Bulletin of the ISPAN, Special Issue: Haitian Historic Monuments Elected to the WMF Watch 2012
Summary: A four-page special issue dated 5 October 2011, reporting the New York press conference at which Haitian historic monuments were named among the World Monuments Fund's roughly one hundred priority sites for its 2012 Watch. The cover is the Palais de Sans-Souci at Milot, illuminated.
Key Findings
- The special issue reports that three Haitian cultural properties were selected for the 2012 World Monuments Watch: Jacmel historic center, Port-au-Prince gingerbread houses, and Sans-Souci Palace in Milot.
- The 2012 Watch List included 67 cultural properties worldwide, selected on cultural importance, urgency of safeguarding, viability, and historical relevance.
- ISPAN says 103 old houses in Jacmel historic center were inventoried after the January 2010 earthquake to document damage and alert national and international opinion.
- The article presents Jacmel's main architectural and urban heritage as having formed over a little more than half a century, roughly 1860 to 1930.
- ISPAN submitted the Sans-Souci Palace Watch List file in March 2011, identifying priority emergency interventions including waterproofing and structural stability reinforcement.
- The issue cites World Monuments Fund background, including creation in 1965, Watch operations since 1995, and participation in more than 600 projects in more than 90 countries.
Full Description
A four-page special issue dated 5 October 2011, reporting the New York press conference at which Haitian historic monuments were named among the World Monuments Fund's roughly one hundred priority sites for its 2012 Watch. The cover is the Palais de Sans-Souci at Milot, illuminated. One issue of the Bulletin de l'ISPAN, the monthly bulletin of Haiti's Institut de Sauvegarde du Patrimoine National, which ran from June 2009 to at least November 2011 and documented one monument, site or historic center per issue.
How to cite
Institute for the Protection of National Heritage (ISPAN), 2011, Bulletin of the ISPAN, Special Issue: Haitian Historic Monuments Elected to the WMF Watch 2012, https://www.haiti.org/