2016 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]

2016 Watch List

The 2016 Watch List was published on 15 October 2015.

Country/Territory Site Location
Albania Spaç Prison Spaç
Belgium Brussels Palace of Justice Brussels
Brazil Ladeira da Misericórdia Salvador
Cambodia National Sports Complex of Cambodia Phnom Penh
Chile Geoglyphs of Chug-Chug Calama and Maria Elena Municipalities
Chile General Cemetery of Santiago Santiago
Cuba Colonial Churches of Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba
Cuba Vedado Havana
Cuba National Art Schools Havana
Ecuador Church and Convent of San Francisco Quito
Egypt Abusir el-Malek Wasta
Greece Pavlopetri Elafonisos
India Gon-Nila-Phuk Cave Temples and Fort Saspol, Ladakh
Iraq Amedy, Kurdistan Region
Italy Arch of Janus Rome
Italy World War II Concentration Camps in Italy
Japan Early Twentieth Century Architecture in Tsukiji Tokyo
Jordan Petra Archaeological Site Wadi Mousa
Lebanon Dalieh of Raouche Beirut
Lebanon Heneine Palace Beirut
Mauritius Traditional Architecture of Mauritius
Mexico Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso Mexico City
Mexico Chapultepec Park Mexico City
Morocco Figuig
Nepal Cultural Heritage Sites of Nepal
Panama Fortifications of Portobelo Portobelo
Peru La Ermita de Barranco Lima
Peru Rumiqolqa Andahuaylillas
Philippines Boix House Manila
Portugal Água da Prata Aqueduct Évora
Portugal Igreja de São Cristóvão de Rio Mau Lisbon
Romania Bucharest
Romania Roșia Montană Mining Landscape Roșia Montană
Russia Shukhov Tower Moscow
Russia Vyborg Historic Center Vyborg
Samoa Former Apia Courthouse Apia
Sierra Leone Bunce Island Sierra Leone River, near Freetown
South Africa Bo-Kaap Cape Town
South Korea Simwonjeong Pavilion Dongmyeong-myeon
Spain Averly Foundry Zaragoza
Spain Convents of Seville Seville
Sudan Sabu-Jaddi Rock Art Sites Nile Valley
Taiwan Kucapungane Wutai Township
Tanzania Kua Ruins Juani Island
United Kingdom Moseley Road Baths Birmingham
United Kingdom Wentworth Woodhouse South Yorkshire
United States Mission San Xavier del Bac Tucson
United States San Esteban del Rey Mission Acoma Pueblo
Zimbabwe Great Zimbabwe Masvingo Province
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References
  1. Daniela Stigh (15 October 2015). "The 2016 World Monuments Watch Includes 50 At-Risk Cultural Heritage Sites in 36 Countries". World Monuments Fund. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
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