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2010 World Monuments Watch

2010 World Monuments Watch

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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]

Interior of the church in San Javier, Bolivia. With the expulsion of the Jesuit order in the mid-18th century most reductions were abandoned. The Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos are unique in that the settlements have survived largely intact.
The Norman tower in Craco, Italy was erected in 1000 AD. The village was severely damaged by earthquakes between 1959 and 1972 and rendered uninhabitable by a series of landslides. It has been uninhabited since 1963.
Tham Ting in Laos contains approximately 2,500 mostly wooden Buddha laid out over the floors and wall shelves. They take many different positions, including meditation, teaching, peace, rain, and reclining (nirvana).
Machu Picchu is one of the eight sites from Peru to be included on the 2010 Watch List.
San Sebastian Church in Manila, the Philippines is claimed as the only prefabricated steel church in the world. Completed in 1891 in recent years it has been beset by rust and corrosion. It was listed in the 1998 World Monuments Watch List of Most Endangered Sites.
Biertan, Romania. 13th Century Saxon villages in Transylvania were constantly under the threat of Ottoman and Tatar invasions and built fortifications centred around their churches.
The Old City of Toledo, Spain is surrounded on three sides by the Tagus River and contains many historical sites, including the Alcázar (castle), Primate Cathedral, and the Zocodover, a central market place. It is one of six sites in Spain listed on the 2010 Watch List.
The Sagrada Família is a massive Roman Catholic church that has been under construction in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain since 1882 and is not expected to be complete until at least 2026. It is considered the master-work of renowned Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926).
Pangani, Tanzania came to prominence in the 19th century, when under Zanzibari rule it was a major terminus of caravan routes to the deep interior. After the Sultan of Zanzibar signed treaties with Great Britain outlawing the ocean-going trade in slaves in 1873, it became a centre for smuggling slaves across the narrow channel to Pemba.
The newest site on the list, completed in 1980, the Atlanta Central Library was designed by Marcel Breuer in a modernist and brutalist style. The building is considered a masterpiece by architectural experts, such as Barry Bergdoll, the Chief Architectural Curator of the Museum of Modern Art.

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 qualify for 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]

2010 Watch List

The 2010 World Monuments Watch List of Endangered Sites was announced on October 6, 2009 by WMF President Bonnie Burnham.[1] The 2010 Watch List highlights the need to create a balance between heritage concerns and the social, economic, and environmental interests of communities around the world.[1]

The sites on the 2010 Watch list make a dramatic case for the need to bring together a variety of sectors—economic, environmental, heritage preservation, and social—when we are making plans that will affect us all. Greater cooperation among these sectors would benefit humanity today, while ensuring our place as stewards of the Earth for the next generation.

— launch of 2010 Watch List[1], Bonnie Burnham, WMF president

List by country/territory

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Statistics by country/territory

The following countries/territories have multiple sites entered on the 2010 Watch List, listed by the number of sites:

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Notes

^ 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.
^ B. Names and spellings used for the sites were based on the official 2010 Watch List as published.
^ C. The references to the sites' locations and periods of construction were based on the official 2010 Watch List as published.

References

  1. [1]
    Holly Evarts (6 October 2009). "WORLD MONUMENTS FUND ANNOUNCES 2010 WORLD MONUMENTS WATCH LIST OF 100 MOST ENDANGERED SITES" (PDF). World Monuments Fund. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
  2. [2]
    Holly Evarts (6 October 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 8 October 2009.
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