Twenty-five historical sites in the Mediterranean partner countries have been selected for restoration through ‘Adopt a Mediterranean Heritage’, a new and innovative initiative in the framework of the Euromed Heritage programme on 19 October 2006.

Seven heritage sites have been selected in Egypt. These include the Villa Antoniadis in Alexandria, the Mausoleum of Yunes El Dawadar, the Reincarnation of the Egyptian Geographic Socity, Reviving the memory of the Egyptian museum: digitizing the glass negatives, Hamam Al Tanbali, the rescue of the archeologiccal site of Qasr Ibrim, Sa'ad Halim Palace Cairo History Museum.

For more information on these sites, please refer to
 http://www.euromedheritage.net/adopt/adopt_gallery/egypt.htm 

Following the selection the initiative goes into a second stage, which is to find investors to ‘adopt” these sites. Investors must be interested in financing restoration and conservation activities, in order to support a responsible public / private partnership for cultural heritage with a social development and educational value.

Euromed Heritage is a programme funded by the European Commission and aims at strengthening relations between the EU and Mediterranean partners. It supports Mediterranean countries in their efforts to promote and care for their heritage.