Tierradentro Archaeological Park in Cauca Department , Colombia, features underground tombs dating from 6th to 9th centuries AD. Quiriguá is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Guatemala , it covers approximately 3 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi) and contains a wealth of sculpture, including the tallest stone monuments ever erected in the New World . The Sans-Souci Palace was the royal residence of King Henri Christophe of Haiti. Its name translated from French means "carefree." The Nazca Lines , Peru are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. Haydarpaşa railway station , Istanbul , Turkey, was rebuilt 1906-1909 in a Neoclassical style on land reclaimed from the sea. Birmingham Central Library , built 1969-1973 and designed by John Madin . It is an example of UK Brutalist architecture which flourished from the 1950s to the mid-1970s. Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the center of the borough of Manhattan in New York City , United States. In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked Fifth Avenue as being the most expensive street in the world. Walpi, Arizona , circa 1877, photographed by John K. Hillers . It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited villages in the United States. Around 1,600 people live on Hạ Long Bay , Vietnam in four fishing villages made up of floating houses and are sustained through fishing and marine farming . 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]
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.[ 1] 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] 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.[ 2]
The 2012 Watch List was published on 5 October 2011.[ 3]
Country/Territory Site Location Argentina Casa sobre el Arroyo Mar del Plata , Buenos Aires Province Argentina City of La Plata La Plata, Buenos Aires Province Argentina Pucará de Tilcara Quebrada de Humahuaca , Jujuy Province Belize Historic architecture of Belize City Belize City Benin Akaba Idéna Kétou , Plateau Department Bhutan Wangduechhoeling Palace Jakar , Bumthang District Bolivia El Fuerte de Samaipata Samaipata , Santa Cruz Department Brazil Historic center of Salvador De Bahia Salvador, State of Bahia Burkina Faso Cour Royale de Tiébélé Tiébélé , Centre-Sud Region Cayman Islands Mind's Eye George Town , Grand Cayman China Archaeological site of the palace of Nanyue Kingdom Guangzhou , Guangdong Province China Tiantai An Wangqu , Shanxi Province Colombia Historic center of Santa Cruz de Mompox Santa Cruz de Mompox, Bolívar Department Colombia Paeces chapels of Tierradentro Páez Municipality , near Belalcázar , Cauca Department Cuba Parish Church of San Juan Bautista de los Remedios San Juan de los Remedios , Villa Clara Province Dominican Republic Parish Church of San Dionisio Higüey , La Altagracia Province Ghana Asante traditional buildings near Kumasi , Ashanti Region Greece First Cemetery of Athens Athens Guatemala Archaeological park and ruins of Quiriguá Los Amates , Izabal Department Guatemala El Zotz Petén Department Haiti Gingerbread Neighborhood Port-au-Prince Haiti Jacmel historic district Jacmel Haiti Palace Of Sans Souci Milot India Bagh-I-Hafiz Rakhna Sirhind-Fategarh , Punjab India Balaji Ghat Varanasi , Uttar Pradesh India Historic Havelis of Bikaner Bikaner , Rajasthan India Royal Opera House Mumbai , Maharashtra Indonesia Desa Lingga Karo Regency , North Sumatra Province Japan Hirakushi Denchū house and atelier Taitō , Tokyo Japan East Japan earthquake heritage sites Tōhoku and Kantō Regions Japan Machiya townhouses Kyoto Jordan Abila Quweilbeh , Irbid Governorate Kazakhstan Necropolises of nomads in Mangystau Mangystau Province, Kazakhstan Macedonia Stobi Gradsko Madagascar Royal hill of Ambohimanga Ambohimanga Rova , Antananarivo Province Mexico Colonial bridge of Tequixtepec San Miguel Tequixtepec, Oaxaca Mexico Ruta de la Amistad Mexico City Netherlands Beth Haim Portuguese Jewish Cemetery Ouderkerk aan de Amstel , North Holland New Zealand Canterbury provincial government buildings Christchurch , Canterbury Palestinian Territory Tell Umm el-'Amr (Saint Hilarion Monastery ) Nuseirat , Gaza Strip Panama Way On Cemetery Panama City Peru Alameda de los Descalzos and Paseo de Aguas Rímac , Lima Peru Lines and geoglyphs of Nasca Nazca , Ica Region Peru Quinta de Presa Rímac, Lima Poland St. Parascheva church Radruż , Subcarpathian Voivodeship Portugal Jardim Botânico de Lisboa Lisbon Saint Helena Saint Helena Saint Helena Spain Barrio del Cabanyal -Canyamelar Valencia Spain Berrocal de Trujillo Trujillo , Extremadura Tunisia Old town of Testour Testour, Béja Governorate Turkey Haydarpaşa Railway Station Istanbul Turkey Oshki monastery Çamlıyamaç , Erzurum Province Turkey Rum Orphanage Büyükada , Princes' Islands , Istanbul Turkmenistan Ulug Depe near Dushak , Ahal Province United Kingdom British Brutalism (Birmingham Central Library , Preston bus station , Hayward Gallery ) Birmingham , Preston , and London , England United Kingdom Newstead Abbey Ravenshead , Nottinghamshire United Kingdom Quarr Abbey Ryde , Isle of Wight United Kingdom Ruins of the former cathedral church of St. Michael, Coventry Coventry , West Midlands United States 510 Fifth Avenue New York, New York United States Charleston Historic District Charleston, South Carolina United States Manitoga Garrison, New York United States New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture New York, New York United States Orange County Government Center Goshen, New York United States Walpi village Navajo County , Arizona Vietnam Fishing villages of Hạ Long Bay Hạ Long Bay, Quảng Ninh Province Yemen Mosque and hammam Al-Mudhaffar Ta'izz , Ta'izz Governorate Zimbabwe Nalatale ruins near Gweru , Matabeleland North
Statistics by country/territory[ edit ] 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