The British foundation ARCADIA awarded Christiane Brosius (Heidelberg University) a grant of 775,000 euros for the documentation of endangered historical sites in Nepal. Over a test period of two years, 400 temples, monasteries, and other building types will be documented and inventoried. The project will focus on cataloguing buildings that have been destroyed or damaged by earthquakes and urban change and emphasise the need for their preservation or reconstruction. Under the direction of Prof. ...
