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POLLUTION LAYS SIEGE TO ITALY'S TREASURES BAD AIR RENDERS ART RESTORATIONS A SHORT-TERM FIX
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ROME - The 16th-century Fountain of Moses, a testament to the
power of Pope Sixtus V, sparkled after a restoration was finished in
1988. But now the likeness of the biblical hero that adorns the
fountain is turning black, the victim of a constant barrage of
traffic exhaust and other pollutants.
Many of Italy's symbols of great empires and the works of
Renaissance masters are deteriorating because of pollution. Rome's
Colosseum, the ancient ruins at Pompei, and Florence's Pitti Palace
a...
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Restoration disciples gather to honor the historically correct
The Boston Globe
; Vjacheslav Suslin flew 4,440 miles from Moscow, toting along drawings for his restoration of the Red Porch in the Kremlin. David Hocker, on the other hand, strolled a few blocks from his row house in Boston's South End to consider, among other items, yet another miracle product for stripping paint.
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Italian Monuments: A Bright Future as Billboards?
Ambassador
; ... tourists entrance fees, churches became museums, not places of worship," architect and Florence resident Dario Notari told the news website zoomata. "Now they are splitting hairs. If only every art work could find a sponsor, Italy would be in good shape." Environmental ...
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Nadiah's real monuments
New Straits Times
; Ooi Kok Chuen New Straits Times 04-21-2001 Nadiah's real monuments Byline: Ooi Kok Chuen Edition: 2* Section: Artifacts Memo: (STF) - Half expecting monstrous monoliths beloved of dictators, Ooi Kok Chuen finds monuments of a different kind in Nadiah Bamadhaj's second solo show. NADIAH Bamadhaj's
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 "Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)")
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RACE TO CLEAN UP MONUMENTS; At least half need major restoration.(News)
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; Byline: CATHERINE JONES LIVERPOOL faces a multimillion pound bill to get its historic monuments and public art up to scratch for European Capital of Culture year in 2008. An audit of more than 150 public and private statues,monuments and fountains by the council estates office found at least half
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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ACID RAIN DAMAGE THREATENS SYRACUSE; CITY AMONG STUDY'S TOP 20 IN NATION WHOSE MONUMENTS AND BUILDINGS ARE AT RISK.(Local)
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; Byline: Mark Weiner Staff writer CORRECTION: January 4, 2003aaaaaaaaaa A photo caption Saturday gave the wrong first name of the man honored in a monument at Forman Park in Syracuse. He is Lewis H. Redfield, not Samuel Redfield. Redfield, who died in 1882 at age 90, was publisher of the Onondaga
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Victorian baths saved by cult TV show still in ruins Restoration Thanks to bureaucratic delays, work has yet to begin on the winning building in last year's BBC heritage competition
The Independent on Sunday
; It was the surprise first winner of Restoration, the BBC's popular heritage show. The derelict Victoria Baths in Manchester beat off competition from historic monuments and mansions to scoop a prize of pounds 3.5m and the chance of a return to its former municipal glory. Restoration has become cult
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Natural wonders and national monuments: a meditation upon the fate of The Tolmen.
Antiquity
; ... Protection Act of 1882 (AMP) and its background (e.g. Chippindale 1983; Murray 1989; Carman n.d.). A mention in the Illustrated London News, 10 April 1869, seems, however, to have been overlooked: The Tolmen, more properly written Tol-Maen, or Hole of Stone, in the ...
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Monuments of Syria: An Historical Guide.(Review)
Middle East Policy
; ... Monuments of Syria is welcome news indeed to all travelers to the ... itineraries and four thematic maps (Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine ... references to the itineraries and maps. Of the latter there are 61 town maps and site plans, 14 regional and ...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Monumental.(monuments in Iraq)
The Economist (US)
; Saddam Hussein wants his place in history set in stone-and bronze and concrete. Our Middle East correspondent explains his monuments IRAQ'S leader has given Baghdad its greatest facelift in living memory, laying rout new ceremonial avenues and ordering large monuments to be raised at the city's
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