure about hisreactions to the Supreme CourtBuilding in Jerusalem.

It was after all Hadrian whodecided to build over the ruins ofJerusalem the city in his own honor,called Aila Capitolina. At firstthwarted, he returned to crush therebellion of Bar Kochba, establishedhis new town, and from then on Jewswere forbidden to enter on penalty ofdeath. The names Judea and Jerusa­lem were expunged from the map ofthe empire. The city was colonized bygentiles; and circumcision, the cel­ebration of the festivals, the study and

Garden facade of Spencer House, the eighteenth-century mansion restored by LordRothschild to accommodate offices and public use

The eighth annual Hadrian AwardLuncheon took place in New Yorkon Friday, October 20, I995 atThe Plaza. Jayne Wrightsman andOscar de la Renta cochaired theevent, and James D. Wolfensohnserved as Honorary Chairman.Lord Rothschild's excerpted remarksfollow.

I couldn't help wondering howHadrian would have reacted totoday's gathering here to salute thework of the World Monuments Fund.He was an extraordinary figure, and Ican assure you that all of us are punyhuman beings and patrons, who paleinto insignificance if our names areeven mentioned in the same breath.

He was an able diplomat, soldierand administrator, an aesthete, abibliophile, a gourmet, a musician, anauthor, and a poet. And of course aswell a great patron. Think of thePantheon; his own mausoleum-thegreat mausoleum that he built for hisfavorite hunting dog in Gaul. But firstand foremost is his great villa atTivoli-all of 120 hectares, dwarfingVersailles and dwarfing even theMetropolitan Museum. Tiny incomparison as it is, Spencer House Ithink would have pleased him, for

Lord Rothschild with honorary chairmanJames Wolfensohn (lefti and WMF chairmanMarilyn Perry

straight away as you go into SpencerHouse you come upon the influenceof Hadrian and his villa.

Above the fireplace in the entranceis the large cast of the bas-relief ofAntinuous, Hadrian's great love whowas drowned in the River Nile, somesay to escape from Hadrian's passion­ate embraces. The relief itself wasexcavated at Hadrian's villa, was then

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Ruins of the Maison de Contreforts, one of themedieval noble residences of the chateau complex

later elements, rendering illegible thetransformations undergone duringthe Wars of Religion. Finally, theromantic aspect of the ruined sitein its natural environment must bepreserved. This, Rizzi points out,makes Commarque unique among thecastles in Perigord. Those who visitCommarque enjoy its "wildness"and the experience of "discovering"the site.

WMF gratefully acknowledgesComte and Comtesse Hubert deCommarque for their leadership inensuring that Commarque receivednational and international recognitionas not only a precious culturalresource, but as an important casestudy for the care of "fragile sites"throughout the world.

The editor wishes also to thankarchitect Gionata Rizzi for guidancein photo selection and permission toadapt information from his reportsubmitted to WMF.

into the architectural imbrogliorepresented by the ruins ofCommarque." The team also devel­oped a plan for conservation actionand site presentation-to conserve theruin without disturbing its authentic­ity and to improve "legibility" ofCommarque while avoiding interven­tion that would disturb the its evoca­tive visual qualities.

The ethic of the conservationprogram is to respect the archaeologi­cal potential of the site, with workultimately limited to what is strictlynecessary for consolidation andpreservation of the masonry. Conser­vation activity favoring the elementscomprising one building phase couldbe detrimental to the study andconservation of others. For instance,to restore the classical-form basse­cour would enhance the final, seven­teenth-century phase, but obscure themedieval structure of the castrum.To focus on the fourteenth-centuryensemble, however, would disturb the

Aerial view of the Chateau de Comrnarque

fifteenth century. What is known ofthe relatively short but dramatichistory of the chateau is that it wasassociated with the Commarque andBeynac families; with their conversionto Protestantism, the chateau wasdrawn into the Wars of Religion andwas captured and damaged during aCatholic siege in 1569. Althoughrecaptured in 1592, it was abandonedshortly thereafter. The ruins havesurvived unspoiled by later develop­ment, and today they stand as a raresurviving example of a medievalfortified castrum.

WMF's work at Commarque,supported by The Florence GouldFoundation, has enhanced knowledgeof the history of the site, the architec­tural complex, and the developmentof both over time. The team identifiedsix distinct building phases over fivecenturies. Architectural analysis ofhistorical research revealed thatCommarque was not a conventionalmedieval castle, but a village of noblefamilies-a castrum-that originallylacked the customary enclosure orenceinte. Only during the Wars ofReligion, rather late in the history ofthe fortification, did the castrumachieve the form of a chateau domi­nating its basse-cour and village. Yetsoon after, the site was permanentlyabandoned.

While the team found the castle tobe generally sound from a structuralpoint of view, unstable areas of thecomplex will require observation.Formulation of recommendations forsite conservation required a detailedarchitectural study of above-gradearchaeology, measured drawings,stratigraphic analysis, and compara­tive archaeology to, in the words ofarchitect Rizzi, "improve our insight

the FIELDIN

FranceCHATEAU DE COMMARQUE, PerigordUnder the direction of Gionata Rizzi,a Milan-based conservation architectand WMF project consultant, aninternational team has completedpreliminary scientific studies andemergency clearance and maintenanceat this important site which, essen­tially untouched since the end of thesixteenth century, encapsulates astratigraphy around eighty thousandyears. Visiting Commarque, onebecomes aware of its long, rich history.Beneath the chateau are the founda­tions of a protohistoric settlement anda Carolingian chapel. This entirecomplex rests atop the pre-historicGrotte de Commarque, a series ofcaves decorated with prehistoric art.

Commarque began as a group ofknights' houses, controlled by anumber of the more prominent feudalfamilies of Perigord. Before 1240

power and authority were onlyvaguely established in the region. Asthe settlement expanded, each familysupported the defense of a specificsector of the enclosure. The mostintense building took place during the

Armenia, Basilica of Ererouk

At the end of August 1995 JohnStubbs completed a third WMFmission to Armenia, accompaniedby Milan-based architecturalconservators Gionata Rizzi andGaiane Casnati and architect VitaliGevorkian from Washington, D.C.

The mission advanced the project toconserve the Ererouk basilica, locatedin western Armenia some threekilometers from the border withTurkey. WMF's team met with itscounterparts at the ArmenianCommission for the Protection andUse of Historical and CulturalMonuments in Yerevan, and thenspent three days at Ererouk assessingconservation challenges at thisremarkable fifth-century site. Fieldwork comprised: inspecting andadjusting structural shoring whichwas placed in 1993 to protect theearthquake-damaged structure;analyzing samples of the masonrybuilding materials; documentingcracks in the structure; andcommencing a master plan for theconservation and presentation ofthe site.

En route to Yerevan, Mr. Stubbstook advantage of the opportunity tofurther study the Armenian heritage inthe region, visiting Ani-the ancientcapital of Armenia now in easternTurkey-and viewing impressiveevidence of Armenian construction inGeorgia and in northeastern Armenia.

Basilica of Ererouk, Armenia. WMF fall 1995project team inspecting the south elevation ofthe fifth-century basilica; in the background,emergency structural shoring erected during theprevious WMF mission.

Cambodia, AngkorThe WMF Interpretive Center atPreah Khan, made possible by a grantfrom the PATA Foundation, is atremendous success. As the onlyfacility of its kind at Angkor, it playsa valuable role for visitors not just tothe WMF demonstration project atPreah Khan but to the entire Angkor

"area. John Sanday, WMF's projectmanager at Preah Khan, reportsthat use of the Interpretive Center isneahng r 5,000 visitors annually.As more tourists visit Angkor, this·number is constantly increasing.

There is yet another measure of theInterpretive Center's success. Inaddition to a photographic exhibitionabout Preah Khan and WMF'songoing work at the site, visitors canbuy WMF's T-shirts, project reports,and a newly published WMFguidebook. Income from the salesdesk since the Center opened hasallowed architect John Sanday, PreahKhan project manager, to buy aToyota pickup truck-greatly en­hancing team mobility and efficiency.

The guidebook, PreservationPriorities: The Angkor Challenge,may also be purchased from WMF'soffice in New York for $10 (includespostage and handling.)

Second Symposium on RadarImaging Explores Technology'sApplications in Cultural ResourceManagement

Radar images taken from the spaceshuttle Endeavour in 1994 arebeginning to unlock the mysteries ofAngkor's past. The latest discoverieswere revealed at the second scientificroundtable on the subject, "NewTechnologies and Global CulturalResource Management" held April15-19,1996 at the University ofFlorida, Gainesville. Organized byWMF, in cooperation with theuniversity's Department of Architec­ture and Landscape Architecture andthe Royal Angkor Foundation, theworkshop allowed key specialists infields such as archaeology, architec­ture, ecology, and history, to meetscientists from NASA's Jet PropulsionLaboratory (JPL) to discuss andinterpret radar-imaging data. Asymposium immediately following theworkshop brought together thespecialists from around the U.S. whohave used remote sensing for culturalresource management purposes inareas as diverse as Greece, Ukraine,Italy, Borneo, and New Mexico, andto hear about WMF's experience atAngkor with spaceborne radarimagery. continued on page 8

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Q: What is the response to date?

Q: Does American Express have asay in which sites are put on theList of 100 Endangered Sites?

BS: We really seem to have struck achord. The 253 nominations that wereceived conveyed a tremendous senseof urgency. Their sponsors lack themoney, materials, juridical frame­work, or expertise to do their jobs.They need help.

Q: What happens now that you'veestablished the first list of 100

Most Endangered Sites?

Q: You have received a flood ofinformation. What wi!! you do withit ali?

BS: We will update the status of listedsites periodically-to show that animmediate threat has been addressed,that an ongoing problem remains,that funds have been provided, andhow that money has been used. Wehave developed a database to cata­logue this information. An ultimategoal is to make information about theannual List of IOO Most EndangeredSites available on a World Monu­ments Fund Website.

BS: We will invite our trustees anddonors to join us in thinking abouthow to expand the support for theprograms. We'll be seeking sponsorsto adopt every site.

That is the next stage: to work withthe list in fund raising, interpretation,and getting the message out to a muchwider public.

BS: No. Our selection panel this yearcomprised eight leading experts, andthey made that decision. AmericanExpress will choose the sites from the

.. Li~tQf .I:9o E-rzcjangeredSites that theyprefer to fund. WMF will guide theprocess of distributing the money.

SS: With the conception of the WorIdMonuments Watch we can for thefirst time establish global priorities.We are now in a better position toaddress anyone of those priorities.Our donors, as business people, wishto know that their philanthropy isboth effective and cost-effective.Through the WorId MonumentsWatch our donors become part of themost important efforts of the interna­tional historic-preservation community.

Q: Is there evidence so far that theWorld Monuments Watch canattract substantial support?

Q: How will the World MonumentsWatch remedy those problems?

Bonnie Burnham signing the guest register in Telc (Czech Republic) in the company of the mayor(standing) and Lubomir Chme1ar of Greenways/Ze1ene Stezky

Q: What were the shortcomings.then. of this event-driven method?

SS: Despite the success of theprojects, we did not have a formalprocedure to guide future work. Also,there are many areas in the worldwhere we have not yet found appro­pria!e opportunities to take..<.lction.Many of the most important and mostendangered sites are in developingcountries; yet our capability to workthere has been limited because it hasbeen difficult to raise money.

BB: American Express Company,the founding sponsor, respondedimmediately to the idea and has given$ I million a year for five years. Thismakes good business sense for acorporation engaged in tourism andtraveL The funding will enable us toprovide grants to a limited number ofsites on the List of IOO EndangeredSites. Their support, however gener­ous, is just a drop in the bucket interms of what is needed. AmericanExpress also realized that its gesturecould challenge others to get involvedon a similar level.

Q: Why is it important to float aseries of "preservation priorities"?

Q: How is the World MonumentsWatch tied in with the activities ofthe World Monuments Fund as awhole?

success of these efforts better than theestablishment of the World Monu­ments Watch, which Burnhamdiscusses in the interview that follows.

SS: The World Monuments Fund hasalways worked to assist people in thefield who want to preserve the greatstructures of the past but needsupport. Our role is to advocate theirefforts and to gather private-sectorsupport. We have done this for thirtyyears, and it is what we aim toaccomplish on a much broader scalethrough the World MonumentsWatch.

Q; Could you define the purpose ofthe World Monuments Watch?

SS; By establishing, for the builtenvironment, an equivalent to theendangered species list we are present­ing to the public a series of prioritiesfor historic preservation around theworld.

BS: To date our program choices havebeen too piecemeal and time-bound.At the World Monuments Fund, wehave generally used historic-andsometimes negative-events asopportunities to build a projectconstituency and raise concern. Wehave had projects linked to theanniversaries of the French Revolu­tion and of Columbus's voyage toAmerica. We have also had a series ofprojects tied to the catastrophes of theVenice flood in 1966 and the MexicoCity earthquakes of 1985. In all thesecases, the sites selected for workoffered opportunities for advancingthe cause of historic preservation.

An Interview with the Executive Director asWMF Launches its Fourth DecadeBonnie Burnham became executivedirector of the World MonumentsFund in 1985. Burnham has devotedtwenty-five years to the protectionand conservation of internationalcultural heritage. Educated in theUnited States and France as an arthistorian, she began her career inParis in 1971, when she compiled, forthe International Council of Muse­ums, a publication to guide memberinstitutions in their formulation ofacquisitions policy in relation toobjects stolen, looted from illegallyexcavated sites, or exported incontravention of national laws. In1975 Burnham published The ArtCrisis, a general-audience book on thesubject. The same year she joined theInternational Foundation for ArtResearch (IFAR), where she developedthe Art Theft Archive, which remainsfundamental to the recovery of stolenworks of art throughout the world.Under IFAR's auspices Burnhamdirected a further study on thecirculation of stolen art, generatingthe book Art Theft; Its Scope, ItsImpact and Its Control in 1978.

Burnham's personal honors includethe Chevalier of the Order of Arts andLetters by the French government(1989) and Distinguished Alumna ofthe University of Florida, College ofFine Arts (1995). Under her leader­ship WMF has received an InstituteHonor Award by the AmericanInstitute of Architects, a Cine GoldenEagle Award for a short film on thehistory and restoration of theCitadelle Henry in Haiti, the 1989Temple Fielding Conservation Award,and a 1996 Europa Nostra Award forthe restoration of the mudejartemplete and garden at the Monasteryof Guadalupe in Spain.

At WMF, Bonnie Burnham hasfurthered the mission established byfounder Colonel James A. Gray,expanding both the organization'srange of activities and its fundingbase. No achievement reflects the

Bonnie Burnham with WMF trustee Robert Geniesse (left) and Malcolm Wiener at the 1995 HadrianAward Luncheon

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nanumorlList of IOO Most Endangered Sites - I996

In the fall of 1995, WMF announced the World Monuments Watch, a new global program to

identify and preserve endangered cultural landmarks worldwide.

WMF invited over 1,700 individuals and institutions around the world to submit

nominations to the 1996 List of IOO Most Endangered Sites. For the first year, WMF received

253 applications from some seventy countries throughout the world.

At the end of February WMF convened in New York a panel of international experts who

reviewed the nominations and selected the first annual List of IOO Most Endangered Sites.

World Monuments Fund will announce grants to selected sites, totaling at least $1.35

million, on May 23, 1996.

For information about nominations to the 1997 List of IOO Most Endangered Sites please

call WMF at 212-517-9367 or fax 212-517-9494. Applications will be mailed in the summer

and must be submitted by November 15, 1996.

Country

ALBANIA

Location

Sarande

Site

Butrint Archaeological Site

AUSTRIA ViennaVienna

Belvedere GardensFranciscan Church

Borobudur, Central Java, INDONESIA

BARBADOS

BELGIUM

BELIZE

BENIN

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BRAZIL

BULGARIA

St. Andrew

Brussels

Belize River Area

Abomey and Porto-Novo

PoCitelj

Sao Raimundo Nonato, Piaui

Rousse RegionKaspichan

Morgan Lewis Sugar Mill

Tour and Taxis (transport huh)

El Pilar Reserve for Maya Flora & Fauna

Royal Palaces of Benin

Village of PoCitelj

Serra da Capivara National Park

Ivanovo Rock ChapelsMadara Horseman

CAMBODIA

CHILE

CH1NA

CROATIA

CUBA

CZECH REPUBLIC

Siem Reap

Chiloe ArchipelagoEaster IslandValparaiso

Chi Feng City, Inner MongoliaDrachi, TibetSichuan Province

DubrovnikLopud, Dubrovnik-Neretva CountyOsijekSplit

Havana

Cesky KrumlovKladruby, Tachov District

Angkor Archaeological District

Churches of ChiloeOrongoElevators of Valparaiso

Liao Dynasty SiteNamseling ManorSan Xing Dui Archaeological Site

Old City HarborFranciscan MonasteryVillage ofTvrdaSplit Historic Center

Convent of Santa Clara ofAssisi

Cesky Krumlov GardenKladruby Benedictine Monastery

20th Century Mural Paintings, variousbuildings, MEXICO

Kizhi Pogost, Kizhi Island, Lake Onega, RUSSIA

ECUADOR

EGYPT

FRANCE

Quito

Cairo

Castelnau-PegayrollesSaint-Emilion

Iglesia de La Compania

Qa'itbay Sebil (Fountain House)

Chateau AqueductSaint-Emilion Monolithic Church

Adobe Missions, New Mexico, USA

Ancient Pompeii, Naples, Italy

Golden Gate Park Conservatory, San Francisco,California, USA

Country

GEORGIA

GERMANY

GREECE

GUYANA

HUNGARY

INDIA

INDONESIA

IRELAND

ISRAEL

ITAI.Y

JORDAN

LAOS

LATVIA

LEBANON

MALI

MEXICO

MONGOLIA

MOROCCO

MOZAMBIQUE

NEPAL

NORWAY

PAKISTAN

PERU

PHILIPPINES

POLAND

PORTUGAL

ROMANIA

RUSSll\

SPAIN

SURINAME

TANZANIA

THAILAND

TURKEY

UKRAINE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

VIETNAM

YUGOSI.AVIA

ZIMBABWE

Location

Tetritskaro District

Dresden Hellerau

Hania, Crete

Warao Settlements

Budapest

AgraJaisalmer, Rajasthan

Central Java

Shannonbridge, County Offaly

German Colony, HaifaTel Aviv

Albenga (Savona)BolognaFlorencePompeii (Naples)RomeRomeRomeRomeSalernoVeniceVerona

Wadi Mousa, Petra

Vientiane

Pedvale, Kurzeme District

Tyre

Djenne

Atotoni1co, GuanajuatoVarious buildings throughout MexicoVeracruzYucatan Peninsula

Ulaanbaatar Town

FezRissani

Nampula Province

Bagmati River, KathmanduLo Manthang, Upper Mustang

Vagamo, Oppland County

Sindh, Indus River Delta

CuscoRapaz

Rizal

CracowNowyTargWarsaw

Vila Nova de Foz Coa

GhelintaTiirgu-Jiu

Kemi ProvinceKizhi Island, Lake OnegaTsarskoje Selo, St. Petersburg

Granada

Jodensavanne

Lindi Region

Ayuttaya & Sites on Chao Praya River

IstanbulKil<;ilkkayOcarli Kayil, Kars

Sevastopol, Crimea

Unalaska, Ak.McKinley County, N.M.New MexicoNew York, N.Y.Philadelphia, Pa.San Francisco, Ca.

Duy Xuyen districtHue City, Huong Tho Village

Subotica

Bulawayo

Site

Pitareti Monastic Complex

Festspielhaus Hellerau

Etz Hayim Synagogue

Moruka- Waini Cultural Landscape

Royal Garden Pavilion

Ta; MahalJaisalmer Fort

Borobudur

Clonmacnoise New Graveyard

GemeindehausThe White City

Ruins on the River CentaSan Giacomo Maggiore PorticoGarden of Villa Medici at CastelloAncient PompeiiNeopitagorica Basilica at Porta MaggioreNero's Palace-Domus AureaSts. Ambrogio and Carlo at CorsoTemple of Hercules, Forum BoariumGrottos of San MicheleBartolomeo Colleoni MonumentSanta MaNa in Stelle

Southern Temple

Vat Sisaket

Abava Valley Cultural Landscape

Ancient Tyre

Djenne-Djeno Archaeological Site

Church ofJesus NazarenoModern Mural PaintingsSan Juan de Ulua FortYucatan Indian Chapels

Bogd Khaan Palace Museum

Rabbi S'hlomo Ibn Danan & Mansano SynagoguesMedieval Sijilmassa

Mozambique Island

Teku Thapatali Monument ZoneGombas of Upper Mustang

Vaga Old Church

Tamba Wari

Historic Center of CuscoMurals of the Allauca Church

Angono Petroglyphs

Our Lady's Assumption BasilicaDebno Parish ChurchProzna Street

Coa Valley Petroglyphs

Romano Catholic ChurchBrancusi's Endless Column

Paanajarvi VillageKizhi PogostAlexander Palace

Moorish Houses of Granada

Jodensavanne Village

Kilwa Kisiwani Portuguese Fort

Flooded Sites in Central Thailand

Hagia Sophia<;atal HuyukAni Archaeological Site

Ancient Chersonesos

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox ChurchChaco Culture National Historic ParkAdobe MissionsEllis Island-South EndEastern State PenitentiaryGolden Gate Park Conservatory

My Son temple districtMinh Mang Tomh

Suhotica Synagogue

Khami National Monument

Hotel des Invalides, Palis. Interior of rhe Dome, with frescoes by Charles de la Fosse and Jean Jouvenet, restored by WMF France.

WMF Affiliates

France

In the fall of 1995, World MonumentsFund France appointed Mme Helenede Margerie as a trustee and vicepresident. Bertrand du Vignaud, atrustee of the World MonumentsFund (New York) was also elected tothe position of vice president. Mme deMargerie is the widow of Emmanuelde Margerie, president of WMF Francefrom 1990 until his death in 1991.

PLAQUE INSTALLED IN THE INVALIDES

HONORS W'MF CONTRIBUTION TO

RESTORATION

On September 19, 1995, a plaquewas placed inside the church of theInvalides in Paris, honoring WMFFrance's leadership in the restorationof the paintings by Jean Jouvenet andCharles de la Fosse inside the cupola.Those present included the trustees ofthe Florence Gould Foundation; MmeHelen Vari, founding president ofWMF France; and M. Hubert deGivenchy, the current president. M.Jacques Perot, director of the Museede I'Armee, thanked WMF for itscontribution to the internationaleffort to restore the Invalides.

Through generous support from theSamuel H. Kress Foundation, WMFFrance has supported the publicationof The Dome of the Invalides: ARestored Masterwork. This book,abundantly illustrated with colorphotos taken throughout the course ofthe project, is available through theWMF's offices in Paris (English orFrench edition) and in New York(English edition only). The cost isFF2001U.S. $40.

GUIDED TOURS OF THE POTAGER DU ROY

WMF will offer four private tours ofthe Potager du Roy (Kitchen Garden)on April II, June 6, July 9, andSeptember 10, 1996.

The tour, limited to twelveparticipants will commence at the

Potager at 10:30 a.m. for a visit to thegarden of the Orangerie and thePotager du Roy led by one of thegardeners. Lunch will follow at thenearby restaurant Le Potager du Roy.Cost is FF450 (about $90) per person,including lunch, but not including .transportation from Paris toVersailles. Please contact the Parisoffice (33.1.47.20.71.99) forinformation and reservations.

Italy

The Associazione Comitato Italianomet in Florence on October 9,1995.The Gala Fiorentino held in May1995 raised funds to support theItalian affiliate's project to conserveMaso di Banco's frescoes in the BardiChapel of Santa Croce in Florence.The Samuel H. Kress Foundation hasalso joined the project, matching thefunds provided by the ComitatoItaliano on a one-to-one basis.

Maso di Banco's fresco cycle,recounting the story of PopeSylvester's conversion and baptism ofthe Emperor Constantine, is one ofthe major masterpieces of fourteenth­century Italian painting. It is also thepivotal work that permitted modernscholars to reconstruct the painter'slost historic identity. The cycle isoutstanding even in the context of thegreat Gothic church of Santa Croce­an encyclopedia of fourteenth-century

Florentine fresco painting, boastingGiotto's two final masterpieces, abeautiful and important series offrescoes by Taddeo Gaddi, and anumber of other notable works.

Current WMF members may requesta copy of the 1995 Gala FiorentinoCatalogue-featuring essays and colorphotos of WMF projects in Italy­from WMF's office in New York,while supplies last, for $3.00 to coverpostage and handling.

From May 24-27, 1996, theComitato Italiano plans a visit toAssisi and Spoleto, following anartistic itinerary of the works ofPerugino and Piero della Francesca.For information, please contactthe WMF office in Venice(39.41.523.7614) or the ComitatoItaliano office in Vicenza(39.444.3 23.688).

Portugal

The Associa~ao World MonumentsFund has elected Dr. Paulo LowndesMarques, a partner in the law firm ofAbreu and Marques and Associates,as president of WMF's affiliate inLisbon. From 1982-83 Dr. Marquesserved as Portugal's Secretary of Statefor Foreign Affairs. He is currentlyvice president of the Portuguese­Dutch Chamber of Commerce andchairman of the British HistoricalSociety of Portugal.

TOWER OF BELEMThe exterior conservation of theTower of Belem in Lisbon begins laterthis year. In 1993 WMF sponsoredand participated in scientific studiesfor conservation and planning forreuse of the monument. Conservationwork, which will require raisingscaffolding around the whole struc­ture, was postponed until afterLisbon's showcase year as the Cul­tural Capital of Europe in 1994.

SpainWMF Espana met on November 21,1995, and honorary presidentS.A.R. Dona Pilar announced thecompleton of the restoration of thepolychrome-painted portal of thechurch of Santa Maria de la Majestadin Taro in the first half of 1996. Aproject launched with WMF supportin 1987, the painstaking work hasrecovered and conserved extensivesurviving original polychromy of theexquisite Gothic sculptural ensemble.Inauguration of the project of Torowill take place on June 8, 1996, in thepresence of S.A.R. Dona Pilar.

Sponsors of the final phase of therestoration are Banesto, Coca-ColaFoundation, the European Union,and Iberdrola.

The board of WMF Espana wel­comes Mr. Juan Kinde1an, counsel tothe Recoletos Editorial.

World Monuments Fund in Europe

Situared ar the edge of Kazimierz, Cracow's historic Jewish district, the Tempel is the sole nineteenrhcentury synagogue in Poland srill in use. WMF, through its Jewish Heritage Program, has beeninvolved in rhe restoration of the synagogue since 1992. The rhird and final phase of work, scheduledto begin rhis summer, wjlJ address the painted decorarion of rhe inrerior.

Two WMF Projects Receive EuropeanUnion GrantsThe European Union awardedfinancial support to two WMFprojects in 1995. A special grant fromthe EU's subcommittee on Informa-

tion, Communications and Culture(DGX) in the amount of ECU 30,000(U.S. $24,390) supported the comple­tion of the restoration of the poly­chrome Portada de la Majestad at theCollegiate Church of Santa Maria laMajor in Toro. The project waspresented by WMF Espana.

WMF France presented an applica­tion for the Tempel Synagogue inCracow under the program Support

for Pilot Projects for the Conservationof the European Cultural Heritage.The project, one of only twenty-twoselected from among the total of 21 I

submitted by Central and EasternEuropean countries, received a grantof ECU 46,625 (U.S. $38,000).

WMF Joins European Heritage GroupParticipation in the newly-createdEuropean Heritage Group (EHG)­comprising representatives of twentyassociations working to furtherhistoric preservation on a Europe­wide level-has given WMF a role inthe official efforts to protect thecontinent's architectural patrimony.Isabelle de Broglie, WMF EuropeanRepresentative, participates in thegroup's regular meetings. Followingadoption of the Maastricht Treaty,the EU is working to establish uni­form cultural policies. The EuropeanHeritage Group was formed todisseminate information and carry outlobbying activities. Many observa­tions made by the European HeritageGroup have been incorporated inamendments presented by members ofthe Parliament.

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WMF Expands EuropeanHeadquartersAt the behest of our landlord andhost in Paris, the Mona BismarckFoundation, WMF has moved itsParis office into larger quarters byproviding funds to renovate a smallbuilding on the Bismarck Foundationpremises. In return, WMF will occupythe pleasant, three-room office rent­free through 1997. One room is usedfor meetings and by the substantialnumber of volunteers who areworking on the various European andFrench activities. Another is used by aWMF France support staff member.WMF's Paris office, which functions asWMF's headquarters in Europe as wellas the home of WMF France, ismanaging liaison with UNESCO andthe European Union and a fundraisingevent for the French affiliate.

A CHILEAN REMEBERS COLONEL JAMES GRAY

A TRIBUTE TO MOROM, 1966-1996

In the Spring r995 ~JoA"LQ6/WMF invited those who knew theorganization's founder to submitrecollections in his memory. We aremost grateful to Mr. Mario Correaof Washngton, D.C. for thiscontribution.

Chilean historic preservation owesColonel James Gray some words ofpraise and recognition. I met him in1978 when I was a diplomat inWashington, D.C. and he sent ourembassy a publication on EasterIsland, printed by the InternationalFund for Monuments. The book wasaccompanied by a card bearing hisname, and we met at his office somedays later.

The International Fund forMonuments (IFM) appeared to be inthe midst of a move-there was littlefurniture, not much office ambiance,and little protocol Or formality. Thiscontrasted with my diplomatic life,but there was something about JimGray's personality that led me to lookbeyond the surroundings and takehim at his word. I immediatelybelieved in Jim and in the

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The university opened its sophisti­cated GeoPlan Lab to workshopparticipants. Using the Royal AngkorFoundation's cultural and ecologicaldatabases, which layer radar andother data on a geographical informa­tion system, the Angkor experts andJPL scientists examined numerousimages of the site in search of cluesabout Angkor and the great Cambo­dian lake, Tonie Sap.

The roundtable's guest of honor,H.E. Vann Molyvann, State Ministerand Vice President of Cambodia'sSupreme Council of National Culture,was pleased with the progress madeover the past year in interpreting theradar data. Only fourteen months hadpassed since WMF's first scientificroundtable at Princeton University,yet already the data has contributedto new theories about Angkor.Conference host Terry Schnadelbach,Professor and Chair of LandscapeArchitecture at the School of Architec­ture at the University of Florida andDr. Elizabeth Moore, Professor of Artand Archaeology of Southeast Asia atthe University of London's School ofOriental and African Studies an­nounced their discoveries to theworkshop and symposium partici­pants. Professor Schnadelbachrevealed how new information aboutthe ecology of Angkor, uncovered bythe radar data, provides more cluesabout the nature of the Angkorempire. Professor Moore noted thatthe radar data has helped her touncover 68 prehistoric mounds, whichwere sites of ancient settlements.WMF announced that it is currentlytalking with the Royal CambodianGovernment and NASAJJPL about anov<lf1ight of Angkor in the fall of1996 in which a DC-8 aircraft woulduse an airborne radar laboratory totake new images of the site. Thatmission might also generate topo­graphic information so detailed that acomputer-generated three-dimensional

organization he had established; soonthis working relationship led toimportant initiatives in Chile.

IFM undertook the first inventoryof Chile's cultural heritage. As aresult, the first Chilean laboratory fortextile conservation was established.The laboratory in Santiago spawnedrelated initiatives that attracted visitsfrom international experts, creatingan atmosphere of solidarity,confidence, and hope. Some Chileansreceived scholarships to the U.S. andEurope, and other Americans beganto visit Chile on exchange programs.I remember programs with theWinterthur Museum., the SmithsonianInstitution, the private ConservationStudio in Washington, D.C., as wellas with ICOMOS, UNESCO, andother international entities.

IFM opened doors for Chile at atime when politicians and theirpolicies sought to isolate the country.But IFM was reaUy Jim, a one-manshow, and I point this out because itsays so much about him as a personand about how much Chile owes aninstitution through this oneindividual.

image of the Angkor area could beproduced.

The editor thanks Keith Eirinberg,who served as rapporteur for both theI996 and I995 radar-imaging sympo­sia, for providing this summary onshort notice. Mr. Eirinberg is also theauthor of the new WMF projectguidebook, Preservation Priorities:The Angkor Challenge.

Chile, Easter IslandWMF Assesses Emergency ProtectionMeasures at Orongo

Upon returning from a conservation­assessment project at Easter Island inJuly 1995, Dr. Georgia Lee of theEaster Island Foundation (Los Osos,California) alerted specialists in thefield to the apparent instability of theOrongo ceremonial center, located atthe southern tip of the island.Comparing her recent measurementsof the site to those taken by thearchaeologist William Mulloy in the1960s, she discovered that somepetroglyphs-the rocks at Orongobearing bas-relief carvings-hadmoved as much as two meters in thelast thirty years. WMF respondedimmediately to this disquieting news.At the request of Mayor Don. P. P.Edmunds Paoa of Easter Island, theConsejo de Monumentos Nacionales,and Corporaci6n Nacional Forestal(CONAF), WMF sent two geologicalspecialists-Professors Vouve andClement of the Universite deBordeaux I-to Easter Island for aweek-long inspection. Accompanyingthe French experts were ProfessorMarchetti, director of the departmentof construction science at theUniversity of Chile. Jose MiguelRamirez, head of the Rapa NuiNational Park (CONAF), and Mr.Claudio Cristina, a University ofChile archaeologist, providedassistance.

A preliminary mission reportconfirms that Orongo is highly

These projects in Chile promoted areal friendship between Jim Gray andmyself. I became close to him and hisfamily, even though his work habitsdid not allow him to socializefrequently or until very late. Jimstarted his day at 4:30 am in his officeon Legation Street in Washington,D.C., which he elevated to "LegationAvenue" on his letterhead so as toraise the profile of his institution.From there he corresponded dailywith numerous people and institutionsaround the world with whom hemaintained contact and coordinatedprojects. Decisiveness was part of hispersonality. Bureaucracy irritated him.

Our friendship altered my outlookon work, imparting in me from thattime on the knowledge that aninstitution's effectiveness, if not theinstitution itself, could be determinedby one individual. IFM was efficient,and its founder ensured the re­sponsible investment of its resources.Not an expert in conservation himself,he came to understand the manifoldareas of this field through a networkof contacts that constituted a trueinternational database.

unstable. CONAF has immediatelyrestricted access until the site has beenstabilized and adequate paths havebeen provided to both preserve thesite and provide safe access fortourists. Orongo is listed on theWorld Monuments Watch 1996 Listof IOO Most Endangered Sites.

ItalyVENICE

The Minnesota Chapter of WMF is alongstanding sponsor of WMF workin Venice. Its members traveled toVenice in October 1995 to celebratecompletion of their most recentproject, the Byzantine Madonna-atwelfth-century stone bas-reliefsculpture-in the church of SanGiovanni in Bragora. Following the

Those of you who have visited thePreah Khan project at Angkor andspent time at the WMF house therewill remember dear Morom, whopassed away on the 21st March 1996at the age of thirty. Morom, who diedafter a short illness, was one of thethree Cambodian housekeepers wholook after the WMF team in SiemReap-an inseparable trio famed fortheir great cooking, their kindness,and their hospitality. Morom will beremembered for her great sense ofhumour, her zest for life, and herskills as a karaoke singer-many anevening her amplified voice wouldwaft through the village of Wat Bo!We will all miss her sense of fun andlaughter that forever echoed throughthe house.

Being without parents and family,Morom was "adopted" by the WMFteam. She often referred to me andmy wife Jenna as her foster parents.We indeed assumed this role duringthe very moving traditional Buddhistfuneral ceremony attended also by the

From Jim Gray I also learned tolook at advanced age as a time in lifewhen will and spirit do not necessarilycoincide with physical limitations.When I last him in 1989, he hadretired and was living in California.His eyesight was failing, and his bodywas showing signs of weakening. Buthis expression and his will were thesame as ever. At the age of 80 he hadundertaken a new enterprise, astaxing as the former, and no lessambitious than the founding andorchestration of the InternationalFund for Monuments. This time hisage and the compleXities of themodern business world buried theinitiative. But that was Jim Gray: aman of ideas, an indefatigabledreamer, a firm and original fighter.Chile found in him great support; Ifound in him a true friend whom Iwould like to remember in these pagesboth personally and in the name ofthe many Chileans who began andstill maintain links to the institutionthat he founded.

MARIO CORREA

visit, WMF received a generousanonymous gift of $8,500 from aMinnesota chapter member to restorethe main altar of the church of theBragora. Mrs. Georgia Bartlett, vicepresident of the Minnesota chapter,has asked WMF to designate a newrestoration project in Venice to beadopted in memory of her iatehusband, Deacon Bartlett.

WMF participated in the annualmeeting of the Private Committees,which began on October 5, 1995, atthe UNESCO office and concluded thefollowing day at the Ghetto, hosted bythe Jewish community. The occasioncelebrated the official public openingof the Scuola Canton, the restorationof which was sponsored by WMF.

WMF household, Preah Khan workforce, and many hundreds of thevillage inhabitants. Morom departedthis world in peace, and we areassured by the Buddhist monks whoofficiated at her funeral that she ishappy in her new life.

JOHN SANDAY

Preah Khan Project Manager

Board of Trustees

Marilyn PerryChairman

Hilary G. Barratt-BrownVice Chairman

The Hon. Ronald S. LauderVice Chairman and Chairman,Jewish Heritage Council

H. Peter SternVice Chairman

Robert W. WilsonVice Chairman & Treasurer

Robert J. GeniesseSecretary

Anthony P. BalestrieriDaisy BelinJ. Carter BrownW.L. Lyons Brown, Jr.Bonnie BurnhamPatricia FalkLouise GrunwaldAshton HawkinsPeter KimmelmanJonathan S. LinenLois de MenilSamuel C. MillerBertrand du VignaudPaulo VitiNancy Brown Wellin

The Rt. Hon. The Viscount NorwichThe Hon. Claiborne PellHonorary Co-Chairmen

WMF Affiliates

FRANCEWMF FranceM. Hubert de GivenchyPresident

ITALYComitato ItalianoConte Paolo MarzottoPresident

PORTUGALAssocia<,:ao WMFDr. Paulo Lowndes MarquesPresident

SPAINWMF EspanaS.A.R. La Infanta Dona Pilar,Duquesa de BadajozHonorary Chairman

D. Juan Carlos FierroPresident

UNITED KINGDOMWorld Monuments Fund in BritainThe Hon. Clive GibsonFounding Chairman

The Rt. Hon. The Viscount NorwichChairman

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Members Trips1996- 1 997

For more information about WMF'stours, please contact Monika Rielyat WMF's office in New York,2I2 5I7-9367.

NOVEMBER 2 - 16, 1996A week in Cambodia includes a fullday in Phnom Penh. Five full days atAngkor include WMF's project atPreah Khan and the sites of AngkorWat, the Bayon, and Ta Prohm. Anoptional extension to Burma follows.

JANUARY II - 19, 1997After an initial day in Mexico City,continue on to Guadalajara-thecolonial city of Zacatecas, San Miguelde Allende and the nearby pilgrimage"church of Atotonilco, andGuanajuato, the World Heritage citythat is the birthplace of Diego Rivera.

MARCH 28 - APRIL 6, 1997A welcome dinner in Santiago beginsthe week, followed by a full day in theChilean capital. The flight to EasterIsland, 2,300 miles to the west, willtake most of the following day. Fourfull days will be spent on the world'smost isolated island, where WMF hasbeen involved with preservationefforts there since 1968.

Ahu Akivi, Easter Island. Left ro right:

Henry Cleere ofICOMOS, World HeritageCoordinator; Bonnie Burnham, WMF executivedirector; John Stubbs, WMF director of programs.

New WMF Trustee

The World Monuments Fund Boardof Trustees is pleased to announce theelection of its esteemed new member:

Ashton Hawkins, a distinguishedexpert on international art law, isExecutive Vice President and Counsel

Rebecca AndersonEditor

Carol B. NeileyI & Company, Red Hook, NYDesign Consultant

Thames Printing, Norwich, CTPrinting

An independent, not-for-profitorganization, the World MonumentsFunds depends on generous contribu­tions and membership dues to meetthe costs of its work to preserve

Calendar

March14-ApRIL 10 - Angkor Field Missionat Preah Khan

22 - Announcement of 1996 List of100 Most Endangered Sites

26-28 - Site visit to Ibn Danansynagogue in Fez, Morocco

April

II - First WMF France private tour ofthe Potager du Roy, Versailles

15-19 - WMF symposium on"Remote Sending and CulturalResource Management" organizedwith and hosted by the Departmentof Landscape Architecture, Universityof Florida, Gainesville

22 - WMF's Second Annual Cambo­dian New Year Party in New York

May

23 - Announcement of 1996 WorldMonuments Watch grant awards

24-27 - Comitato Italiano tour toAssisi and Spoleto

26 - Comitato Italiano 1996 Gala inPerugia

27-31 - WMF cosponsored sympo­sium in Dubrovnik on heritagetourism in Dalmatia

New WMF Staff

Chantal de Beauregard joined thestaff of the World Monuments Fundin 1995. She works as the executiveassistant at the European office inParis. The daughter of Georges deBeauregard-one of French cinema'smost famous producers of the FrenchNew Wave, Chantal has earnednumerous credits in her own right asexecutive assistant to producersincluding Serge Silberman, ReneChateau, and Alexandre Salkind. In1985 Chantal established the PrixGeorges de Beauregard, which eachyear honors an outstanding filmproducer.

to the Trustees of The MetropolitanMuseum of Art. Mr. Hawkins'saffiliations include: the Municipal ArtSociety (Member of the Board ofDirectors); The Wolfsonian (Memberof the Board of Trustees); GeorgesPompidou Art and Cultural Founda­tion (Secretary); Duke Ellington

outstanding examples of our culturalhistory worldwide. If you are not amember now, we invite you to joinwith us by checking the category youwish to enroll in and sending yourcheck to the Membership Department,World Monuments Fund, 949 ParkAvenue, New York, NY 10028. Yourcontributions are tax-deductible asprovided by law.

All contributors receive a compli­mentary subscription to 0rU.£<U>loA1.eb'Members contributing $100 willreceive the poster and catalogue ofthe 1996 World Monuments WatchList of 100 Most Endangered Sites.

June

4-5 - Conservation project milestonemeeting at the Tempel Synagogue,Cracow, Poland

8 - Unveiling of completed restora­tion of the polychrome-paintedPortada de la Majestad at the Churchof Santa Maria la Mayor in Toro, inthe presence of H.R.H. Dona Pilar,honorary chairman of WMF Espana

27 - WMF France Gala at the Potagerdu Roy, Versailles

July8-AuGUST 9 - Samuel H. KressFoundation sponsors WMF on-sitetraining workshop at the Rendez­vous, one of fifteen architecturalfollies at the Ledniee-Valtice CulturalLandscape, Czech Republic

August

30-SEPTEMBER 2 - 1996 ValticeFestival at Valtice Castle, SouthernMoravia, Czech Republic

October25 - Ninth Annual Hadrian AwardLuncheon honors His Highness TheAga Khan, at The Plaza in New YorkCity

November2-16 - Members trip to Cambodiaand Burma

Baron Lobstein joined WMF asdevelopment assistant this past falL Anative of Fort Worth, Texas, he spentthe summer of 1995 as tour manager,interpreter, and program annotatorfor the American-Russian YouthOrchestra. In May 1995 Baronreceived from the University ofCincinnati a Master's Degree in ArtsAdministration (through the College­Conservatory of Music) and anM.B.A. (through the College ofBusiness Administration). Barongraduated from Harvard Universitywith a B.A. in Russian language andSoviet Studies.

Memorial Fund (Vice President);Association of the Bar, City of NewYork (Member of the Art Commit­tee); Council on Foreign Relations, St.Bartholomew's Preservation Founda­tion, Inc. (Member of the Board ofDirectors); Century Club; and TheKnickerbocker Club.

Vwe would like to join the WorldMonuments Fund.

Enroll me in the following category:

o Patron $5,000o Benefactor $2,500o Sponsor $I ,000o Sustaining Member $500o Member $100o Institution $45o Affiliate $35

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