# 2004 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](/source/World_Monuments_Fund) (WMF) that is dedicated to [preserving](/source/Historic_preservation) the [historic, artistic, and architectural heritage](/source/Cultural_heritage) around the world.[1]

## 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 organizations](/source/Non-government_organization) (NGOs), concerned individuals, and others working in the field.[2] 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] 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](/source/Bonnie_Burnham) and WMF partner [American Express](/source/American_Express).[3] For the first time, a site from [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica) was included, ensuring that the Watch List geographically covers every continent.[3]

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.

— Bonnie Burnham, WMF president, launch of 2004 Watch List[4]

### List by country/territory

The [ruins of São Miguel das Missões](/source/Ruins_of_S%C3%A3o_Miguel_das_Miss%C3%B5es) in the south of Brazil is one of the elements of the Jesuit Guaraní Missions serial site.

The Beijing portion of the Great Wall has suffered from [vandalism](/source/Vandalism) and erosion by tourists.[4]

The Timotesubani Virgin Church was constructed during the Golden Age of medieval Georgia in the early 13th century.

Punjab's [Quila Mubarak, Patiala](/source/Quila_Mubarak%2C_Patiala) has been declared a Historical National Monument of India.

The Bandiagara Escarpment, home of the [Dogon people](/source/Dogon_people), was declared as Mali's third [World Heritage Site](/source/World_Heritage_Site) by UNESCO in 1989.[5]

Kuelap Fortress is one of the four Peruvian sites on the 2004 Watch List.

The ancient city of Bosra in Syria served as the capital of the [Roman province](/source/Roman_province) of [Arabia Petraea](/source/Arabia_Petraea) in the early 2nd century AD.

The Turkish [archaeological site](/source/Archaeological_site) of Ephesus was once the site of the [Temple of Artemis](/source/Temple_of_Artemis), one of the [Seven Wonders of the Ancient World](/source/Seven_Wonders_of_the_Ancient_World).

London's Battersea Power Station is the largest brick building in Europe, and is notable for its original, lavish [Art Deco](/source/Art_Deco) interior fittings and decor.[6]

Number[A] Country/Territory Site[B] Location[C] 1 Afghanistan Ghazni Minarets Ghazni 2 Albania Voskopojë Churches Korcë 3 Antarctica Sir Ernest Shackleton's Expedition Hut Cape Royds, Ross Island 4 Argentina, Brazil & Paraguay Jesuit Guaraní Missions 5 Australia Dampier Rock Art Complex Dampier, Dampier Archipelago 6 Bolivia Vallegrande Area Rock Art Sites Vallegrande and Saipina 7 Brazil San Francisco Convent Olinda 8 Bulgaria Vidin Synagogue Vidin 9 Canada St. John's Anglican Church Lunenburg, Nova Scotia 10 Chile Humberstone & Santa Laura Industrial complex Iquique 11 China Ohel Rachel Synagogue Shanghai 12 China Great Wall of China Cultural Landscape (Beijing) Beijing 13 China Cockcrow Postal Town Cockrow Post, Huailai County, Hebei 14 China Puning Temple Statues Chengde City, Hebei Province 15 China Tianshui Traditional Houses Tianshui City, Gansu Province 16 Cuba Calzada del Cerro Havana 17 Czech Republic Saint Anne's Church Prague 18 Czech Republic Chotesov Monastery Chotesov 19 Ecuador Las Peñas Guayaquil – Guayas 20 Ecuador Bolivar Theater Quito 21 Egypt Khasekhemwy at Hierakonpolis Edfu, El Muissat, Kom el Ahmar 22 Egypt Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III Luxor, West Bank 23 Egypt Sabil Ruqayya Dudu Cairo 24 El Salvador San Miguel Arcangel and Santa Cruz de Roma churches Panchimalco & Huizucar 25 Finland Helsinki-Malmi Airport Helsinki 26 Georgia Timotesubani Virgin Church Timotesubani village, Borjomi Region 27 Greece Palaikastro Archaeological site Palaikastro 28 Greece Helike Archaeological Site Rizomylos & Eliki, Achaia 29 Guatemala Usumacinta River Cultural Landscape Chiapas, Mexico/Peten, Guatemala 30 Hungary Túrony Church Túrony 31 India Osmania University College for Women Hyderabad, Telangana 32 India Quila Mubarak Patiala, Punjab 33 India Dalhousie Square Calcutta 34 India Bhuj Darbargadh Bhuj, Gujarat 35 Indonesia Omo Hada Nias, Teluk Dalam, Hilinawalo Mazingo 36 Indonesia Tamansari Water Castle Yogyakarta 37 Iraq Nineveh and Nimrud Palaces near Mosul 38 Iraq Citadel of Arbil Erbil, Kurdistan Region 39 Ireland Headfort House Kells 40 Ireland Athassel abbey Athassel 41 Israel Apollonia-Arsuf Herzliya 42 Italy Port of Trajan Archaeological Park Fiumicino (Rome-Lazio Region) 43 Italy Tuff-Towns and Vie Cave Pitigliano, Sorano, Manciano, Tuscany 44 Jamaica Falmouth Historic Town Falmouth, Parish of Trelawny 45 Japan Tomo Port Town Fukuyama 46 Jordan 'Ain Ghazal Amman 47 Kenya Mtwapa Heritage Site Kilifi, Mtwapa 48 Lebanon Iskandarouna – Naqoura Cultural Landscape Iskandarouna, Naqoura, Tyre 49 Mali Bandiagara Escarpment Cultural Landscape Bandiagara, Mopti 50 Mexico San Francisco de Tzintzuntzan Convent Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan 51 Mexico Quetzalcoatl Temple Teotihuacan, Mexico State 52 Mexico La Tercena Metztitlan 53 Mexico Oxtotitlan Paintings Guerrero, Chilapa 54 Mexico Pimeria Alta Missions Sonora 55 Mongolia Geser Sum Monastery Ulaanbaatar 56 Morocco Sahrij & Sbaiyin Madrassa Complex Fez 57 Nigeria Benin City Earthworks Benin City, Edo State 58 Palestinian Territories Tell Balatah (Shechem or Ancient Nablus) Nablus/West Bank 59 Palestinian Territories Al-Qasem Palace Beit Wazan 60 Panama Panama Canal Area Panama and Colon Provinces 61 Paraguay Paraguay Railway System Asunción to Sapucay 62 Peru Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery Guadalupe, La Libertad 63 Peru Angasmarca Temple Angasmarca/Santiago de Chuco/La Libertad 64 Peru Kuelap Fortress Kuelap, Amazonas 65 Peru Tucume Archaeological Complex Tucume 66 Poland Old Lublin Theater Lublin 67 Portugal Roman Villa of Rabaçal Rabaçal, Penela, Coimbra 68 Russia The Chinese Palace at Oranienbaum Lomonosov 69 Russia Narcomfin Building Moscow 70 Russia Perm-36 Perm Region 71 Slovakia Three Greek Catholic churches Bodruzal, Lukov-Venecia, Topola 72 Slovenia Lanthieri Manor Vipava 73 South Africa Richtersveld Cultural Landscape Richtersveld, Northern Cape Province 74 Spain Pazo de San Miguel das Peñas Monterroso, Lugo, Galicia 75 Syria Bosra Ancient City Bosra, governorate of Deraa 76 Syria Amrit Archaeological Site Amrit 77 Taiwan Jungshe Village [zh] Penghu, Wangan 78 Trinidad and Tobago Banwari Trace Archaeological Site Ward of Siparia 79 Turkey Temple of Augustus Ankara 80 Turkey Little Hagia Sophia Mosque (Kucuk Ayasofya Camii) Istanbul 81 Turkey Central İzmir Synagogues Konak, İzmir 82 Turkey Ephesus Archaeological Site Selçuk, İzmir 83 Turkey Kariye Museum Istanbul 84 Turkmenistan Old Nisa Bagir settlement 85 Uganda Kampala Historic Buildings Kampala 86 Ukraine Tyras-Belgorod Fortress Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Odesa 87 Ukraine Panticapaeum Ancient City Kerch, Crimea 88 United Kingdom Stowe House Stowe, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire 89 United Kingdom Battersea Power Station London 90 United Kingdom Strawberry Hill London 91 United Kingdom Saint Vincent’s Street Church Glasgow, Scotland 92 United States of America St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church Brooklyn Heights, New York 93 United States of America Historic Lower Manhattan New York, New York 94 United States of America Ennis Brown House Los Angeles, California 95 United States of America North Family Shaker Site New Lebanon, New York 96 United States of America Iglesia San Jose San Juan, Puerto Rico 97 United States of America Plum Orchard Historic District Cumberland Island, Georgia 98 Venezuela Real Fuerza de Santiago de Arroyo Araya 99 Venezuela La Guaira Historic City Vargas 100 Yugoslavia Prizren Historic Center Kosovo, Prizren

## Statistics by country/territory

The following countries/territories have multiple sites entered on the 2004 Watch List, listed by the number of sites:

Number of sites Country/Territory 6 United States of America 5 China, Mexico and Turkey 4 India, Peru and United Kingdom 3 Egypt and Russia 2 Argentina[D], Brazil[D], Czech Republic, Ecuador, Greece, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Palestine, Paraguay[D], Syria, Ukraine and Venezuela

## Notes

**[^](#ref_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. **[^](#ref_2)**B. Names and spellings used for the sites were based on the official [2004 Watch List as published](https://web.archive.org/web/20090830033758/http://www.worldmonumentswatch.org/). **[^](#ref_3)**C. The references to the sites' locations were based on the official [2004 Watch List as published](https://web.archive.org/web/20090830033758/http://www.worldmonumentswatch.org/). **[^](#ref_4)**D. Tally includes the transfrontier site of *Jesuit Guaraní Missions*.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2006_press_release_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2006_press_release_1-1) Holly Evarts (21 June 2005). ["World Monuments Fund Announces 2006 World Monuments Watch List Of 100 Most Endangered Sites"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080516051456/http://www.wmf.org/pdf/WMW_2006_release.pdf) (PDF). World Monuments Fund. Archived from [the original](http://www.wmf.org/pdf/WMW_2006_release.pdf) (PDF) on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Holly Evarts (6 June 2007). ["World Monuments Fund Announces 2008 World Monuments Watch List Of 100 Most Endangered Sites"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090521092007/http://www.wmf.org/pdf/Watch_2008_release.pdf) (PDF). World Monuments Fund. Archived from [the original](http://www.wmf.org/pdf/Watch_2008_release.pdf) (PDF) on 21 May 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2009.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2004_press_release_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2004_press_release_3-1) ["2004 List of 100 Most Endangered Sites Announced"](https://archive.archaeology.org/online/news/wmf04/). World Monuments Fund. 24 September 2003. Retrieved 3 September 2009.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WMF_2004_Watch_List_press_release_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WMF_2004_Watch_List_press_release_4-1) ["2004 World Monuments Watch List Of 100 Most Endangered Sites Announced"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091010204231/http://www.eniar.org/news/burrup2.html). World Monuments Fund. 24 September 2003. Archived from [the original](http://www.eniar.org/news/burrup2.html) on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)"](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/516). World Heritage Center. Retrieved 4 September 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-history_6-0)** ["History of the Construction"](http://www.batterseapowerstation.org.uk/hist1.html). *Battersea Power Station Community Group Website*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090120005944/http://batterseapowerstation.org.uk/hist1.html) from the original on 20 January 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.

## External links

- [World Monuments Fund home page](http://www.wmf.org/)

- [World Monuments Watch home page](https://web.archive.org/web/20090830033758/http://www.worldmonumentswatch.org/)

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