2012 World Monuments Watch

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.

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. 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. 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.

2012 Watch List The 2012 Watch List was published on 5 October 2011.2012 Watch Map, World Monuments Fund. Retrieved 5 October 2011. Country/Territory Site LocationArgentinaCasa sobre el ArroyoMar del Plata, Buenos Aires ProvinceArgentinaCity of La PlataLa Plata, Buenos Aires ProvinceArgentinaPucará de TilcaraQuebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy ProvinceBelizeHistoric architecture of Belize CityBelize CityBeninAkaba IdénaKétou, Plateau DepartmentBhutanWangduechhoeling PalaceJakar, Bumthang DistrictBoliviaEl Fuerte de SamaipataSamaipata, Santa Cruz DepartmentBrazilHistoric center of Salvador De BahiaSalvador, State of BahiaBurkina FasoCour Royale de TiébéléTiébélé, Centre-Sud RegionCayman IslandsMind's EyeGeorge Town, Grand CaymanChinaArchaeological site of the palace of Nanyue KingdomGuangzhou, Guangdong ProvinceChinaTiantai AnWangqu, Shanxi ProvinceColombiaHistoric center of Santa Cruz de MompoxSanta Cruz de Mompox, Bolívar DepartmentColombiaPaeces chapels of TierradentroPáez Municipality, near Belalcázar, Cauca DepartmentCubaParish Church of San Juan Bautista de los RemediosSan Juan de los Remedios, Villa Clara ProvinceDominican RepublicParish Church of San DionisioHigüey, La Altagracia ProvinceGhanaAsante traditional buildingsnear Kumasi, Ashanti RegionGreeceFirst Cemetery of AthensAthensGuatemalaArchaeological park and ruins of QuiriguáLos Amates, Izabal DepartmentGuatemalaEl ZotzPetén DepartmentHaitiGingerbread NeighborhoodPort-au-PrinceHaitiJacmel historic districtJacmelHaitiPalace Of Sans SouciMilotIndiaBagh-I-Hafiz RakhnaSirhind-Fategarh, PunjabIndiaBalaji GhatVaranasi, Uttar PradeshIndiaHistoric Havelis of BikanerBikaner, RajasthanIndiaRoyal Opera HouseMumbai, MaharashtraIndonesiaDesa LinggaKaro Regency, North Sumatra ProvinceJapanHirakushi Denchū house and atelierTaitō, TokyoJapanEast Japan earthquake heritage sitesTōhoku and Kantō RegionsJapanMachiya townhousesKyotoJordanAbilaQuweilbeh, Irbid GovernorateKazakhstanNecropolises of nomads in MangystauMangystau Province, KazakhstanMacedoniaStobiGradskoMadagascarRoyal hill of AmbohimangaAmbohimanga Rova, Antananarivo ProvinceMexicoColonial bridge of TequixtepecSan Miguel Tequixtepec, OaxacaMexicoRuta de la AmistadMexico CityNetherlandsBeth Haim Portuguese Jewish CemeteryOuderkerk aan de Amstel, North HollandNew ZealandCanterbury provincial government buildingsChristchurch, CanterburyPalestinian TerritoryTell Umm el-'Amr (Saint Hilarion Monastery)Nuseirat, Gaza StripPanamaWay On CemeteryPanama CityPeruAlameda de los Descalzos and Paseo de AguasRímac, LimaPeruLines and geoglyphs of NascaNazca, Ica RegionPeruQuinta de PresaRímac, LimaPolandSt. Parascheva churchRadruż, Subcarpathian VoivodeshipPortugalJardim Botânico de LisboaLisbonSaint HelenaSaint HelenaSaint HelenaSpainBarrio del Cabanyal-CanyamelarValenciaSpainBerrocal de TrujilloTrujillo, ExtremaduraTunisiaOld town of TestourTestour, Béja GovernorateTurkeyHaydarpaşa Railway StationIstanbulTurkeyOshki monasteryÇamlıyamaç, Erzurum ProvinceTurkeyRum OrphanageBüyükada, Princes' Islands, IstanbulTurkmenistanUlug Depenear Dushak, Ahal ProvinceUnited KingdomBritish Brutalism(Birmingham Central Library, Preston bus station, Hayward Gallery)Birmingham, Preston, and London, EnglandUnited KingdomNewstead AbbeyRavenshead, NottinghamshireUnited KingdomQuarr AbbeyRyde, Isle of WightUnited KingdomRuins of the former cathedral church of St. Michael, CoventryCoventry, West MidlandsUnited States510 Fifth AvenueNew York, New YorkUnited StatesCharleston Historic DistrictCharleston, South CarolinaUnited StatesManitogaGarrison, New YorkUnited StatesNew York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and SculptureNew York, New YorkUnited StatesOrange County Government CenterGoshen, New YorkUnited StatesWalpi villageNavajo County, ArizonaVietnamFishing villages of Hạ Long BayHạ Long Bay, Quảng Ninh ProvinceYemenMosque and hammam Al-MudhaffarTa'izz, Ta'izz GovernorateZimbabweNalatale ruinsnear 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

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