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Tierradentro Archaeological Park in Cauca Department , Colombia features underground tombs dating from 6th to 9th centuries AD.
Quiriguá is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Guatemala , it covers approximately 3 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi) and contains a wealth of sculpture, including the tallest stone monuments ever erected in the New World .
The Sans-Souci Palace was the royal residence of King Henri Christophe of Haiti . Its name translated from French means "carefree."
The Nazca Lines , Peru are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru . They were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.
Haydarpasa train station , Turkey , İstanbul , was rebuilt 1906-1909 in a neo-classical style on land reclaimed from the sea.
Birmingham Central Library , built 1969-1973 and designed by John Madin . It is an example of UK Brutalist architecture which flourished from the 1950s to the mid-1970s.
Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the center of the borough of Manhattan in New York City , United States . In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked Fifth Avenue as being the most expensive street in the world.
Walpi , Arizona , US , circa 1877, photographed by John K. Hillers . It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited villages in the United States .
Around 1,600 people live on Hạ Long Bay , Vietnam in four fishing villages made up of floating houses and are sustained through fishing and marine farming .
The World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York -based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund (WMF) that calls international attention to cultural heritage around the world that is threatened by neglect , vandalism , conflict , or disaster .[ 1]
Selection process
Every two years, it publishes a select list known as the Watch List of Endangered Sites that are in urgent need of preservation funding and protection. The sites are nominated by governments, conservation professionals, site caretakers, non-government organizations (NGOs), concerned individuals, and others working in the field.[ 1] An independent panel of international experts then select 100 candidates from these entries to be part of the Watch List, based on the significance of the sites, the urgency of the threat, and the viability of both advocacy and conservation solutions.[ 1] For the succeeding two-year period until a new Watch List is published, these 100 sites can avail grants and funds from the WMF, as well as from other foundations, private donors, and corporations by capitalizing on the publicity and attention gained from the inclusion on the Watch List.[ 2]
2012 Watch List
The 2012 Watch List was published on 5 October 2011.[ 3]
Country/Territory
Site
Location
Argentina
Casa sobre el Arroyo
Mar del Plata , Buenos Aires Province
Argentina
City of La Plata
La Plata, Buenos Aires Province
Argentina
Pucará de Tilcara
Quebrada de Humahuaca , Jujuy Province
Belize
Historic architecture of Belize City
Belize City
Benin
Akaba Idéna
Kétou , Plateau Department
Bhutan
Wangduechhoeling Palace
Jakar , Bumthang District
Bolivia
El Fuerte de Samaipata
Samaipata , Santa Cruz Department
Brazil
Historic center of Salvador De Bahia
Salvador, State of Bahia
Burkina Faso
Cour Royale de Tiébélé
Tiébélé , Centre-Sud Region
Cayman Islands
Mind's Eye
George Town , Grand Cayman
China
Archaeological site of the palace of Nanyue Kingdom
Guangzhou , Guangdong Province
China
Tiantai An
Wangqu , Shanxi Province
Colombia
Historic center of Santa Cruz de Mompox
Santa Cruz de Mompox, Bolívar Department
Colombia
Paeces chapels of Tierradentro
Páez Municipality , near Belalcazar , Cauca Department
Cuba
Parish Church of San Juan Bautista de los Remedios
San Juan de los Remedios , Villa Clara Province
Dominican Republic
Parish Church of San Dionisio
Higüey , La Altagracia Province
Ghana
Asante traditional buildings
near Kumasi , Ashanti Region
Greece
First Cemetery of Athens
Athens
Guatemala
Archaeological park and ruins of Quiriguá
Los Amates , Izabal Department
Guatemala
El Zotz
Petén Department
Haiti
Gingerbread Neighborhood
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Jacmel historic district
Jacmel
Haiti
Palace Of Sans Souci
Milot
India
Bagh-I-Hafiz Rakhna
Sirhind-Fategarh , Punjab
India
Balaji Ghat
Varanasi , Uttar Pradesh
India
Historic Havelis of Bikaner
Bikaner , Rajasthan
India
Royal Opera House
Mumbai , Maharashtra
Indonesia
Desa Lingga
Karo Regency , North Sumatra Province
Japan
Hirakushi Denchū house and atelier
Taitō , Tokyo
Japan
East Japan earthquake heritage sites
Tōhoku and Kantō Regions
Japan
Machiya townhouses
Kyoto
Jordan
Abila
Quweilbeh , Irbid Governorate
Kazakhstan
Necropolises of nomads in Mangystau
Mangystau Province, Kazakhstan
Macedonia
Stobi
Gradsko
Madagascar
Royal hill of Ambohimanga
Ambohimanga Rova , Antananarivo Province
Mexico
Colonial bridge of Tequixtepec
San Miguel Tequixtepec, Oaxaca
Mexico
Ruta de la Amistad
Mexico City
Netherlands
Beth Haim Portuguese Jewish Cemetery
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel , North Holland
New Zealand
Canterbury provincial government buildings
Christchurch , Canterbury
Palestinian Territory
Tell Umm el-'Amr (Saint Hilarion Monastery )
Nuseirat , Gaza Strip
Panama
Way On Cemetery
Panama City
Peru
Alameda de los Descalzos and Paseo de Aguas
Rímac , Lima
Peru
Lines and geoglyphs of Nasca
Nazca , Ica Region
Peru
Quinta de Presa
Rímac, Lima
Poland
St. Paraskewa church
Radruż , Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Portugal
Jardim Botânico de Lisboa
Lisbon
Saint Helena
Saint Helena
Saint Helena
Spain
Barrio del Cabanyal -Canyamelar
Valencia
Spain
Berrocal de Trujillo
Trujillo , Extremadura
Tunisia
Old town of Testour
Testour, Béja Governorate
Turkey
Haydarpaşa Railway Station
Istanbul
Turkey
Oshki monastery
Çamlıyamaç , Erzurum Province
Turkey
Rum Orphanage
Büyükada , Princes' Islands , Istanbul
Turkmenistan
Ulug Depe
near Dushak , Ahal Province
United Kingdom
British Brutalism (Birmingham Central Library , Preston bus station , Hayward Gallery )
Birmingham , Preston , and London , England
United Kingdom
Newstead Abbey
Ravenshead , Nottinghamshire
United Kingdom
Quarr Abbey
Ryde , Isle of Wight
United Kingdom
Ruins of the former cathedral church of St. Michael, Coventry
Coventry , West Midlands
United States
510 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York
United States
Charleston Historic District
Charleston, South Carolina
United States
Manitoga
Garrison, New York
United States
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
New York, New York
United States
Orange County Government Center
Goshen, New York
United States
Walpi village
Navajo County , Arizona
Vietnam
Fishing villages of Hạ Long Bay
Hạ Long Bay, Quảng Ninh Province
Yemen
Mosque and hammam Al-Mudhaffar
Ta'izz , Ta'izz Governorate
Zimbabwe
Nalatale ruins
near Gweru , Matabeleland North
Statistics by country/territory
The following countries/territories have multiple sites entered on the 2012 Watch List, listed by the number of sites:
Number of sites
Country/Territory
6
United States
4
India
4
United Kingdom
3
Argentina
3
Haiti
3
Japan
3
Peru
2
China
2
Colombia
2
Guatemala
2
Turkey
2
Mexico
2
Spain
References