The World Monuments Fund on announced grants Monday totaling $1 million for five historic sites, including a 16th-century Nepalese temple destroyed in last year's massive earthquake.
Monday's announcement comes one year to the day after the Char Narayan temple was decimated by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, which claimed 9,000 lives, injured 22,000 people and destroyed 600,000 homes.
The temple, located in the main square of the city of Patan, will be 90 percent rebuilt with salvaged pieces and seismically retrofitted, the New York-based preservation group said.
The other sites receiving funding are . . .
