English Heritage report on historic places of worship

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Further information: www.english-heritage.org.uk/powar

Response from the Churches Conservation Trust: www.kallaway.co.uk/cct-press7.htm

Pamplona Cathedral archaeological excavations

The Cathedral of Pamplona is an impressive architectural ensemble and the largest complex of this nature in Spain, including a Romanesque palace, Gothic cloister and cathedral with a neoclassic façade of the 19C. The Archbishopric is carrying out archaeological excavations and several initiatives to promote and enhance good knowledge of the different values and significance of this important complex.

Restoration of the Cathedral's Fundación façade is currently taking place in association with Caja Madrid, the Archbishopric, the Town Hall and the Regional Government of Navarra.

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Places of Worship @ The Heritage Alliance

Click on the title for link to most recent bulletin from the network Places of Worship @ The Heritage Alliance (updated every three weeks).

Architectural photography: church interiors

Photos illustrating the diversity of churches in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, taken by Architectural Photographer Andy Marshall.

Click on the title to follow the link to this Country Life article.

The integral approach of Monumentenwacht Vlaanderen: a model for implementing participatory preventive conservation for historic interiors

Authors: Veerle Meul* and Anouk Stulens**

*Advisor Historic Interiors, Monumentenwacht Vlaanderen vzw, Antwerp, Belgium;
**Director, Monumentenwacht Vlaanderen vzw, Antwerp, Belgium
http://www.monumentenwacht.be/

Much of their research relates to historic churches.

Please click on the title for the link to ICOM webpage.
Textiles Working Group, Multidisciplinary Conservation: A Holistic View for Historic Interiors, ICOM-CC Interim Meeting, Rome 2010

'How do we keep our parish churches?'

A fact-based assessment of the risks, pressures and opportuntities faced by 16,000 parish churches in England.

Click on the title for the link to the document published by the Ecclesiological Society in 2004.

Re-use of historic churches in the Netherlands

Click on the title for an article from 20.5.2010 in the 'Rheinishcer Merkur' about re-use of historic churches in the Netherlands (in German).