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German entrepeneur Peter Löw - Heritage Hero

From businessman to guardian of heritage: a meeting with Peter Löw

German entrepreneur Peter Löw has restructured more than 300 companies, teaches economic philosophy and is a devoted father and husband. For the past two decades he has poured his energy into rescuing forgotten monuments across Europe. We spoke to him from his office in Munich's Palais Seinsheim, where Mozart once stayed. / READ MORE /

History, People

Heritage hero from the past: William Morris

You may well know William Morris as the designer of the most beloved wallpaper patterns from Victorian Britain. But did you know that his outrage at the botched restoration of a church led him to found the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings in 1877? A true ‘heritage hero’ from the past and a radical Victorian who taught Europe to restore its old buildings with respect. / READ MORE /

Monty Don at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2011

People

Monty Don: The gardener who reads history in the soil

Who doesn't love Monty Don? As a gardener, broadcaster, and devoted ambassador of the world's garden heritage, he has brought historic gardens to life for millions. / READ MORE /

Alice Loxton at Woolsthorpe Manor (Photo: © Acre14 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, slightly edited)

People

History Alice, history education in the age of Social Media

Over the past few years, a new and powerful voice has been bringing historic places to life for a new generation. With her lively, spontaneous presence, she engages millions of people with history, castles and country houses. / READ MORE /

Lucy Worsley in 2019 (image: LiteraryCritic1, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

People

Lucy Worsley, Hostess of History (with a hairclip)

Small in stature, sharp in wit, armed with irony and...a hairclip. Lucy Worsley is Britain’s most personable custodian of the past. / READ MORE /

Stéphane Bern winner of the Golden Europa Nostra Award (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, photo: ©Fabien MALOT)

People

Stéphane Bern, Monsieur Patrimoine

In France, where revolutions literally brought an end to the old world of aristocracy, one passionate man single-handedly succeeds in raising national interest in castles and palaces to unprecedented heights. He is dubbed Monsieur Patrimoine and was recently even crowned as the Pope of Heritage. Who is he? / READ MORE /

Giessen Castle, Germany (photo: Giacomo1970, CC BY-SA, via Wikimedia Commons)

People

Werner bought a castle and renovated it himself

Many people dream of owning a real castle, but only a few are fortunate enough to turn that dream into reality. Ninety-year-old Werner is one of them. He bought the medieval ruin of Castle Gießen in Kressbronn on Lake Constance, Germany, and transformed it—entirely with his own hands—into the castle of his dreams, German broadcaster SWR reports. / READ MORE /

From businessman to guardian of heritage: a meeting with Peter Löw

Heritage hero from the past: William Morris

Monty Don: The gardener who reads history in the soil

History Alice, history education in the age of Social Media

Lucy Worsley, Hostess of History (with a hairclip)

Stéphane Bern, Monsieur Patrimoine

Werner bought a castle and renovated it himself

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