| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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.
About Global Heritage Fund
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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GHF Press press@globalheritagefund.org
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