2020 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]

Selection process

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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

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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
File:Togo Taberma house 02.jpg
Benin and Togo
Ontario Place
File:OntarioPlaceCinesphere.jpg
Ontario, Canada
Easter Island (Rapa Nui)—Orongo
File:Crater del volcan rano kau, isla de pascua, chile.JPG
Easter Island, Chile
Alexan Palace
File:قصر ألكسان باشا.jpg
Asyut, Egypt
Notre-Dame of Paris
File:Notre Dame Cathedral Renovation Feb 29,2020.jpg
Paris, France
Bennerley Viaduct
File:Bennerley Viaduct Ilkeston.jpg
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, England
Tusheti National Park
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Georgia
Gingerbread Neighborhood
File:Villa Miramar, Port-au-Prince 20180716 01.jpg
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Historic Water Systems of the Deccan Plateau
File:Asar mahal 02.jpg
Karnataka and Maharashtra, India
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium
File:Navrangpura Stadium 2.jpg
Ahmedabad, India
Mam Rashan Shrine
File:Views around the Yezidi shrine of Mame Reshan after its destruction by the Islamic State, in the Shingal mountains overlooking Shingal 02.jpg
Mount Sinjar, Iraq
Inari-yu bathhouse
File:滝野川稲荷湯 2025.jpg
Kita, Tokyo, Japan
Iwamatsu District
File:Iwamatsu, Ehime 20241130.jpg
Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Canal Nacional
File:Canal Nacional.JPG
Mexico City, Mexico
Traditional Burmese Teak Farmhouses
File:Facade of Maha Nanda Kantha - Teak Monastery - Outside Hsipaw - Myanmar (Burma) (12225673144).jpg
Myanmar
Choijin Lama Temple
File:Choijin Lama Temple (6228065687).jpg
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Chivas and Chaityas of the Kathmandu Valley
File:A Chaitya in Bhimsenthan premise-3.JPG
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Anarkali Bazaar
File:Nila Gumbad Lahore cropped.jpg
Lahore, Pakistan
Sacred Valley of the Incas
File:Sacred Valley (around Pisaq), Peru.jpg
Cusco Region, Peru
Kindler Chapel, Pabianice Evangelical Cemetery
File:Pabianice kaplica Kindlerow 2(pischmak).JPG
Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
Courtyard Houses of Axerquía
File:Posada del Potro - Córdoba (España).jpg
Córdoba, Spain
Bears Ears National Monument
File:House on Fire Ruin.jpg
Utah, United States
Central Aguirre Historic District
File:Central Aguirre Historic District.JPG
Aguirre, Puerto Rico, United States
San Antonio Woolworth Building
File:San Antonio Texas June 1993 - 01.jpg
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Traditional Houses in the Old Jewish Mahalla of Bukhara
File:Bukhara synagogue (south) inner court.jpg
Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Notes

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^ 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.

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