{"id":42247,"date":"2025-02-25T17:16:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42247"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:16:34","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-belfasts-assembly-rooms-on-watchlist-for-at-risk-global-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42247","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Belfast&#8217;s Assembly Rooms on watchlist for at-risk global sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/The_Exchange_and_Assembly_Rooms_Belfast_geograph.org_.uk_485089_by_Ross_Commons_Wikimedia.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/The_Exchange_and_Assembly_Rooms_Belfast_geograph.org_.uk_485089_by_Ross_Commons_Wikimedia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42248\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=13012287\">Belfast Assembly Rooms<\/a> by Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons Wikimedia<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belfast&#8217;s Assembly Rooms building was included in the World Monuments Fund&#8217;s 2025 watchlist for endangered heritage sites, reports <em>Irish Central.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>Irish Central<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 15, the World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced the 25 cultural heritage sites on its 2025 World Monuments Watch, which spotlights locations \u2018of extraordinary significance facing urgent challenges, among which conflict, natural disaster, climate change and tourism.\u2019 The Assembly Rooms, which is in need of \u2018substantial conservation,\u2019 was named on the list\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 WMF\u2019s global team will work with the 2025 Watch sites to evaluate local needs and co-design strategies for advocacy, preservation, and fundraising\u2026 WMF will also support its local partners in developing a preservation project at the site, which can include targeted advocacy campaigns, planning, research, education, and physical conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishcentral.com\/news\/belfast-assembly-rooms-world-monuments-watch-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Belfast Assembly Rooms by Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons Wikimedia Belfast&#8217;s Assembly Rooms building was included in the World Monuments Fund&#8217;s 2025 watchlist for endangered heritage sites, reports Irish Central.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,17,260,18,23,62,51,29,22],"class_list":["post-42247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-climate-change","tag-conflict","tag-conservation","tag-expertise","tag-funding","tag-global","tag-heritage","tag-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42249,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42247\/revisions\/42249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}