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World Monuments Fund Announces Sustainable Tourism Effort at the Alhambra

GRANADA.- Patronato de la Alhambra, American Express, and World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced, at the Palace of Charles V at the Alhambra, an institutional partnership for the conservation of the site through a new program called “The Hidden Alhambra.” “The Hidden Alhambra” is a sustainable tourism project supported by American Express and World Monuments Fund in the form of a donation of $200,000 through the American Express® Partners in Preservation program, in collaboration with World Monuments Fund. The support will allow for a strategic reworking of the tourist route through the complex, reducing pressure on the most trafficked areas while also giving visitors the ability to see a number of places previously closed to the general public but of significant historical value. In addition, programs will be developed for mobile