1996 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) and American Express aimed at identifying and preserving the world’s most important endangered cultural landmarks.{{cite web | title = American Express Company Gift Launches International Program to List and Protect Sites | publisher = World Monuments Fund | url = http://www.wmf.org/pdf/pubs_Milestones1995Fall.pdf|access-date=9 September 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} It targets selected sites for immediate action, to call attention to the need for innovative approaches to protect threatened sites throughout the world.

Selection process

Every two years, the program publishes a select list known as the Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites that is in urgent need of preservation funding and protection. The sites are nominated by governments, private organizations active in the field of heritage conservation, and concerned individuals. An independent panel of international experts then convene to evaluate and select 100 candidates from these entries to be part of the Watch List, based on the significance of the urgency of its situation, the viability of proposed remedies, and the site's overall significance. WMF and American Express award grants to sites included on the Watch List through the WMF Fund, which is composed of donations from corporate, individual and foundation sponsors. These grants are meant to support activities such as strategic planning, emergency and technical assistance, educational and local fund raising programs, and conservation treatment.

1996 Watch List

The 1996 World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites was launched on August 4, 1995.

=List by country/territory=

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style="text-align:center;"| Number{{ref|1|[A]}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Country/Territory

| style="text-align:center;"| Site{{ref|2|[B]}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Location{{ref|3|[C]}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Period{{ref|3|[C]}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1

| Albania

| Butrint Archaeological Site

| Sarande

| 8th century BC–18th century AD

style="text-align:center;"| 2

| Argentina

| San Ignacio Miní

| San Ignacio

| 17th century

style="text-align:center;"| 3

| Austria

| Belvedere Gardens

| Vienna

| 1700–1721

style="text-align:center;"| 4

| Austria

| Franciscan Church

| Vienna

| 1603–1742

style="text-align:center;"| 5

| Barbados

| Morgan Lewis Sugar Mill

| St. Andrew

| 18th century

style="text-align:center;"| 6

| Belgium

| Tour and Taxis (transport hub)

| Brussels

| 1897–1907

style="text-align:center;"| 7

| Belize

| El Pilar Archaeological Reserve

| Belize River Area

| 5th century BC–10th century AD

style="text-align:center;"| 8

| Benin

| Royal Palaces of Abomey

| Abomey

| 1645–1906

style="text-align:center;"| 9

| Bosnia and Herzegovina

| Village of Počitelj

| Počitelj

| 1444–present

style="text-align:center;"| 10

| Brazil

| Serra da Capivara National Park

| Sao Raimundo Nonato, Piaui

| Stone Age

style="text-align:center;"| 11

| Bulgaria

| Madara Horseman

| Kaspichan

| 8th–9th century

style="text-align:center;"| 12

| Cambodia

| Angkor Archaeological District

| Siem Reap

| 9th–13th century

style="text-align:center;"| 13

| Chile

| Churches of Chiloe

| Chiloe Archipelago

| 17th–20th century

style="text-align:center;"| 14

| Chile

| Elevators of Valparaiso

| Valparaiso

| 1883–1915

style="text-align:center;"| 15

| Chile

| Orongo

| Easter Island

| 15th–18th century

style="text-align:center;"| 16

| China

| Liao Dynasty Site

| Chi Feng City, Inner Mongolia

| 916–1125

style="text-align:center;"| 17

| China

| Namseling Manor

| Drachi, Tibet

| 14th century

style="text-align:center;"| 18

| China

| San Xing Dui Site

| Guang Han City, Sichuan Province

| 5th–3rd millennium BC

style="text-align:center;"| 19

| Croatia

| Lopud Franciscan Monastery

| Dubrovnik-Neretva County

| 1400–1430

style="text-align:center;"| 20

| Croatia

| Old City Harbor

| Dubrovnik

| 13th–19th century

style="text-align:center;"| 21

| Croatia

| Split Historic Center

| Split

| 295–present

style="text-align:center;"| 22

| Croatia

| Village of Tvrđa

| Osijek

| 1730–present

style="text-align:center;"| 23

| Cuba

| Convent of Santa Clara of Assisi

| Santa Clara

| 1638–1644

style="text-align:center;"| 24

| Czech Republic

| Český Krumlov Garden

| Český Krumlov

| 1550–1575

style="text-align:center;"| 25

| Czech Republic

| Kladruby Benedictine Monastery

| Kladruby

| 1115–1775

style="text-align:center;"| 26

| Ecuador

| Church of the Compañia

| Quito

| 1605–1765

style="text-align:center;"| 27

| Egypt

| Qa'itbay Sebil (Fountain House)

| Cairo

| 1477–1478

style="text-align:center;"| 28

| France

| Chateau Aqueduct

| Castelnau-Pegayrolles

| 11th century

style="text-align:center;"| 29

| France

| Saint-Emilion Monolithic Church

| Saint-Emilion

| 11th–15th century

style="text-align:center;"| 30

| Georgia

| Pitareti Monastic Complex

| Tetritskaro District

| 1216–1222

style="text-align:center;"| 31

| Germany

| Festspielhaus Hellerau

| Dresden Hellerau

| 1911

style="text-align:center;"| 32

| Greece

| Etz Hayim Synagogue

| Hania, Crete

| 15th–19th century

style="text-align:center;"| 33

| Guyana

| Moruka-Waini Cultural Landscape

| Warao Settlements

| 5th millennium BC

style="text-align:center;"| 34

| Hungary

| Royal Garden Pavilions

| Budapest

| 1875–1882

style="text-align:center;"| 35

| India

| Jaisalmer Fort

| Rajasthan

| 12th century

style="text-align:center;"| 36

| India

| Taj Mahal

| Agra

| 1632–1643

style="text-align:center;"| 37

| Indonesia

| Borobudur

| Central Java

| 9th century

style="text-align:center;"| 38

| Ireland

| Clonmacnoise New Graveyard

| County Offaly

| 6th–13th century

style="text-align:center;"| 39

| Israel

| Gemeindehaus

| German Colony, Haifa

| 1869

style="text-align:center;"| 40

| Israel

| The White City

| Tel Aviv

| 1930–1939

style="text-align:center;"| 41

| Italy

| Ancient Pompeii

| Naples

| 1st century BC–AD 79

style="text-align:center;"| 42

| Italy

| Bartolomeo Colleoni Monument

| Venice

| 1488–1496

style="text-align:center;"| 43

| Italy

| Garden of Villa Medici at Castello

| Florence

| 1500–1799

style="text-align:center;"| 44

| Italy

| Grottos of San Michele

| Salerno

| 8th–9th century

style="text-align:center;"| 45

| Italy

| Neopitagorica Basilica

| Rome

| 1st century

style="text-align:center;"| 46

| Italy

| Nero's Palace (Domus Aurea)

| Rome

| AD 64

style="text-align:center;"| 47

| Italy

| Ruins on the River Centa

| Albenga (Savona)

| 1st century BC–1st century AD

style="text-align:center;"| 48

| Italy

| San Giacomo Maggiore Portico

| Bologna

| 1477–1481

style="text-align:center;"| 49

| Italy

| Santa Maria in Stelle

| Verona

| 2nd–5th century

style="text-align:center;"| 50

| Italy

| Sts. Ambrogio and Carlo al Corso

| Rome

| 1612–1685

style="text-align:center;"| 51

| Italy

| Temple of Hercules

| Forum Boarium, Rome

| 179–142 BC

style="text-align:center;"| 52

| Jordan

| Petra Archaeological Site

| Wadi Mousa

| 1st–6th century

style="text-align:center;"| 53

| Jordan

| Southern Temple

| Petra, Wadi Mousa, Petra

| 100–599

style="text-align:center;"| 54

| Laos

| Vat Sisaket

| Vientiane

| 1819–25

style="text-align:center;"| 55

| Latvia

| Abava Valley Cultural Landscape

| Kurzeme

| 13th–19th century

style="text-align:center;"| 56

| Lebanon

| Ancient Tyre

| Tyre

| 3rd millennium BC–Present

style="text-align:center;"| 57

| Mali

| Djenne-Djeno Archaeological Site

| Djenne

| 3rd century BC–13th century AD

style="text-align:center;"| 58

| Mexico

| Church of Jesus Nazareno

| Atotonilco, Guanajuato

| 1740–1776

style="text-align:center;"| 59

| Mexico

| Modern Mural Paintings

| various cities

| 1920–1950

style="text-align:center;"| 60

| Mexico

| San Juan de Ulua Fort

| Veracruz

| 1535–1786

style="text-align:center;"| 61

| Mexico

| Yucatan Indian Chapels

| Yucatan Peninsula

| 16th–18th century

style="text-align:center;"| 62

| Mongolia

| Bogd Khaan Palace Museum

| Ulaanbaatar

| 1893–1903

style="text-align:center;"| 63

| Morocco

| Medieval Sijilmassa

| Rissani

| 757–1393

style="text-align:center;"| 64

| Morocco

| Rabbi Shlomo Ibn Danan and Mansano Synagogues

| Fez

| 17th century

style="text-align:center;"| 65

| Mozambique

| Mozambique Island

| Nampula Province

| 16th century – present

style="text-align:center;"| 66

| Nepal

| Gombas of Upper Mustang

| Lo Manthang, Mustang

| 15th century

style="text-align:center;"| 67

| Nepal

| Teku Thapatali Monument Zone

| Kathmandu

| 18th–19th century

style="text-align:center;"| 68

| Norway

| Vaga Old Church

| Vagamo, Oppland

| 12th century, 1625–1630

style="text-align:center;"| 69

| Pakistan

| Tamba Wari

| Indus River Delta, Sindh

| 11th century

style="text-align:center;"| 70

| Peru

| Cusco Historic Center

| Cusco

| 13th–17th century

style="text-align:center;"| 71

| Peru

| Murals of Allauca Church

| Rapaz

| 17th century

style="text-align:center;"| 72

| Philippines

| Angono Petroglyphs

| Rizal

| 3rd millennium BC

style="text-align:center;"| 73

| Poland

| Debno Parish Church

| Nowy Targ

| 15th century

style="text-align:center;"| 74

| Poland

| Our Lady's Assumption Basilica

| Kraków

| 13th–14th century

style="text-align:center;"| 75

| Poland

| Prozna Street

| Warsaw

| 1881–1912

style="text-align:center;"| 76

| Portugal

| Côa Valley Petroglyphs

| Vila Nova de Foz Côa

| Stone Age

style="text-align:center;"| 77

| Romania

| Constantin Brâncuși's Endless Column

| Târgu Jiu

| 1937–1938

style="text-align:center;"| 78

| Romania

| Roman Catholic Church

| Ghelinţa

| 13th century

style="text-align:center;"| 79

| Russia

| Alexander Palace

| Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg

| 1792–1796

style="text-align:center;"| 80

| Russia

| Kizhi Pogost

| Kizhi Island, Lake Onega

| 18th century

style="text-align:center;"| 81

| Russia

| Paanajarvi Village

| Kemi Province

| 14th century – present

style="text-align:center;"| 82

| Spain

| Moorish Houses of Granada

| Granada

| 14th–16th century

style="text-align:center;"| 83

| Suriname

| Jodensavanne Archaeological Site

| Redi Doti

| 1660–1830

style="text-align:center;"| 84

| Tanzania

| Kilwa Kisiwani Portuguese Fort

| Lindi Region

| 13th–15th century

style="text-align:center;"| 85

| Thailand

| Ayuttaya and other flooded sites along Chao Praya River

| Central Thailand

| 14th–18th century

style="text-align:center;"| 86

| Turkey

| Ani Archaeological Site

| Ocarli Koyu, Kars

| 3rd–14th century

style="text-align:center;"| 87

| Turkey

| Çatalhöyük

| Cumra, Konya

| 10th millennium BC

style="text-align:center;"| 88

| Turkey

| Hagia Sophia

| Istanbul

| AD 532–563

style="text-align:center;"| 89

| Ukraine

| Ancient Chersonesos

| Sevastopol, Crimea

| 5th century BC–15th century AD

style="text-align:center;"| 90

| United States

| Adobe Missions of New Mexico

| New Mexico

| 17th–20th century

style="text-align:center;"| 91

| United States

| Chaco Culture National Historic Park

| McKinley County, New Mexico

| 900–1150

style="text-align:center;"| 92

| United States

| Eastern State Penitentiary

| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| 1822–1836

style="text-align:center;"| 93

| United States

| Ellis Island

| New York, New York

| 1892–1954

style="text-align:center;"| 94

| United States

| Golden Gate Park Conservatory

| San Francisco, California

| 1876–1878

style="text-align:center;"| 95

| United States

| Holy Ascension Church

| Unalaska, Alaska

| 1826–1896

style="text-align:center;"| 96

| United States

| Lafayette Cemetery No. 1

| New Orleans, Louisiana

| 1833–present

style="text-align:center;"| 97

| Vietnam

| Minh Mang Tomb

| Huế

| 1840

style="text-align:center;"| 98

| Vietnam

| My Son Temple District

| Duy Xuyen District

| 3rd–12th century

style="text-align:center;"| 99

| Yugoslavia

| Subotica Synagogue

| Subotica

| 1902

style="text-align:center;"| 100

| Zimbabwe

| Khami National Monument

| Bulawayo

| Mid-15th century – mid-17th century

Statistics by country/territory

The following countries/territories have multiple sites entered on the 1996 Watch List, listed by the number of sites:

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! style="width:100px;"| Number of sites

! Country/Territory

style="text-align:center;"| 11

| Italy

style="text-align:center;"| 7

| United States of America

style="text-align:center;"| 4

| Croatia and Mexico

style="text-align:center;"| 3

| Chile, China, Poland, Russia and Turkey

style="text-align:center;"| 2

| Austria, Czech Republic, France, India, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Romania and Vietnam

Notes

{{note|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.

{{note|2}}B. Names and spellings used for the sites were based on the official [https://web.archive.org/web/20090830033758/http://www.worldmonumentswatch.org/ 1996 Watch List as published].

{{note|3}}C. The references to the sites' locations were based on the official [https://web.archive.org/web/20090830033758/http://www.worldmonumentswatch.org/ 1996 Watch List as published].

References

External links

[http://www.wmf.org/ World Monuments Fund home page]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090830033758/http://www.worldmonumentswatch.org/ World Monuments Watch home page]

{{DEFAULTSORT:1996 World Monuments Fund List Of Most Endangered Sites}}

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