2014 World Monuments Watch

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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]

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Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that is inherited from past generations.

2014 Watch List

The 2014 Watch List was published on 8 October 2013.

Country/Territory Site Location
Argentina Church and Monastery of St. Catherine of Siena Buenos Aires
Armenia Bardzrakash St. Gregory Monastery Dsegh, Lori Province
Belgium Collegiale Sainte-Croix de Liege Liège
Brazil Serra da Moeda Minas Gerais
Chile Elevators of Valparaíso Valparaíso
Chile Palacio la Alhambra Santiago
China Pokfulam Village Hong Kong (SAR)
Colombia Ancient Ridged Fields of the San Jorge River Floodplain Córdoba and Sucre Departments
Comoros Funi Aziri Bangwe Ikoni, Grande Comore
Ecuador Remigio Crespo Toral Museum Cuenca, Azuay Province
Egypt Bayt Al-Razzaz Cairo
Ethiopia Yemrehanna Kristos Amhara Region
France Churches of Saint Merri and Notre-Dame-De-Lorette Paris
Germany Gaslight and Gas Lamps of Berlin Berlin
Guatemala Uaxactun Petén Department
Guyana Georgetown City Hall Georgetown
India Historic City of Bidar Karnataka
India House of Shaikh Salim Chishti Fatehpur Sikri, Agra, Uttar Pradesh
India Juna Mahal Dungarpur, Rajasthan
Indonesia Ngada Villages of Flores Flores, Nusa Tenggara
Indonesia Peceren and Dokan Villages Karo District, North Sumatra
Indonesia Trowulan Mojokerto, East Java
Iraq Khinnis Reliefs Kurdistan Region
Italy Farnese Aviaries Rome
Italy Historic Center of L'Aquila L'Aquila, Abruzzo
Italy Muro dei Francesi Ciampino, Province of Rome, Lazio
Italy Venice Veneto
Japan East Japan Earthquake Heritage Sites Tōhoku and Kantō Regions
Japan Sanro-Den of Sukunahikona Shrine Ōzu, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku
Jordan Damiya Dolmen FieldDamiya, Jordan Valley
Kenya Lamu Old Town Lamu
Macedonia Monastery of Poloshko Kavadarci Municipality
Mali Cultural Heritage Sites of Mali
Mexico Fundidora Park Monterrey, Nuevo León
Mexico Retablos de Los Altos de Chiapas San Cristóbal de las Casas and Teopisca, Chiapas
Mozambique Island of Mozambique Nampula Province
Myanmar Yangon Historic City Center Yangon
Nigeria Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove Osogbo, Osun State
Pakistan Shikarpoor Historic City CenterShikarpoor Municipality
Palestinian Territory Ancient Irrigated Terraces of Battir Bethlehem Governorate, West Bank
Peru Capilla de la Virgen Concebida de Kuchuhuasi Quispicanchi, Cusco
Peru Cerro Sechín Casma, Ancash
Peru Chan Chan Trujillo, La Libertad
Peru Gran Pajatén Mariscal Cáceres, San Martín
Portugal Fort of Graça Elvas, Alentejo
Portugal Joanine Library of the University of Coimbra Coimbra
Puerto Rico Henry Klumb House San Juan
Romania Great Synagogue of Iaşi Iaşi
Romania Wooden Churches of Northern Oltenia and Southern TransylvaniaNorthern Oltenia and Southern Transylvania
Singapore Bukit Brown
Spain Güell Pavilions and Garden Barcelona
Spain Iglesia Parroquial San Pedro Apóstol Buenache de Alarcón, Cuenca
Syria Cultural Heritage Sites of Syria
Tanzania Christ Church Cathedral and Former Slave Market Site Stone Town, Zanzibar
Tanzania Dar es Salaam Historic Center Dar es Salaam
Tanzania House of Wonders and Palace Museum Stone Town, Zanzibar
Turkey Cathedral of Mren Digor, Kars
United Kingdom Battersea Power Station London
United Kingdom Deptford Dockyard and Sayes Court Garden London
United Kingdom Grimsby Ice Factory and Kasbah Grimsby, Lincolnshire
United Kingdom Sulgrave Manor Sulgrave, Northamptonshire
United States Chinati Foundation Marfa, Texas
United States The Cloisters and Palisades New York and New Jersey
United States George Nakashima House, Studio and Workshop Bucks County, Pennsylvania
United States Gateway Arch National Park (Jefferson National Expansion Memorial) St. Louis, Missouri
United States Taliesin Spring Green, Wisconsin
Venezuela Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas Caracas

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The World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York-based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund (WMF) that is dedicated to preserving the historic, artistic, and architectural heritage around the world.

The World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York-based private non-profit organization, World Monuments Fund (WMF) that is dedicated to preserving and safeguarding the historic, artistic, and architectural heritage of humankind.

The World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York-based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund (WMF) and American Express to call upon every government in the world, preservation organizations, and other groups and individuals to nominate sites and monuments that are particularly endangered. At the same time, the nominators commit themselves to participate in a carefully planned preservation project.

The World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York-based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund (WMF) and American Express to call to action and challenge government authorities responsible for important cultural resources to identify sites immediately at risk, and to stimulate public awareness of the tremendous need to preserve and create sustainable uses for significant heritage made by man.

The World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York-based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund (WMF) and American Express aimed at identifying and preserving the world’s most important endangered cultural landmarks. It targets selected sites for immediate action, to call attention to the need for innovative approaches to protect threatened sites throughout the world.

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2012 World Monuments Watch Wikimedia list article

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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.

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.

References

  1. World Monuments Fund (8 October 2013). "World Monuments Fund Announces 2014 World Monuments Watch,Identifying Cultural Heritage Sites at Risk". World Monuments Fund. Retrieved 4 January 2016.