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GHF Receives $100,000 from Grand Circle Foundation and UNESCO World Heritage for the Conservation of My Son Sanctuary in Vietnam

January 18, 2004

 

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GHF Receives $100,000 from Grand Circle Foundation and UNESCO World Heritage for the Conservation of My Son Sanctuary in Vietnam

January 18th, 2004 -  My Son Sanctuary lost fifty of its seventy-six magnificent Champa Kingdom (400BD –1600AD) temples, including its main sanctuary, in one week during the Vietnam War. My Son, the only major archaeological site in Vietnam, represents the longest living civilization in Southeast Asia and its unique carved brick temples are without parallel for there beauty and sophistication, earning it UNESCO World Heritage designation in 1999.

Under the Grand Circle Foundation grant, GHF and its partners Lerici Foundation and Vietnamese archaeologists will scientifically conserve and restore the Group E and Group G temples of My Son Sanctuary, as well as provide a pilot program for World Heritage Education in the schools of Quang Nam and Hue provinces to increase local knowledge and appreciation for Vietnam’s long and rich history.

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The Global Heritage Fund’s mission is to enable successful long-term preservation of humankind’s most important archaeological sites and ancient townscapes, creating new engines for economic growth in developing countries. GHF works to develop comprehensive Master Conservation Plans, provides early matching grants and training, builds local institutions and promotes sustainable tourism development to ensure permanent protection for global cultural treasures. The Global Heritage Fund is a registered non-profit conservancy based in Palo Alto, California.

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