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Preservation of cultural heritage

Preservation of cultural heritage

Preservation of cultural heritage

The Federal Foreign Office supports the preservation of cultural heritage in developing countries and protects German cultural heritage abroad.

Palcace of Qatna, Syria

Algeria: Restoration of the National Museum in Cherchell 

The refurbished Museum Gallery

Iraq – preserving architecture in the World Cultural Heritage site of Uruk 

Ground salts are destroying the famous stone building dating from around 4500 B.C. at the foot of the Anu Ziggurat. The aim of the first emergency conservation measures is to make the walls more stable.

Myanmar: Conservation work on the temples at Bagan 

Narathihapatae Hpaya Temple (formerly Tayok Pye) is one of some 400 sacred buildings in Bagan with extant murals.

Thailand: Digitisation of northern Thai manuscripts 

A manuscript at Wat Pa Sak Noi Temple

Cambodia: Conservation of the Angkor temple complex 

GACP team carrying out conservation work

BuiThe Two Headed Hammer project in Paradé and Ouri, Burkina Faso 

The cultural preservation project preserves the traditional blacksmithing skills of past centuries

Restoring the dome of the Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran 

Experts from Germany and Iran carried out the restoration work.

Paraguay – preserving the cultural heritage of the Aché 

Their endangered oral cultural heritage is now being documented.

Rwanda: conversion of the Kandt House Museum in Kigali

Interview with Ambassador Robert Masozera, Director General of the Institute of National Museums of Rwanda

Kenya: restoring the Rebmann missionary house in Rabai

Former missionary hut

Cuba: restoring and relocating the Merklin-Schütze organ in Havana 

The Merklin-Schütze organ in Havana

Viet Nam: temple restoration in the imperial city of Hué 

Tracing and transferring screen paintings

Syrian Heritage Archive Project

Große Moschee in Aleppo (2010)

Nepal: Restoration of Patan Royal Palace

The palace’s interior courtyard with the Tusa Hiti fountain

Laos – saving the murals of Wat Si Saket in Vientiane

Interior of the temple in March 2015 following initial restoration (on the right)

Mali: Preserving the manuscripts from Timbuktu

Reinigung und Restauration einer Handschrift

Brazil: Restoration of a synagogue in São Paulo

The Beth El synagogue in São Paulo

Namibia: preserving historic audio recordings

Members of the research group Stolen Moments Namibia Music History Untold

Restoration of the old town and regional development in Balkh, Afghanistan

Exterior of the Khvajeh Abu Nasr Parsa shrine

Balkh, Afghanistan: Restoration of the old town