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U.S. Preservation of Cultural Heritage Worldwide


August 29, 2005

Seventy-six U.S. Ambassadors have awarded $2.5 million in grants for cultural preservation projects worldwide for 2005. The Cultural Heritage Center in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs administers the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation. The center supports 87 projects in 2005, honoring the valued heritage of other countries. [more]

The below photo is from an FY 2003 project on the diagnostic study and conservation of the frescos in the Church of the Virgin, Gelati Monastery, Kutaisi, Georgia. Photo courtesy U.S. Embassy Tbilisi.

 Section of church interior showing frescoes to be studied for conservation project, Gelati Monastery, Kutaisi, Georgia. 2003. State Dept. photo.


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