# 2012 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.

## 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.

## 2012 Watch List

The 2012 Watch List was published on 5 October 2011.
| Country/Territory | Site | Location |
| Argentina | Casa sobre el Arroyo | Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province |
| Argentina | City of La Plata | La Plata, Buenos Aires Province |
| Argentina | Pucará de Tilcara | Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy Province |
| Belize | Historic architecture of Belize City | Belize City |
| Benin | Akaba Idéna | Kétou, Plateau Department |
| Bhutan | Wangduechhoeling Palace | Jakar, Bumthang District |
| Bolivia | El Fuerte de Samaipata | Samaipata, Santa Cruz Department |
| Brazil | Historic center of Salvador De Bahia | Salvador, State of Bahia |
| Burkina Faso | Cour Royale de Tiébélé | Tiébélé, Centre-Sud Region |
| Cayman Islands | Mind's Eye | George Town, Grand Cayman |
| China | Archaeological site of the palace of Nanyue Kingdom | Guangzhou, Guangdong Province |
| China | Tiantai An | Wangqu, Shanxi Province |
| Colombia | Historic center of Santa Cruz de Mompox | Santa Cruz de Mompox, Bolívar Department |
| Colombia | Paeces chapels of Tierradentro | Páez Municipality, near Belalcázar, Cauca Department |
| Cuba | Parish Church of San Juan Bautista de los Remedios | San Juan de los Remedios, Villa Clara Province |
| Dominican Republic | Parish Church of San Dionisio | Higüey, La Altagracia Province |
| Ghana | Asante traditional buildings | near Kumasi, Ashanti Region |
| Greece | First Cemetery of Athens | Athens |
| Guatemala | Archaeological park and ruins of Quiriguá | Los Amates, Izabal Department |
| Guatemala | El Zotz | Petén Department |
| Haiti | Gingerbread Neighborhood | Port-au-Prince |
| Haiti | Jacmel historic district | Jacmel |
| Haiti | Palace Of Sans Souci | Milot |
| India | Bagh-I-Hafiz Rakhna | Sirhind-Fategarh, Punjab |
| India | Balaji Ghat | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh |
| India | Historic Havelis of Bikaner | Bikaner, Rajasthan |
| India | Royal Opera House | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Indonesia | Desa Lingga | Karo Regency, North Sumatra Province |
| Japan | Hirakushi Denchū house and atelier | Taitō, Tokyo |
| Japan | East Japan earthquake heritage sites | Tōhoku and Kantō Regions |
| Japan | Machiya townhouses | Kyoto |
| Jordan | Abila | Quweilbeh, Irbid Governorate |
| Kazakhstan | Necropolises of nomads in Mangystau | Mangystau Province, Kazakhstan |
| Macedonia | Stobi | Gradsko |
| Madagascar | Royal hill of Ambohimanga | Ambohimanga Rova, Antananarivo Province |
| Mexico | Colonial bridge of Tequixtepec | San Miguel Tequixtepec, Oaxaca |
| Mexico | Ruta de la Amistad | Mexico City |
| Netherlands | Beth Haim Portuguese Jewish Cemetery | Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, North Holland |
| New Zealand | Canterbury provincial government buildings | Christchurch, Canterbury |
| Palestinian Territory | Tell Umm el-'Amr (Saint Hilarion Monastery) | Nuseirat, Gaza Strip |
| Panama | Way On Cemetery | Panama City |
| Peru | Alameda de los Descalzos and Paseo de Aguas | Rímac, Lima |
| Peru | Lines and geoglyphs of Nasca | Nazca, Ica Region |
| Peru | Quinta de Presa | Rímac, Lima |
| Poland | St. Parascheva church | Radruż, Subcarpathian Voivodeship |
| Portugal | Jardim Botânico de Lisboa | Lisbon |
| Saint Helena | Saint Helena | Saint Helena |
| Spain | Barrio del Cabanyal-Canyamelar | Valencia |
| Spain | Berrocal de Trujillo | Trujillo, Extremadura |
| Tunisia | Old town of Testour | Testour, Béja Governorate |
| Turkey | Haydarpaşa Railway Station | Istanbul |
| Turkey | Oshki monastery | Çamlıyamaç, Erzurum Province |
| Turkey | Rum Orphanage | Büyükada, Princes' Islands, Istanbul |
| Turkmenistan | Ulug Depe | near Dushak, Ahal Province |
| United Kingdom | British Brutalism (Birmingham Central Library, Preston bus station, Hayward Gallery) | Birmingham, Preston, and London, England |
| United Kingdom | Newstead Abbey | Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire |
| United Kingdom | Quarr Abbey | Ryde, Isle of Wight |
| United Kingdom | Ruins of the former cathedral church of St. Michael, Coventry | Coventry, West Midlands |
| United States | 510 Fifth Avenue | New York, New York |
| United States | Charleston Historic District | Charleston, South Carolina |
| United States | Manitoga | Garrison, New York |
| United States | New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture | New York, New York |
| United States | Orange County Government Center | Goshen, New York |
| United States | Walpi village | Navajo County, Arizona |
| Vietnam | Fishing villages of Hạ Long Bay | Hạ Long Bay, Quảng Ninh Province |
| Yemen | Mosque and hammam Al-Mudhaffar | Ta'izz, Ta'izz Governorate |
| Zimbabwe | Nalatale ruins | near Gweru, Matabeleland North |

## Statistics by country/territory

The following countries/territories have multiple sites entered on the 2012 Watch List, listed by the number of sites:
| Number of sites | Country/Territory |
| 6 | United States |
| 4 | India |
| 4 | United Kingdom |
| 3 | Argentina |
| 3 | Haiti |
| 3 | Japan |
| 3 | Peru |
| 2 | China |
| 2 | Colombia |
| 2 | Guatemala |
| 2 | Turkey |
| 2 | Mexico |
| 2 | Spain |