12 May, 2016 @ 13:35
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Sevilla’s convents to receive facelift following $1m fund from American Express

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convent paintTHE cloistered convents of Sevilla are to get a facelift following almost €1m of funding from the World Monument Fund.Main altar of the Monastery of Santa MarÌa de Jes?s

The WMF announced that the sum, donated by American Express, will go towards five historic sites around the world, one being the 15 convents in Sevilla, many of which have struggled with maintenance costs.

Through the fund, an area of the 14th-century Santa Ines convent will be made accessible to the public, together with a guidebook showcasing the historic significance of the convents, built between the 13th and 17th centuries.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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