{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} 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 [[Historic preservation|preserving]] the [[cultural heritage|historic, artistic, and architectural heritage]] around the world.<ref name=2006_press_release>{{cite web | title = World Monuments Fund Announces 2006 World Monuments Watch List Of 100 Most Endangered Sites | publisher = World Monuments Fund | author = Holly Evarts | date = 21 June 2005 | url = http://www.wmf.org/pdf/WMW_2006_release.pdf|accessdate=3 September 2009|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516051456/http://www.wmf.org/pdf/WMW_2006_release.pdf |archivedate = 16 May 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Selection process== Every two years, it publishes a select list known as the Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites that is in urgent need of preservation funding and protection. It is a call to action on behalf of threatened cultural heritage monuments worldwide. The sites are nominated by governments, conservation professionals, site caretakers, [[non-government organization]]s (NGOs), concerned individuals, and others working in the field.<ref>{{cite web | title = World Monuments Fund Announces 2008 World Monuments Watch List Of 100 Most Endangered Sites | author = Holly Evarts | date = 6 June 2007 | publisher = World Monuments Fund | url = http://www.wmf.org/pdf/Watch_2008_release.pdf|accessdate=3 September 2009|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090521092007/http://www.wmf.org/pdf/Watch_2008_release.pdf |archivedate = 21 May 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref name=2006_press_release /> A site’s inclusion on the Watch List attracts international attention, helping to raise funds needed for its rescue and spurring local governments and communities to take an active role in protecting the cultural landmark.
==2004 Watch List== The 2004 World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites was launched on 24 September 2003 by WMF President [[Bonnie Burnham]] and WMF partner [[American Express]].<ref name=2004_press_release>{{cite web | title = 2004 List of 100 Most Endangered Sites Announced | publisher = World Monuments Fund | date = 24 September 2003 | url = https://archive.archaeology.org/online/news/wmf04/ |access-date=3 September 2009}}</ref> For the first time, a site from [[Antarctica]] was included, ensuring that the Watch List geographically covers every continent.<ref name=2004_press_release /> {{cquote|By working to preserve these treasures, WMF and its partners are helping to save for future generations the structures and places that tell us who we are. Be it a palace, a cave painting, an archaeological site, or a town, the sites on the Watch list speak of human aspirations and achievements. To lose any one of them would diminish us all.|200px||Bonnie Burnham, WMF president|launch of 2004 Watch List<ref name="WMF 2004 Watch List press release"/>}}
===List by country/territory=== [[File:Ruínas 1.jpg|thumb|180px|right|The [[ruins of São Miguel das Missões]] in the south of Brazil is one of the elements of the Jesuit Guaraní Missions serial site.]] [[File:GreatWall Badaling.jpg|180px|thumb|right|The Beijing portion of the Great Wall has suffered from [[vandalism]] and erosion by tourists.<ref name="WMF 2004 Watch List press release">{{cite news|title=2004 World Monuments Watch List Of 100 Most Endangered Sites Announced|publisher=World Monuments Fund|date=24 September 2003|url=http://www.eniar.org/news/burrup2.html|accessdate=4 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010204231/http://www.eniar.org/news/burrup2.html|archive-date=10 October 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>]] [[File:Prokudin-gorsky. timotisubani.jpg|180px|right|thumb|The Timotesubani Virgin Church was constructed during the Golden Age of medieval Georgia in the early 13th century.]] [[File:Qila Mubarak.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Punjab's [[Quila Mubarak, Patiala]] has been declared a Historical National Monument of India.]] [[File:bandiagara.JPG|thumb|180px|right|The Bandiagara Escarpment, home of the [[Dogon people]], was declared as Mali's third [[World Heritage Site]] by UNESCO in 1989.<ref>{{cite web | title = Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)|publisher = World Heritage Center | url = https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/516|accessdate=4 September 2009}}</ref>]]
[[File:Ruins of Kuelap.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Kuelap Fortress is one of the four Peruvian sites on the 2004 Watch List.]] [[File:syria bosra theater.jpg|180px|right|thumb|The ancient city of Bosra in Syria served as the capital of the [[Roman province]] of [[Arabia Petraea]] in the early 2nd century AD.]] [[File:Ac artemisephesus.jpg|thumb|180px|right|The Turkish [[archaeological site]] of Ephesus was once the site of the [[Temple of Artemis]], one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]].]] [[File:Battersea Powerstation - Across Thames - London - 020504.jpg|180px|right|thumb|London's Battersea Power Station is the largest brick building in Europe, and is notable for its original, lavish [[Art Deco]] interior fittings and decor.<ref name=history>{{cite web | url = http://www.batterseapowerstation.org.uk/hist1.html | title = History of the Construction | accessdate =3 February 2009 | work = Battersea Power Station Community Group Website | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090120005944/http://batterseapowerstation.org.uk/hist1.html| archivedate= 20 January 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>]] {| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0 1em 0 0; font-size:95%;" |- | style="text-align:center;"| Number{{ref|1|[A]}} | style="text-align:center;"| Country/Territory | style="text-align:center;"| Site{{ref|2|[B]}} | style="text-align:center;"| Location{{ref|3|[C]}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | Afghanistan | [[Ghazni]] Minarets | [[Ghazni Province|Ghazni]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | Albania | [[Moscopole#Orthodox churches and monasteries|Voskopojë Churches]] | [[Korçë District|Korcë]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | [[Antarctica]] | Sir [[Ernest Shackleton]]'s Expedition Hut | [[Cape Royds]], [[Ross Island]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 4 | Argentina, Brazil & Paraguay | [[Jesuit reduction|Jesuit Guaraní Missions]] | |- | style="text-align:center;"| 5 | Australia | [[Murujuga|Dampier Rock Art Complex]] | Dampier, [[Dampier Archipelago]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Bolivia | [[Vallegrande]] Area Rock Art Sites | [[Vallegrande Municipality|Vallegrande]] and [[Saipina]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 7 | Brazil | San Francisco Convent | [[Olinda]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 8 | Bulgaria | Vidin Synagogue | [[Vidin]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 9 | Canada | [[St. John's Anglican Church (Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia)|St. John's Anglican Church]] | [[Lunenburg, Nova Scotia|Lunenburg]], Nova Scotia |- | style="text-align:center;"| 10 | Chile | [[Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works|Humberstone & Santa Laura Industrial complex]] | [[Iquique]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 11 | [[People’s Republic of China|China]] | [[Ohel Rachel Synagogue]] | Shanghai |- | style="text-align:center;"| 12 | China | [[Great Wall of China]] Cultural Landscape (Beijing) | Beijing |- | style="text-align:center;"| 13 | China | Cockcrow Postal Town | Cockrow Post, [[Huailai|Huailai County]], Hebei |- | style="text-align:center;"| 14 | China | [[Puning Temple (Hebei)|Puning Temple]] Statues | [[Chengde|Chengde City]], Hebei Province |- | style="text-align:center;"| 15 | China | [[Tianshui]] Traditional Houses | Tianshui City, [[Gansu Province]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 16 | Cuba | Calzada del Cerro | [[Havana]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 17 | Czech Republic | Saint Anne's Church | [[Prague]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 18 | Czech Republic | [[Chotěšov Abbey|Chotesov Monastery]] | Chotesov |- | style="text-align:center;"| 19 | Ecuador | [[Guayaquil#Notable places|Las Peñas]] | [[Guayaquil]] – [[Guayas Province|Guayas]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 20 | Ecuador | Bolivar Theater | [[Quito]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 21 | Egypt | [[Hierakonpolis#"Fort"|Khasekhemwy]] at [[Hierakonpolis]] | [[Edfu]], El Muissat, [[Kom el Ahmar]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 22 | Egypt | [[Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III]] | [[Luxor]], West Bank |- | style="text-align:center;"| 23 | Egypt | Sabil Ruqayya Dudu | [[Cairo]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 24 | El Salvador | [[Huizúcar#Church of Huizúcar|San Miguel Arcangel]] and Santa Cruz de Roma churches | [[Panchimalco]] & [[Huizucar]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 25 | Finland | [[Helsinki-Malmi Airport]] | [[Helsinki]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 26 | Georgia | [[Timotesubani|Timotesubani Virgin Church]] | Timotesubani village, [[Borjomi|Borjomi Region]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 27 | Greece | [[Palaikastro]] Archaeological site | Palaikastro |- | style="text-align:center;"| 28 | Greece | [[Helike]] Archaeological Site | [[Rizomylos, Achaea|Rizomylos]] & [[Eliki]], [[Achaea|Achaia]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 29 | Guatemala | [[Usumacinta River]] Cultural Landscape | [[Chiapas]], Mexico/[[Petén Department|Peten]], Guatemala |- | style="text-align:center;"| 30 | Hungary | Túrony Church | [[Túrony]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 31 | India | [[Koti Residency|Osmania University College for Women]] | [[Hyderabad, Telangana]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 32 | India | [[Quila Mubarak, Patiala|Quila Mubarak]] | [[Patiala]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 33 | India | [[Dalhousie Square]] | [[Calcutta]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 34 | India | Bhuj Darbargadh | [[Bhuj]], Gujarat |- | style="text-align:center;"| 35 | Indonesia | Omo Hada | [[Nias Island|Nias]], [[Teluk Dalam]], Hilinawalo Mazingo |- | style="text-align:center;"| 36 | Indonesia | Tamansari Water Castle | [[Yogyakarta]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 37 | Iraq | [[Nineveh]] and [[Nimrud]] Palaces | near [[Mosul]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 38 | Iraq | [[Citadel of Arbil]] | [[Erbil]], [[Kurdistan Region]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 39 | Ireland | Headfort House | [[Kells, County Meath|Kells]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 40 | Ireland | [[Athassel Priory|Athassel abbey]] | Athassel |- | style="text-align:center;"| 41 | Israel | [[Arsuf|Apollonia-Arsuf]] | [[Herzliya]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 42 | Italy | Port of Trajan Archaeological Park | [[Fiumicino, Italy|Fiumicino]] ([[Province of Rome|Rome]]-[[Lazio|Lazio Region]]) |- | style="text-align:center;"| 43 | Italy | Tuff-Towns and Vie Cave | [[Pitigliano]], [[Sorano]], [[Manciano (GR)|Manciano]], Tuscany |- | style="text-align:center;"| 44 | Jamaica | [[Falmouth, Jamaica|Falmouth]] Historic Town | Falmouth, [[Trelawny Parish|Parish of Trelawny]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 45 | Japan | [[Tomonoura|Tomo]] Port Town | [[Fukuyama, Hiroshima|Fukuyama]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 46 | Jordan | [[Ayn Ghazal (archaeological site)|'Ain Ghazal]] | [[Amman]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 47 | Kenya | [[Mtwapa]] Heritage Site | [[Kilifi District|Kilifi]], Mtwapa |- | style="text-align:center;"| 48 | Lebanon | Iskandarouna – [[Naqoura]] Cultural Landscape | Iskandarouna, Naqoura, [[Tyre District|Tyre]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 49 | Mali | [[Bandiagara Escarpment]] Cultural Landscape | [[Bandiagara]], [[Mopti Region|Mopti]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 50 | Mexico | San Francisco de Tzintzuntzan Convent | [[Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán|Tzintzuntzan]], [[Michoacán|Michoacan]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 51 | Mexico | Quetzalcoatl Temple | [[Teotihuacan]], [[State of Mexico|Mexico State]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 52 | Mexico | La Tercena | [[Metztitlán|Metztitlan]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 53 | Mexico | [[Oxtotitlán|Oxtotitlan Paintings]] | [[Guerrero]], [[Chilapa de Álvarez|Chilapa]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 54 | Mexico | [[Pimería Alta|Pimeria Alta]] Missions | [[Sonora]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 55 | Mongolia | Geser Sum Monastery | [[Ulaanbaatar]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 56 | Morocco | Sahrij & Sbaiyin Madrassa Complex | [[Fes, Morocco|Fez]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 57 | Nigeria | [[Benin City]] Earthworks | Benin City, [[Edo State]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 58 | [[Palestinian Territories]] | [[Tell Balatah]] ([[Shechem]] or Ancient Nablus) | [[Nablus]]/[[West Bank]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 59 | Palestinian Territories | Al-Qasem Palace | [[Beit Wazan]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 60 | Panama | [[Panama Canal Zone|Panama Canal Area]] | [[Panamá Province|Panama]] and [[Colón Province|Colon Provinces]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 61 | Paraguay | [[Rail transport in Paraguay|Paraguay Railway System]] | [[Asunción]] to Sapucay |- | style="text-align:center;"| 62 | Peru | Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery | Guadalupe, [[La Libertad Region|La Libertad]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 63 | Peru | Angasmarca Temple | [[Angasmarca District|Angasmarca]]/[[Santiago de Chuco District|Santiago de Chuco]]/La Libertad |- | style="text-align:center;"| 64 | Peru | [[Kuelap|Kuelap Fortress]] | Kuelap, [[Amazonas (Peruvian department)|Amazonas]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 65 | Peru | [[Túcume|Tucume]] Archaeological Complex | Tucume |- | style="text-align:center;"| 66 | Poland | Old Lublin Theater | [[Lublin]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 67 | Portugal | Roman Villa of Rabaçal | Rabaçal, [[Penela Municipality|Penela]], [[Coimbra (district)|Coimbra]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 68 | Russia | The Chinese Palace at [[Oranienbaum, Russia|Oranienbaum]] | [[Lomonosov, Russia|Lomonosov]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 69 | Russia | [[Narkomfin Building|Narcomfin Building]] | Moscow |- | style="text-align:center;"| 70 | Russia | Perm-36 | [[Perm Oblast|Perm Region]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 71 | Slovakia | Three Greek Catholic churches | [[Bodruzal]], Lukov-Venecia, [[Topoľa|Topola]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 72 | Slovenia | Lanthieri Manor | [[Vipava, Slovenia|Vipava]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 73 | South Africa | [[Richtersveld]] Cultural Landscape | Richtersveld, [[Northern Cape Province]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 74 | Spain | Pazo de San Miguel das Peñas | [[Monterroso]], [[Lugo]], Galicia |- | style="text-align:center;"| 75 | Syria | [[Bosra]] Ancient City | Bosra, [[Daraa Governorate|governorate of Deraa]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 76 | Syria | [[Amrit]] Archaeological Site | Amrit |- | style="text-align:center;"| 77 | Taiwan | {{Interlanguage link|望安花宅聚落|lt=Jungshe Village|zh}} | [[Penghu]], Wangan |- | style="text-align:center;"| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | [[Banwari Trace]] Archaeological Site | Ward of [[Siparia]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 79 | Turkey | [[Monumentum Ancyranum|Temple of Augustus]] | [[Ankara]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 80 | Turkey | [[Little Hagia Sophia|Little Hagia Sophia Mosque (Kucuk Ayasofya Camii)]] | [[Istanbul]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 81 | Turkey | [[Kemeraltı#Synagogues|Central İzmir Synagogues]] | [[Konak, İzmir|Konak]], [[İzmir]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 82 | Turkey | [[Ephesus]] Archaeological Site | [[Selçuk]], İzmir |- | style="text-align:center;"| 83 | Turkey | [[Kariye Museum]] | Istanbul |- | style="text-align:center;"| 84 | Turkmenistan | [[Nisa, Turkmenistan|Old Nisa]] | Bagir settlement |- | style="text-align:center;"| 85 | Uganda | [[Kampala]] Historic Buildings | Kampala |- | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | Ukraine | Tyras-Belgorod Fortress | [[Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi]], [[Odesa Oblast|Odesa]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 87 | Ukraine | [[Panticapaeum]] Ancient City | [[Kerch]], [[Autonomous Republic of Crimea|Crimea]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 88 | United Kingdom | [[Stowe House]] | [[Stowe, Buckinghamshire|Stowe]], [[Buckingham]], Buckinghamshire |- | style="text-align:center;"| 89 | United Kingdom | [[Battersea Power Station]] | London |- | style="text-align:center;"| 90 | United Kingdom | [[Strawberry Hill House|Strawberry Hill]] | London |- | style="text-align:center;"| 91 | United Kingdom | [[St. Vincent Street Church, Glasgow|Saint Vincent’s Street Church]] | [[Glasgow]], Scotland |- | style="text-align:center;"| 92 | United States of America | [[St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church]] | [[Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn|Brooklyn Heights]], New York |- | style="text-align:center;"| 93 | United States of America | Historic [[Lower Manhattan]] | New York, New York |- | style="text-align:center;"| 94 | United States of America | [[Ennis House|Ennis Brown House]] | Los Angeles, California |- | style="text-align:center;"| 95 | United States of America | North Family [[Mount Lebanon Shaker Society|Shaker]] Site | [[New Lebanon, New York|New Lebanon]], New York |- | style="text-align:center;"| 96 | United States of America | [[San José Church|Iglesia San Jose]] | [[Old San Juan|San Juan]], [[Puerto Rico]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 97 | United States of America | [[Plum Orchard]] Historic District | [[Cumberland Island]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 98 | Venezuela | Real Fuerza de Santiago de Arroyo | [[Araya, Venezuela|Araya]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 99 | Venezuela | [[La Guaira]] Historic City | [[Vargas (state)|Vargas]] |- | style="text-align:center;"| 100 | [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] | [[Prizren]] Historic Center | Kosovo, [[District of Prizren|Prizren]] |}
==Statistics by country/territory== The following countries/territories have multiple sites entered on the 2004 Watch List, listed by the number of sites: {| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0 1em 0 0; font-size:95%;" |- style="background:#efefef;" ! style="width:100px;"| Number of sites ! Country/Territory |- | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | United States of America |- | style="text-align:center;"| 5 | China, Mexico and Turkey |- | style="text-align:center;"| 4 | India, Peru and United Kingdom |- | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | Egypt and Russia |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | Argentina{{ref|4|[D]}}, Brazil{{ref|4|[D]}}, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Greece, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Palestine, Paraguay{{ref|4|[D]}}, Syria, Ukraine and Venezuela |}
==Notes== {{refbegin}} {{note|1}}A. Numbers list only meant as a guide on this article. No official reference numbers have been designated for the sites on the Watch List.<br /> {{note|2}}B. Names and spellings used for the sites were based on the official [https://web.archive.org/web/20090830033758/http://www.worldmonumentswatch.org/ 2004 Watch List as published].<br /> {{note|3}}C. The references to the sites' locations were based on the official [https://web.archive.org/web/20090830033758/http://www.worldmonumentswatch.org/ 2004 Watch List as published].<br /> {{note|4}}D. Tally includes the transfrontier site of ''Jesuit Guaraní Missions''. {{refend}}
==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links== * [http://www.wmf.org/ World Monuments Fund home page] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090830033758/http://www.worldmonumentswatch.org/ World Monuments Watch home page]
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