2020 World Monuments Watch


The World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York–based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund 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, 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.

2020 Watch List

The 2020 Watch List call for nomination was announced in January 2019 with the deadline in March 2019. More than 250 nominees were submitted. Twenty five sites were selected to be included in the list.
SiteImageLocation
Koutammakou, Land of the BatammaribaBenin and Togo
Ontario PlaceOntario, Canada
Easter Island —OrongoEaster Island, Chile
Alexan PalaceAsyut, Egypt
Notre-Dame of ParisParis, France
Bennerley ViaductDerbyshire and Nottinghamshire, England
Tusheti National ParkGeorgia
Gingerbread NeighborhoodPort-au-Prince, Haiti
Historic Water Systems of the Deccan PlateauKarnataka and Maharashtra, India
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel StadiumAhmedabad, India
Mam Rashan ShrineMount Sinjar, Iraq
Inari-yu bathhouseKita, Tokyo, Japan
Iwamatsu DistrictUwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Canal NacionalMexico City, Mexico
Traditional Burmese Teak FarmhousesMyanmar
Choijin Lama TempleUlaanbaatar, Mongolia
Chivas and Chaityas of the Kathmandu ValleyKathmandu Valley, Nepal
Anarkali BazaarLahore, Pakistan
Sacred Valley of the IncasCusco Region, Peru
Kindler Chapel, Pabianice Evangelical CemeteryŁódź Voivodeship, Poland
Courtyard Houses of AxerquíaCórdoba, Spain
Bears Ears National MonumentUtah, United States
Central Aguirre Historic DistrictAguirre, Puerto Rico, United States
San Antonio Woolworth BuildingSan Antonio, Texas, United States
Traditional Houses in the Old Jewish Mahalla of BukharaBukhara, Uzbekistan