Focus: Shengwu lou
An exemplar of a unique Chinese architectural style
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Interior courtyard of Shengwu lou,
Pinghe County, Fujian, China
Photo by: Jeff Morgan. © Global Heritage Fund 2009 |
Fujian Tulou, China
Fujian Tulou is a unique Chinese multi-storey rammed earth architectural form of the Hakka and Minnan people in Fujian Province, China, built for communal living and defense. The literal translation of the term "tulou" is "earthen building,"
and there are about 3000 tulous located in southwestern Fujian province. These are mostly located in the mountainous regions of Longyan City and Zhangzhou City precincts and were mostly built between the 12th and the 20th centuries.
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GHF In The Field
Foguang Temple, Wutai Mountains
UNESCO World Heritage,
Shanxi China
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Areas Restored at Foguang Temple and
Monastery Complex.
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Global Heritage Fund is nearing completion of the Foguang Temple and Monastery Complex Project (2005-2009), which has funded master conservation planning and intervention at Foguang Temple. A significant recent development is that the East Main Hall of Foguang Temple has been included in the World Heritage List as part of the Mount Wutai cultural landscape inscription in June 2009.
GHF has helped the Shanxi provincial authority to secure matching funding from the central government to support the restoration and scientific conservation of the 1,200-year old Foguang Temple at Wutai Mountain, one of the five sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism.
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Foguang Temple, China
Çatalhöyük, Turkey
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The new shelter structure at Çatalhöyük.
Photo by: Jason Quinlin
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Since 2004, Global Heritage Fund has funded conservation and community development work at Çatalhöyük, a 9000-year-old site that has revealed some of the world’s earliest mural art. In recent years, local, regional and national interest in Turkey has increased regarding the development of the site for tourism and economic benefit for the local communities. Currently, Çatalhöyük is on the Turkish tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage Site inscription, a designation that would make it the only Neolithic site on the World Heritage list from the Middle East.
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Çatalhöyük, Turkey
Grant Announcement
Global Heritage Fund Receives Grant from
the Tiffany & Co. Foundation to Further Preservation in Pingyao Ancient City - UNESCO World Heritage Site in China
Funding Saves Historic Courtyard Buildings Dating
Back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Elvan Cobb
Elvan is working at the site of Gordion in Turkey this summer to establish a visitors’ circuit and site interpretation in order to improve the visitor experience while also increasing the local community’s awareness of and involvement with the archaeological site. She is currently enrolled in the Master of Science in Historic Preservation program at University of Pennsylvania.
Meredith Keller
Meredith will be working this summer on conservation of the Phrygian Gate at the site of Gordion in Turkey in a project that will include 3D laser scanning of the structure, measuring structural displacement and researching the impact of seismic activity on dry laid masonry. She is a graduate from the University of Pennsylvania’s Historic Preservation Master of Science program.
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GHF 2007– 2008
Annual Report
now available
GHF IN THE NEWS
GHF Banteay Chhmar
Featured in
Coaxing a Khmer Temple
From the Jungle’s Embrace
To reach the temple of Banteay Chhmar from the Cambodian town of Sisophon in the dry season involves a two-hour drive through parched forests coated with brown dust. The temple is breathtaking. Bas-reliefs depict naval battles between ancient Khmers and their Cham rivals in remarkable detail. Giant sandstone faces loom over thick vegetation strewn with collapsed lintels and broken naga heads...
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GHF in
To List or
Not to List?
The ancient city of Dresden, a delicate baroque confection lovingly reconstructed after the Second World War, has thrilled visitors with its skyline, best viewed from the banks of the River Elbe. Not for much longer. To the outrage of conservationists, work is underway on a new bridge to carry a four-lane highway across the valley, marring the vista forever...
Read more about GHF in Newsweek
GHF Mirador in the News:
Maya "Cradle of Civilization"
preparing for tourism
The funds come from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which donated $907,700, $215,000 from Global Heritage Fund, and $215,000 from the Cultural and Natural Heritage Foundation Maya (Pacunam), the latter comprising the largest companies in Guatemala...
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in the News
GHF in the Independent:
In 1991, Dubrovnik, a fairytale fortress of Titians, Renaissance palaces and lemon-scented cloisters, was shelled by Serb and Montenegrin forces. Appalled by the siege of a city described by Lord Byron as the "pearl of the Adriatic", the international community sprung into action...
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in the Independent
GHF PRESS RELEASES
Global Heritage Fund Commends Preservation Partners for Role in Achieving UNESCO Approval of Sacred Wutai Mountain in China
Wutai Mountain’s Prized Foguang Temple is Current GHF Conservation Site
PALO ALTO, CA, July 16 – Global Heritage Fund is proud to be affiliated with a team of organizations that successfully worked to secure the designation of Wutai Mountain as a UNESCO world heritage site. The sacred Chinese mountain, located in Xinzhou City in the Shanxi Province, has been witness to centuries of Buddhist history and was added to the UNESCO list on June 26, 2009 by the World Heritage Committee in Seville, Spain....
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