2006 World Monuments Watch
Introduction The World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York-based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund (WMF) that is dedicated to preserving the historic, artistic, and architectural heritage around the world.
Selection process Every two years, it publishes a select list known as the Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites that is 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.
2006 Watch List The 2006 World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites was launched on June 21, 2005, by WMF President Bonnie Burnham. It marked the first time that an entire country was placed on the Watch List. Iraq, long considered as the "cradle of human civilization" and within whose borders lie an estimated 10,000 archaeological sites, has been left vulnerable to widespread looting, vandalism, and other acts of violence in the wake of the 2003 military invasion.On October 6, 2005, nearly four months after the publication of the 2006 Watch List and more than a month after the significant devastation brought about by Hurricane Katrina on America's Gulf Coast, the WMF, together with partners American Express Foundation and National Trust for Historic Preservation, decided to place the ''Gulf Coast and New Orleans '' as the 101st endangered site on the 2006 Watch List.===List by country/territory===The mudbrick structures of the Iranian city of Bam were severely damaged by an earthquake in 2003.It was subsequently inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and List of World Heritage in Danger in 2004, and on the WMF Watch List in 2006.Rome's Temple of Portunus is one of the best preserved early Roman temples in the world.The Great Ziggurat of Ur is one of the many archaeological sites in Iraq that has been left vulnerable to looting and vandalism since the invasion and occupation began in 2003.Mauritania's Chinguetti Mosque is home to a unique collection of important Islamic manuscripts. It is situated in Chinguetti, considered as the "seventh city" of Islam.Seismic instability and the depletion of its aquifer has endangered the very foundation of Mexico City.Moscow's Narkomfin Building is a nationally listed monument in Russia and continues to inspire architects around the world.The Turkish archaeological site of Aphrodisias features some of the best-preserved examples of Greco-Roman architecture in the eastern Mediterranean.Pennsylvania's Cyclorama Building was included on the Watch List since the structure was slated for demolition by the authorities. The building was demolished in March 2013.Number Country/Territory Site Location Period 1 Afghanistan Haji Piyada Mosque Balkh 9th century 2 Antarctica Sir Ernest Shackleton's Expedition Hut Cape Royds, Ross Island 1908 3 Australia Dampier Rock Art Complex Dampier, Burrup Peninsula 10,000 BC–present 4 Bangladesh Sonargaon-Panam City Sonargaon 15th–19th centuries 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mehmed-Pasha Sokolovic Bridge Visegrad 1571–1577 6 Brazil Convent of San Francisco and Historic Olinda Olinda, Pernambuco 1535–1827 7 Cameroon Bafut Palace Bafut 1907–1910 8 Cape Verde Tarrafal Concentration Camp Tarrafal 1930s 9 Chile Tulor Village Antofagasta 500 BC–AD 300 10 Chile Cerros Pintados Tarapacá 500–1450 11 China Cockcrow Post Town Cockrow Post, Huailai 1420 12 China Lu Mansion Dong Yang 15th–19th centuries 13 China Qikou Town Shanxi Province 18th–19th centuries 14 China Stone Towers of Southwest China Various Locations ca. 1000–1500 15 China Tianshui Traditional Houses Tianshui, Qincheng, Gansu 1644–1929 16 China Tuanshan Historical Village Yunnan Province 15th–19th centuries 17 Croatia Novi Dvori Castle Zaprešić Mid–19th century 18 Croatia Saint Blaise Church Dubrovnik 1707–1717 19 Cuba Finca Vigia (Hemingway's House) San Francisco de Paula 1886 20 Egypt Sabil Ruqayya Dudu Cairo 1761 21 Egypt Tarabay al-Sharify Cairo 16th century 22 Egypt West Bank Luxor 1540–1075 BC 23 El Salvador San Miguel Arcangel and Santa Cruz de Roma Panchimalco & Huizucar 1730–1740 24 Eritrea Asmara Historic City Center Asmara 1916–1941 25 Eritrea Kidane-Mehret Church Senafe 12th century 26 Eritrea Massawa Historic Town Massawa 16th–19th centuries 27 Finland Helsinki-Malmi Airport Helsinki 1930–1938 28 Georgia Jvari Monastery Mtshekta ca. 600 29 Greece Helike Archaeological Site Achaia BC 2500–500 30 Guatemala Naranjo El Petén 600–900 31 India Dalhousie Square Calcutta 1600–1699; 1900 32 India Dhangkar Gompa Himachal Pradesh 15th–16th centuries 33 India Guru Lhakhang and Sumda Chung Temples Sumda Chung 11th–14th centuries 34 India Watson's Hotel Mumbai 1867–1871 35 Indonesia Omo Hada Nias Island 1715 36 Iran Bam Bam 10th–18th centuries 37 Iraq Iraq Cultural Heritage Sites Country-wide Prehistoric–present 38 Ireland Wonderful Barn Kildare 1743 39 Italy Academy of Hadrian's Villa Tivoli 2nd century 40 Italy Cimitero Acattolico Rome 1776 first burial 41 Italy Civita di Bagnoregio Bagnoregio 12th–15th centuries 42 Italy Murgia dei Trulli Murgia dei Trulli ca. 800 43 Italy Portici Royal Palace Naples 1740–19th century 44 Italy Santa Maria in Stelle Hypogeum Verona 3rd–5th centuries 45 Italy Temple of Portunus Rome Late 2nd–1st centuries BC 46 Kenya Mtwapa Heritage Site Kilifi, Mtwapa 1100–1199 47 Laos Chom Phet Cultural Landscape Luang Prabang 19th century 48 Latvia Riga Cathedral Riga 13th–19th centuries 49 Lebanon Chehabi Citadel Hasbaya 12th century 50 Lebanon International Fairground at Tripoli Tripoli 1963 51 Macedonia Treskavec Monastery and Church Treskavec 12th–15th centuries 52 Mauritania Chinguetti Mosque Chinguetti 13th century 53 Mexico Chalcatzingo Morelos 800 BC 54 Mexico Mexico City Historic Center Mexico City 15th–20th centuries 55 Mexico Pimería Alta Missions Sonora 1700–1799 56 Mexico San Juan Bautista Cuauhtinchan Puebla 1528–1544 57 Mexico San Nicolás Obispo Morelia, Michoacán 16th–18th centuries 58 Nepal Patan Royal Palace Complex Patan 17th–19th centuries 59 Nigeria Benin City Earthworks Edo State 1240–1460 60 Norway Sandviken Bay Bergen 18th–19th centuries 61 Pakistan Mian Nasir Mohammed Graveyard Dadu District 18th century 62 Pakistan Thatta Monuments Thatta 14th–18th centuries 63 Palestinian Territories Tell Balatah (Shechem or Ancient Nablus) Nablus, West Bank BC 1699–AD 1600 64 Panama Panama Canal Area Panama City, Chagres River 1882–1914 65 Peru Cajamarquilla Lima 500–1200 66 Peru Presbítero Maestro Cemetery Lima 1805–1808 67 Peru Quinta Heeren Lima 1888–1930 68 Peru Revash Funerary Complex Santo Tomas de Quillay 10th century 69 Peru Túcume Archaeological Site Lambayeque 9th–15th centuries 70 Poland Jerusalem Hospital of the Teutonic Order Malborka 14th century; 17th century 71 Poland Mausoleum of Karol Scheibler Łodz 1885–1888 72 Portugal Teatro Capitólio Lisbon 1925–1931 73 Romania Oradea Fortress Oradea 17th–18th centuries 74 Russia Melnikov's House Studio Moscow 1929 75 Russia Narkomfin Building Moscow 1928–1930 76 Russia Semenovskoe-Otrada Moscow Region 1774–1850s 77 Samoa Pulemelei Mound Palauli, Letolo Plantation ca. 1000–1500 78 Serbia and Montenegro Prizren Historic Center Prizren 1200–present 79 Serbia and Montenegro Subotica Synagogue Subotica 1902 80 Sierra Leone Old Fourah Bay College Building Freetown Mid–19th century 81 Slovakia Lednické-Rovne Historical Park Lednické-Rovne 18th century 82 South Africa Richtersveld Cultural Landscape Northern Cape Province Prehistoric–present 83 Spain Segovia Aqueduct Segovia 1st century 84 Sudan Suakin Suakin Island 17th–18th centuries 85 Syria Amrit Archaeological Site Amrit 300–230 BC 86 Syria Shayzar Castle Shaizar 12th century 87 Syria Tell Mozan (Ancient Urkesh) Tell Mozan ca. 2200–1500 BC 88 Turkey Aphrodisias Aphrodisias 150 BC–AD 1200 89 Turkey Little Hagia Sophia Istanbul 527–536 90 United Kingdom Saint Mary's Stow Church Stow, Lincolnshire 975 AD; 11th–15th centuries 91 United Kingdom St. Vincent Street Church Glasgow, Scotland 1857/59–1904 92 United States of America 2 Columbus Circle New York City 1964 93 United States of America Bluegrass Cultural Landscape of Kentucky Central Kentucky Late 18th–Early 19th centuries 94 United States of America Cyclorama Center Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1958–1961 95 United States of America Dutch Reformed Church Newburgh, New York 1830 96 United States of America Ellis Island Baggage and Dormitory Building New York, New York 1908–1913 97 United States of America Ennis Brown House Los Angeles, California 1924 98 United States of America Hanging Flume Montrose County, Colorado 1887–1890 99 United States of America Mount Lebanon Shaker Village New Lebanon, New York 1860 100 Venezuela La Guaira Historic City Vargas 1589 101 United States of America Gulf Coast and New Orleans Mississippi and Louisiana 18th–20th centuries
Statistics by country/territory The following countries/territories have multiple sites entered on the 2006 Watch List, listed by the number of sites: Number of sites Country/Territory 9 United States of America 7 Italy 6 China 5 Mexico and Peru 4 India 3 Egypt, Eritrea, Russia and Syria 2 Chile, Croatia, Lebanon, Pakistan, Poland, Serbia & Montenegro, Turkey and United Kingdom
Notes A. 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  2006 Watch List as published.C. The references to the sites' locations and periods of construction were based on the official  2006 Watch List as published.D. On October 6, 2005, the WMF added the historic and cultural assets of the ''Gulf Coast and New Orleans'' to the 2006 Watch List as its 101st site, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina significantly damaging and destroying numerous historic structures across the region.E. Tally includes the ''Gulf Coast and New Orleans'' site.
References
External links *  World Monuments Fund home page*  World Monuments Watch home page*  2006 Watch List press release*  100 Most Endangered Sites