Questão 1494812

Text for the items from 61 to 68.

World Monuments Fund

1---------I’ve always loved architecture. Buildings reflect our

-----cultural legacy and speak volumes about the people and

-----cultures that built them. So, it was wonderful to learn about

4---the World Monuments Fund, an American organization that

-----works to protect and preserve culturally and historically

-----buildings and sites. As well as raising funds, it also

7---seeks to promote awareness of the value of historic buildings

-----and teach building techniques, both old and new, so that

-----communities can protect their heritage.

10---------Founded in 1965, one of the WMF’s first projects

-----began the following year, when it helped to secure funding to

-----restore the Italian city of Venice after a period of extreme

13--flooding. Since then, the WMF has helped to preserve over

-----sites in 120 countries.

---------In Argentina, for example, the WMF has worked to

16--protect the historic center of Buenos Aires, which dates back

-----to the 1580s. Today the hub of the city’s cultural and political

-----life, the center is bursting with monuments and listed

19--buildings, but is under increasing threat from urban

-----expansion. Since 2010, the WMF has campaigned to bring

-----about a change in planning regulations within the city.

22---------The WMF also compiles a “watch list” of buildings at

-----risk every two years. This initiative seeks to draw

-----international attention towards particularly important and

25--vulnerable structures. The buildings and sites on the list range

-----from the less well-known to the very famous, and have

-----included, for example, the huts used by early 20th century

28--explorers in Antarctica, which had been affected by climate

-----change, Dubrovnik’s Old City Harbor in Croatia, damaged by

-----earthquake and war, and the Great Wall of China, a victim of

31--vandalism.

---------Of course, organizations like the WMF count on

-----donations. If we all give a little money, the organization can

34--continue to carry out its valuable work. Without it, our

-----beautiful buildings, the vestiges of our history, are at risk of

-----slowly falling to ruin.

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Internet: <www.wmf.org>.

Based on the text, judge the items from 61 to 68.

The WMF produces a report twice a year listing all the buildings which are considered to be at risk.