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... today include the Potager du Roi at Versailles in France; the Blackpool piers in the UK; and the Monte Albán archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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World Monuments Fund gets $1 million for sites on 2018 watch list |
The financial services corporation American Express (Amex) has awarded $1 million to the World Monuments Fund for the preservation of sites on this year’s World Monuments Watch list of endangered cultural heritage sites. Amex is a founding sponsor of the biennial World Monuments Watch, which in its latest iteration selected 25 sites in need of conservation or protection. The eight sites that will be the recipients of the funding announced today include the Potager du Roi at Versailles in France; the Blackpool piers in the UK; and the Monte Albán archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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