2020 World Monuments Watch Explained
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]
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.[2]
2020 Watch List
The 2020 Watch List call for nomination was announced in January 2019 with the deadline in March 2019.[3] More than 250 nominees were submitted. Twenty five sites were selected to be included in the list.[4]
| Site | Image | Location[5] |
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| Koutammakou, Land of the Batammariba | | Benin and Togo |
| Ontario Place | | Ontario, Canada |
| Easter Island (Rapa Nui)—Orongo | | Easter Island, Chile |
| Alexan Palace | | Asyut, Egypt |
| Notre-Dame of Paris | | Paris, France |
| Bennerley Viaduct | | Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, England |
| Tusheti National Park | | Georgia |
| Gingerbread Neighborhood | | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Historic Water Systems of the Deccan Plateau | | Karnataka and Maharashtra, India |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium | | Ahmedabad, India |
| Mam Rashan Shrine | | Mount Sinjar, Iraq |
| Inari-yu bathhouse | | Kita, Tokyo, Japan |
| Iwamatsu District | | Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan |
| Canal Nacional | | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Traditional Burmese Teak Farmhouses | | Myanmar |
| Choijin Lama Temple | | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
| Chivas and Chaityas of the Kathmandu Valley | | Kathmandu Valley, Nepal |
| Anarkali Bazaar | | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Sacred Valley of the Incas | | Cusco Region, Peru |
| Kindler Chapel, Pabianice Evangelical Cemetery | | Łódź Voivodeship, Poland |
| Courtyard Houses of Axerquía | | Córdoba, Spain |
| Bears Ears National Monument | | Utah, United States |
| Central Aguirre Historic District | | Aguirre, Puerto Rico, United States |
| San Antonio Woolworth Building | | San Antonio, Texas, United States |
| Traditional Houses in the Old Jewish Mahalla of Bukhara | | Bukhara, Uzbekistan |
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Notes
A. Names and spellings used for the sites were based on the official 2020 Watch List as published.
B. The references to the sites' locations and periods of construction were based on the official 2020 Watch List as published.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: World Monuments Fund Announces 2018 World Monuments Watch . Hillary Prim . October 16, 2017 . World Monuments Fund . July 29, 2018.
- Web site: WORLD MONUMENTS FUND ANNOUNCES 2006 WORLD MONUMENTS WATCH LIST OF 100 MOST ENDANGERED SITES . Holly Evarts . October 6, 2009 . World Monuments Fund . July 29, 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080516051456/http://www.wmf.org/pdf/WMW_2006_release.pdf . May 16, 2008 .
- News: 2020 World Monuments Watch: Call for Nominations . 2 March 2021 . Arch Daily . 29 January 2019.
- News: Hetter . Katia . 25 of the world's most endangered places . 2 March 2021 . CNN . 19 November 2019.
- Web site: 2020 Watch Sites . World Monuments Fund . 2 March 2021.
