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2010 WORLD MONUMENTS WATCH

FACTS AND FIGURES World Monuments Watch World Monuments Fund’s signature advocacy tool is the World Monuments Watch, a biennial list of endangered architectural and cultural heritage sites around the globe. Launched in 1996, the World Monuments Watch is a powerful global call to action on behalf of sites. Selection Process The Watch list is selected by an independent panel of international experts convened by WMF. Sites can be nominated by governments, conservation professionals, site caretakers, NGOs, concerned individuals, and others working in the field of cultural heritage preservation. The panel evaluates sites based on four criteria: significance, urgency of the situation, viability of proposed actions, and relevance of the issues to the heritage field at large. There were 195 nominations to the 2010 Watch. Number of Sites on the List: 93 Number of Countries Represented: 47 Regional Breakdown

Africa and the Middle East (11 sites) The Americas (38) Asia (18) Europe (26)

Countries Represented on the Watch for the First Time Bahrain, Bhutan, Colombia, Comoros, Haiti, and Kazakhstan Best-Known Sites The 2010 list includes such well-known landmarks as the Al Hadba’ Minaret in Mosul, Iraq; Machu Picchu, Peru; the historic landscapes of Seville and Toledo, Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, and the pilgrimage route of Santiago de Compostela, all in Spain; and Taliesin, Taliesin West, and Taos Pueblo, USA. Oldest Site Human activity at Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa dates back some 2 million years.

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Most Recent Site The Atlanta-Fulton Central Public Library in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, was commissioned in 1969 and finished in 1980. 20th-Century Sites Fifteen examples of 20th-century architecture are represented, the largest number ever listed at one time. They are:

Wiener Werkbundsiedlung, Vienna, Austria Santorium Joseph Lemaire, Tombeek, Belgium New Gourna Village, Luxor, Egypt Las Pozas, Xilitla, Mexico Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain Corozal Cemetery, Panama City, Panama Tecton Buildings at Dudley Zoological Gardens, Dudley, UK Miami Marine Stadium, Miami, Florida, USA Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Taliesin, Wisconsin, USA Taliesin West, Arizona, USA The Atlanta-Fulton Central Public Library, Georgia, USA The Merritt Parkway, Connecticut, USA Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas,

Venezuela Parque del Este, Caracas, Venezuela

U.S. Sites The 2010 Watch includes nine sites from the U.S. They are:

Cultural Landscape of Hadley, Massachusetts Miami Marine Stadium, Florida Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, New Orleans, Louisiana St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, Louisiana Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona Taos Pueblo, New Mexico The Atlanta-Fulton Central Public Library, Georgia The Merritt Parkway, Connecticut

Site Types The 2010 Watch includes more cultural landscapes and urban centers than previous lists. Other site types are religious, industrial, and archaeological sites; rock art; civil buildings and engineering works; cemeteries; and dwellings and palaces. Repeat Listings

Herat Old City, Afghanistan (1998) Historic Walled City of Famagusta, Cyprus (2008) Churches of Lesvos, Greece (2008)

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Shikarpoor Historic City Center, Pakistan (2008) La Santisima Trinidad del Paraná, Paraguay (2004) Santuario Histórico Machu Picchu, Peru (2000, 2008) Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, Philippines (2000) San Sebastian Basilica, Manila, Philippines (1998)

Progress around the World Since the program’s inception, more than 630 sites in 125 countries and territories have been included on the eight Watch lists. Nearly half the sites featured on the Watch lists through 2008, representing 79 countries, have received WMF support totaling $50 million. These WMF funds have leveraged an additional $150 million in assistance from other sources.

For the complete list and information on each site, please visit www.wmf.org.

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AFGHANISTAN

Old City of Herat

ARGENTINA

Buenos Aires Historic Center Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires

ARMENIA

Aghjots Monastery, Garni Village

AUSTRIA

Wiener Werkbundsiedlung, Vienna

BAHRAIN

Suq al-Qaysariya, Muharraq

BELGIUM

Sanatorium Joseph Lemaire, Tombeek

BHUTAN

Phajoding, Thimphu

BOLIVIA

Convento-Museo Santa Teresa, Cochabamba Misiones Jesuíticas de Chiquitos

CHILE

Churches of Arica Parinacota

COLOMBIA

San Fernando and San José Fortresses, Cartagena de Indias Santa Fe de Antioquia Historic Center

COMOROS

Ujumbe Palace, Mutsamudu

CYPRUS

Historic Walled City of Famagusta

ECUADOR

Todos Santos Complex, Cuenca

EGYPT

New Gourna Village, Luxor, West Bank Old Mosque of Shali Fortress, Siwa Oasis

FRANCE

Hôtel de Monnaies, Villemagne l’Argentière Parish Church of Saint-Martin-des-Puits

GREECE

Churches of Lesvos

GUATEMALA

Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala City

HAITI

Gingerbread Houses, Port-au-Prince

INDIA

Chiktan Castle, Kargil Dechen Namgyal Gonpa, Nyoma Historic Civic Centre of Shimla Kothi, Qila Mahmudabad

IRAQ

Al-Hadba’ Minaret, Mosul

IRELAND

Russborough, Blessington, County Wicklow

ISRAEL

Old City of Lod

OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM

Cathedral of Saint James

ITALY

Historic Center of Craco Ponte Lucano, Tivoli Villa of San Gilio, Oppido Lucano

JAPAN

Kyoto Machiya Townhouses

JORDAN

Damiya Dolmen Field, Jordan Valley

KAZAKHSTAN

Vernacular Architecture of the Kazakh Steppe Sary-Arka

LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

Hintang Archaeological Landscape, Houameuang District Tam Ting, Nam Kong River at Ban Pak Ou

MEXICO

Acueducto de Tembleque, Zempoala to Otumba Las Pozas, Xilitla Templo de San Bartolo Soyaltepec Templo de San Felipe Tindaco, Tlaxiaco Templo y Convento de los Santos Reyes, Convento de la Communidad, Metztitlán

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA Assumption of Our Lady Church, Causeni

MOROCCO

Lixus, Larache

PAKISTAN

Petroglyphs in the Diamer-Basha Dam Area, Northern Areas Shikarpoor Historic City Center

PANAMA

Colón Historic Center Corozal Cemetery, Panama City Mount Hope Cemetery, Colón

PARAGUAY

La Santísima Trinidad del Paraná, Trinidad

PERU

Chankillo, San Rafael District Jesuit Churches of San José and San Javier, Nazca Pachacamac Sanctuary, Lurín Pikillaqta, Cuzco Santuario Histórico Machu Picchu, Cuzco Tambo Colorado, Humay San Francisco de Asís de Marcapata Santa Cruz de Jerusalén de Juli

PHILIPPINES

Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Church, Municipality of Santa Maria Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, Ifugao San Sebastian Basilica, Manila

ROMANIA

Fortified Churches of Southern Transylvania, Sibiu

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Church of the Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign, Podolsk District

SLOVAKIA

Lietava Castle

SOUTH AFRICA

Wonderwerk Cave, Ga-Segonyana/Kuruman

SPAIN

Historic Landscape of Sevilla Historic Landscape of Toledo Numancia, Soria and Garray Old Town of Ávila Route of Santiago de Compostela Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, Barcelona

SRI LANKA

Dutch Fort in Batticaloa

TANZANIA

Pangani Historic Town

UGANDA

Wamala King’s Tombs, Nansana, Wakiso District

UNITED KINGDOM

Carlisle Memorial Methodist Church, Belfast Edinburgh Historic Graveyards Sheerness Dockyard St. John the Evangelist Parish Church, Shobdon Tecton Buildings at Dudley Zoological Gardens

UNITED STATES

The Atlanta-Fulton Central Public Library, Atlanta, Georgia The Bridges of the Merritt Parkway, Connecticut Cultural Landscape of Hadley, Massachusetts Miami Marine Stadium, Florida Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, New Orleans, Louisiana St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, Louisiana Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

UZBEKISTAN

Desert Castles of Ancient Khorezm, Republic of Karakalpakstan

VENEZUELA

Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas Parque del Este, Caracas

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