# 2010 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 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.

## 2010 Watch List

The 2010 World Monuments Watch List of Endangered Sites was announced on October 6, 2009 by WMF President Bonnie Burnham. 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.
   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.

### List by country/territory

| Number | Country/Territory | Site | Location | Period |
| 1 | Afghanistan | Herat Old City | Herat | ca. BC 5000–Present |
| 2 | Argentina | Buenos Aires Historic Center | Buenos Aires | 1750–1830 |
| 3 | Argentina | Teatro Colón | Buenos Aires | 1885–1908 |
| 4 | Armenia | Aghjots Vank | Garni | 13th Century |
| 5 | Austria | Wiener Werkbundsiedlung | Vienna | 1920s–1930s |
| 6 | Bahrain | Suq al-Qaysariya | Muharraq | ca. 1800 |
| 7 | Belgium | Sanatorium Joseph Lemaire | Overijse | 1937–1987 |
| 8 | Bhutan | Phajoding Temple Complex | Thimphu | 1224 |
| 9 | Bolivia | Convento-Museo Santa Teresa | Cochabamba | 1760 |
| 10 | Bolivia | Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos | Santa Cruz | 17th–18th Centuries |
| 11 | Chile | Churches of Arica Parinacota | Arica and Parinacota Region | 16th Century |
| 12 | Colombia | San Fernando and San José Fortresses | Cartagena de Indias | 18th Century |
| 13 | Colombia | Santa Fe de Antioquia Old City | Antioquia Department | 16th–18th Centuries |
| 14 | Comoros | Ujumbe Palace | Mutsamudu | 1786 |
| 15 | Ecuador | Todos Santos complex | Cuenca | 13th Century |
| 16 | Egypt | New Gourna | Kurna | 1945 |
| 17 | Egypt | Old Mosque of Shali Fortress | Siwa Oasis | 1203 |
| 18 | France | Saint-Martin-des-Puits Church | Saint-Martin-des-Puits | 9th–17th Centuries |
| 19 | France | Hôtel de Monnaies | Villemagne-l'Argentière | 13th Century |
| 20 | Greece | Churches of Lesvos | Lesbos | 3rd–16th Centuries |
| 21 | Guatemala | Kaminaljuyu | Guatemala City | 8th Century BC |
| 22 | Haiti | Gingerbread Houses | Port-au-Prince | 1749–1925 |
| 23 | India | Chiktan Castle | Kargil | 16th century |
| 24 | India | Dechen Namgyal Monastery | Nyoma | 17th century |
| 25 | India | Historic Civic Centre of Shimla | Shimla | 1830s |
| 26 | India | Kothi, Qila Mahmudabad | Mahmudabad | 1677 |
| 27 | Iraq | Al-Hadba’ Minaret | Mosul | 1172 |
| 28 | Ireland | Russborough House | Blessington | 1740s |
| 29 | Israel | Cathedral of St. James | Old City of Jerusalem | 12th century |
| 30 | Israel | Old City of Lod | Lod | 1260–1917 |
| 31 | Italy | Historic Center of Craco | Craco | 1000 |
| 32 | Italy | Ponte Lucano | Italy | 1st Century BC |
| 33 | Italy | Villa of San Gilio | Oppido Lucano | 1st Century BC |
| 34 | Japan | Machiya Townhouses | Kyoto | 1603–1867 |
| 35 | Jordan | Damiya Dolmen Field | Damiya, Jordan Valley | BC 3600–3000 |
| 36 | Kazakhstan | Vernacular Architecrure of the Kazakh Steppe Sary-Arka | Zhezkazgan | 18th–20th Centuries |
| 37 | Laos | Hintang Archaeological Landscape | Houaphanh Province | Bronze Age |
| 38 | Laos | Tham Ting | Nam Kong River at Ban Pak Ou | 15th Century |
| 39 | Mexico | Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque | Zempoala to Otumba | 1543–1560 |
| 40 | Mexico | Las Pozas | Xilitla | 1944 |
| 41 | Mexico | Church of San Bartolo Soyaltepec | Oaxaca | 1723 |
| 42 | Mexico | Church of San Felipe Tindaco | Tlaxiaco | ca. 1800 |
| 43 | Mexico | Santos Reyes Church and Monastery and La Comunidad Convent | Metztitlán | 1570 |
| 44 | Moldova | Assumption of Our Lady Church | Causeni | 17th Century |
| 45 | Morocco | Lixus | Larache | 12th century BC–7th Century AD |
| 46 | Pakistan | Petroglyphs in the Diamer-Bhasha Dam Area | Northern Areas | ca. 10000–1000 BC |
| 47 | Pakistan | Shikarpoor Historic City Center | Shikarpoor | 1617-1947 |
| 48 | Panama | Corozal Cemetery | Panama City | 1914 |
| 49 | Panama | Historic Center of Colón | Colón | 19th Century |
| 50 | Panama | Mount Hope Cemetery | Colón | 1850 |
| 51 | Paraguay | Santísima Trinidad del Paraná | Trinidad | 1706 |
| 52 | Peru | Chankillo | Casma Valley | 4th century BC |
| 53 | Peru | Jesuit Churches of San José and San Javier | Changuillo and El Ingenio | 1740s |
| 54 | Peru | Pachacamac Sanctuary | Lurín | 5th Century |
| 55 | Peru | Pikillaqta Archaeological Park | Cuzco | 500–1200 |
| 56 | Peru | San Francisco de Asis | Marcapata | ca. 1700 |
| 57 | Peru | Machu Picchu | Urubamba Valley | 15th Century |
| 58 | Peru | Tambo Colorado | Humay | 1470–1532 |
| 59 | Peru | Church of Santa Cruz of Jerusalem | Juli | 16th Century |
| 60 | Philippines | Nuestra Señora de la Asunción | Santa Maria | 1765 |
| 61 | Philippines | Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras | Ifugao | 16th Century |
| 62 | Philippines | San Sebastian Basilica | Manila | 1891 |
| 63 | Romania | Fortified Churches of Southern Transylvania | Around Sibiu | 12th–14th Centuries |
| 64 | Russia | Church of the Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign | Podolsk | 1704 |
| 65 | Slovakia | Lietava Castle | Lietava | 13th Century |
| 66 | South Africa | Wonderwerk Cave | Kuruman | Stone Age |
| 67 | Spain | Historic Landscape of Sevilla | Seville | 8th–18th Centuries |
| 68 | Spain | Historic Landscape of Toledo (Upper and Lower Valleys of the River Tagus) | Toledo | Paleolithic Era–Present |
| 69 | Spain | Numantia | Soria | 2nd Century BC |
| 70 | Spain | Old Town of Ávila | Ávila | 1090 |
| 71 | Spain | Route of Santiago de Compostela | Aragon, Navarre, La Rioja, Castile-Leon and Galicia | Middle Ages |
| 72 | Spain | Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família | Barcelona | 1882–Present |
| 73 | Sri Lanka | Dutch Fort of Batticaloa | Batticaloa | 1628 |
| 74 | Tanzania | Pangani Historic Town | Pangani | ca. 1800 |
| 75 | Uganda | Wamala King's Tombs | Nansana | |
| 76 | United Kingdom | Carlisle Memorial Methodist Church | Belfast | 1875 |
| 77 | United Kingdom | Edinburgh Historic Graveyards | Edinburgh | 17th–19th Centuries |
| 78 | United Kingdom | Sheerness Dockyard | Sheerness | 1815 |
| 79 | United Kingdom | St John the Evangelist Parish Church | Shobdon | 12th Century; Extended 1755–58 |
| 80 | United Kingdom | Tecton Buildings | Dudley Zoological Gardens | 1937 |
| 81 | United States | Atlanta-Fulton Central Public Library | Atlanta | 1980 |
| 82 | United States | Commodore Ralph Middleton Munroe Miami Marine Stadium | Miami | 1963 |
| 83 | United States | Cultural Landscape of Hadley, Massachusetts | Hadley | 1660s-present |
| 84 | United States | Phillis Wheatley Elementary School | New Orleans | 1954 |
| 85 | United States | St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 | New Orleans | 1823 |
| 86 | United States | Taliesin | Spring Green | 1911 |
| 87 | United States | Taliesin West | Scottsdale | 1937 |
| 88 | United States | Taos Pueblo | New Mexico | ca. 1000–1450 |
| 89 | United States | Bridges of the Merritt Parkway | Fairfield County, Connecticut | 1940 |
| 90 | Uzbekistan | Desert Castles of Ancient Khorezm | Karakalpakstan, Elli-Kala District & Beruni District, Uzbekistan | 7th Century BC |
| 91 | Venezuela | Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Central University of Venezuela | Caracas | 1950s |
| 92 | Venezuela | Parque del Este | Caracas | 1958 |

## Statistics by country/territory

The following countries/territories have multiple sites entered on the 2010 Watch List, listed by the number of sites:
| Number of sites | Country/Territory |
| 9 | United States of America |
| 8 | Peru |
| 6 | Spain |
| 5 | Mexico and United Kingdom |
| 4 | India |
| 3 | Italy, Panama and the Philippines |
| 2 | Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Egypt, France, Israel, Laos, Pakistan and Venezuela |