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In collaboration with UNESCO and Luxembourg’s Neimënster Abbey, the IDA will unveil its reconstruction of Palmyra’s Triumphal Arch in the Abbey’s historic cloister on 16 December to celebrate Luxembourg’s quarter-century of UNESCO membership. There will be collateral educational and cultural events in connection with the installation throughout the winter. Please join us!

Learn more about the project on the Neimënster Abbey’s website, from the government of Luxembourg, and Events in Luxembourg.

Neimënster Abbey, an historic landmark in central Luxembourg, has a rich and complex history. The earliest records of a church on the site date back to 983 BCE.  By the beginning of the 16th century, the area around the Abbey had become a thriving artisanal district. In the mid-16th century, however, fire destroyed the old Abbey.  Construction on the current Abbey structure began in 1606. It remained a holy site until 1796, after which the building served variously as a garrison and a prison.  In 1984, the site was redeveloped as a cultural and intellectual center, the purpose it serves today.

(via Neimënster.lu)