Heritage

A timewarp in every room: French château Azay-le-Rideau restored

A major overhaul of the house’s interiors will recreate different a historical period on each floor

Nepal earthquake anniversary: World Monuments Fund to finance rebuilding of Char Narayan Temple

After slow start, country’s prime minister says reconstruction of other key heritage sites is also due to begin

Yale hosts United Nations colloquium on preservation of heritage sites

University presidents and faculty from around 20 nations are due to participate

Italy to ramp up security at famous culture sites after Brussels attacks

Culture ministry has pledged €300m to safeguard museums and monuments including the Colosseum, Uffizi and Pompeii

Isil driven out of Palmyra

Early reports indicate that ancient sites that survived the terrorist group’s destruction are in “good condition”

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Lighten the bureaucracy so India’s heritage can flourish

Its rich store of treasures deserves better, and that requires unburdening private collectors and welcoming in business

Hands off, it’s ours: French buyer refuses to return Joan of Arc ring to UK

Arts Council insists export licence is required for relic of the martyred Maid<br>

China’s finest royal cave temple opens to the public

<p> Giant sculptures from Tang dynasty accessible at Unesco World Heritage Site </p>

St Michael the Archangel takes flight

A 19th-century statue from Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy was airlifted from its perch above the island abbey to be restored

Moscow’s ‘Soviet Versailles’ to be restored to its former glory

But the project includes a controversial history exhibition that tries to rehabilitate Stalin’s image

Venice is Europe’s most endangered heritage site, watchdog warns

Group is urging politicians and business leaders to act before it’s too late

France and Britain prepare for battle over Joan of Arc’s ring

Jewel sold in UK for £300,000 last month has left the country—but did it have an export licence?

A heritage site far, far away: Star Wars film puts Irish island monastery in the spotlight

Local businesses want to extend access to island Skellig Michael to accommodate eager fans, but preservationists fear that crowds will threaten the medieval ruins and sea bird colonies

A heritage site far, far away: Star Wars film puts Irish island monastery in the spotlight

Local businesses want to extend access to island Skellig Michael to accommodate eager fans, but preservationists fear that crowds will threaten the medieval ruins and sea bird colonies

First cultural destruction trial opens at The Hague’s International Criminal Court

Former teacher Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi is accused of alleged war crimes for ordering the razing of mausoleums in Timbuktu

Cambodian warrior comes home: Denver Art Museum returns Khmer statue

The sculpture, which was probably removed from the Koh Ker temple complex during the country's civil war, is the last of its kind to leave a US public collection

Twelfth-century Virgin shows her true colours

Rare Russian icon originally written off as a “ruin” has finally been restored

A timeline of African American history, told through quilts

Pieces in the Bruce Museum show cover cultural milestones and important figures, from the early Civil Rights activist Ida B. Wells to 1967 Supreme Court case about interracial marriage

More than 500 cultural objects returned to Ecuador

Ancient artefacts and colonial-era art repatriated from Argentina and Spain

Yemen battles to save ancient heritage from destruction

Museum in Taiz latest casualty of conflict in which more than 40 sites caught in the crossfire of Saudi-led bombing campaign and fundamentalist attacks

Altamira caves raffle plan is ‘nonsense’, says Spain’s culture secretary

Local tourist minister has proposed auctioning tickets to the heritage site to help raise funds

Artnews

Painting by Rembrandt’s favourite pupil given UK export bar

Government hopes a public collection can match £5.2m asking price for Ferdinand Bol’s Portrait of a Boy

Lords put pressure on UK government to sign Hague Convention this year

Move could allow cultural heritage experts to set up Blue Shield headquarters in London

French museum reunites head with decapitated Khmer statue

The Musée Guimet has returned the ancient sculpture to Cambodia as part of a five-year loan agreement

Isil extremists destroy Iraq’s oldest Christian monastery

The destruction, which went unreported for 16 months, raises fears that other sites have been attacked

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National Trust to restore fire-devastated Clandon Park

Original owners say shell should be demolished after 95% of the English Palladian mansion’s interior was destroyed