2020 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.[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.[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]

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[A] Image Location[5][B]
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

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.

References

  1. ^ a b c Hillary Prim (October 16, 2017). "World Monuments Fund Announces 2018 World Monuments Watch". World Monuments Fund. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  2. ^ Holly Evarts (October 6, 2009). "WORLD MONUMENTS FUND ANNOUNCES 2006 WORLD MONUMENTS WATCH LIST OF 100 MOST ENDANGERED SITES" (PDF). World Monuments Fund. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  3. ^ "2020 World Monuments Watch: Call for Nominations". Arch Daily. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  4. ^ Hetter, Katia (19 November 2019). "25 of the world's most endangered places". CNN. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  5. ^ "2020 Watch Sites". World Monuments Fund. Retrieved 2 March 2021.