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WORLD MONUMENTS WATCH

100 Most Endangered Sites 1996


Albania
Butrint Archaeological Site, Sarande

Argentina
San Ignacio Mini, San Ignacio

Austria
Belvedere Gardens, Vienna
Franciscan Church, Vienna

Barbados
Morgan Lewis Sugar Mill, St. Andrew

Belgium
Tour and Taxis (transport hub), Brussels

Belize
El Pilar Reserve, Belize River Area, Cayo Belize

Benin
Royal Palaces of Benin, Abomey and Porto-Novo

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Village of Pocitelj

Brazil
Serra da Capivara National Park, São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui

Bulgaria
Ivanovo Rock Chapels, Ivanovo, Rousse Region
Madara Horseman, Kaspichan

Cambodia
Angkor Archaeological District, Siem Reap

Chile
Churches of Chiloé, Chiloé Archipelago
Elevators of Valparaíso, Valparaíso
Orongo, Easter Island

China [sic]
Liao Dynasty Site, Chi Feng City, Inner Mongolia
Namseling Manor, Drachi, Tibet
San Xing Dui Archaelogical Site, Guang Han City, Sichuan

Croatia
Franciscan Monastery, Lopud, Dubrovnik-Neretva County
Old City Harbor, Dubrovnik
Split Historic Center, Split
Village of Tvrda, Osijek

Cuba
Santa Clara of Assisi Convent, Havana

Czech Republic
Cesky Krumlov Garden, Cesky Krumlov
Kladruby Benedictine Monastery, Kladruby, Tachov District

Ecuador
Iglesia de La Compañia, Quito

Egypt
Qa'itbay Sebil (Fountain House), Cairo

France
Chateau Aqueduct, Castelnau-Pégayrolles
Saint-Emilion Monolithic Church, Saint-Emilion

Georgia
Pitareti Monastic Complex, Tetritskaro District

Germany
Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden Hellerau

Greece
Etz Hayim Synagogue, Hania, Crete

Guyana
Moruka-Waini Cultural Landscape, Warao Settlements

Hungary
Royal Garden Pavilions, Budapest

India
Jaisalmer Fort, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
Taj Mahal, Agra

Indonesia
Borobudur, Central Java

Ireland
Clonmacnoise New Graveyard, Shannonbridge, County Offaly

Israel
Gemeindehaus, German Colony, Haifa
The White City, Tel Aviv

Italy
Ancient Pompeii, Naples
Bartolomeo Colleoni Monument, Venice
Garden of Villa Medici at Castello, Florence
Grottos of San Michele, Salerno
Neopitagorica at Porta Maggiore, Rome
Nero's Palace - Domus Aurea, Rome
Ruins on the River Centa, Albenga (Savona)
San Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna
Santa Maria in Stelle Cemetery, Verona
Sts. Ambrogio & Carlo at Corso, Rome
Temple of Hercules, Forum Boarium, Rome

Jordan
Southern Temple, Wadi Mousa, Petra

Laos
Vat Sisaket, Vientiane

Latvia
Abava Valley Cultural Landscape, Pedvale, Kurzeme District

Lebanon
Ancient Tyre, Tyre

Mali
Djenné-Djeno Archaeological Site, Djenné

Mexico
20th-Century Mural Paintings, Various buildings
Church of Jesús Nazareno, Atotonilco, Guanajuato
San Juan de Ulúa Fort, Veracruz
Yucatán Indian Chapels, Yucatán Peninsula

Mongolia
Bogd Khaan Palace Museum, Ulaanbaatar Town

Morocco
Medieval Sijilmassa, Rissani
Rabbi Shlomo Ibn Danan & Mansano Synagoges, Fes

Mozambique
Mozambique Island, Nampula Province

Nepal
Gombas of Upper Mustang, Lo Manthang, Mustang
Teku Thapatali Monument Zone, Bagmati River, Kathmandu

Norway
Vågå Old Church, Vågåmo, Oppland County

Pakistan
Tamba Wari, Indus River Delta, Sindh

Peru
Historic Center of Cusco, Cusco
Murals of the Allauca Church, Rapaz

Philippines
Angono Petroglyphs, Rizal

Poland
Debno Parish Church, Nowy Targ
Our Lady's Assumption Basilica, Cracow
Prózna Street, Warsaw

Portugal
Côa Valley Petroglyphs, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Pinhel

Romania
Brancusi's Endless Column, Târgu-Jiu
Romano Catholic Church, Ghelinta

Russia
Alexander Palace, Tsarkoje Selo, St. Petersburg
Kizhi Pogost, Kizhi Island, Lake Onega
Paanajärvi Village, Kemi Province

Spain
Moorish Houses of Granada, Granada

Suriname
Jodensavanne Village, Jodensavanne

Tanzania
Kilwa Kisiwani Portuguese Fort, Lindi Region

Thailand
Flooded Sites in Central Thailand: Ayuttaya & Sites
on Chao Praya River

Turkey
Ani Archaelogical Site, Ocarli Köyü, Kars
Çatal Hüyük, Küçükköy
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

Ukraine
Ancient Chersonesos, Sevastopol, Crimea

United States of America
Adobe Missions, New Mexico
Chaco Culture National Historic Park, McKinley County, NM
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, PA
Ellis Island National Monument, New York, NY
Golden Gate Park Conservatory, San Francisco, CA
Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska, AK
Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, LA

Vietnam
Minh Mang Tomb, Hue City, Huong Tho Village
My Son Temple District, Duy Xuyen District

Yugoslavia
Subotica Synagogue, Subotica

Zimbabwe
Khami National Monument, Bulawayo


For more information, contact:
World Monuments Fund
949 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10028
Telephone: (212) 517-9367
Telefax: (212) 517-9494


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