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Inside the ongoing preservation of the Vatican
Notre-Dame Cathedral
Discover how the cornice of Chicago's Marquette Building was restored
restored Capitol in Williamsburg Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia Parthenon Winchester Cathedral: ceiling vaults
The mystery and preservation of Angkor's temple complex
How graffiti can be removed from a masterpiece painting
Learn how pollution from industrialization in Europe damaged the limestone of Cologne Cathedral
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Parthenon
Winchester Cathedral: ceiling vaults
Inside the ongoing preservation of the Vatican
Discover how the cornice of Chicago's Marquette Building was restored
The mystery and preservation of Angkor's temple complex
How graffiti can be removed from a masterpiece painting
Learn how pollution from industrialization in Europe damaged the limestone of Cologne Cathedral
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Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc.
Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
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St. John's College Chapel
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James Wyatt, c. 1800.
James Wyatt
British architect
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