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Global Heritage Fund (GHF) is a non-profit International Conservancy established in 2002 in Palo Alto, California, with the mission to save the earth’s most significant and endangered cultural heritage sites in developing countries through scientific excellence and community involvement.
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Your support is urgently needed to help preserve these priceless heritage sites for future generations. |
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GHF PUBLICATIONS
Videos
“Saving Our Global Heritage Five Year Anniversary Video.”
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Global Heritage Review
Spring 2009
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GHF IN THE NEWS
June, 2009
GHF Banteay Chhmar Featured in The New York Times
April, 2009
GHF in Vanity Fair
March, 2009
GHF Mirador Project International Press Features
March, 2009
GHF Featured in the San Jose Mercury News
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PINGYAO ANCIENT CITY, CHINA
Pingyao Ancient City is considered to be the first banking capital of China. At its zenith in the late Qing Dynasty, there were as many as 22 draft banks in the city, with more than 400 branches countrywide.Pingyao Ancient City was awarded UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 1997 for its exceptional preservation of an intact, classic Han Chinese city from the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911). There are close to 4,000 Ming and Qing era courtyard buildings, along with numerous historic sites, temples and institutions such as China's first bank, Rishengchang and the historic city wall. |
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