quinta-feira, 7 de junho de 2007

Architectural, cultural gems imperilled

See:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/
RTGAM.20070606.wwarmarch0606/BNStory/Science/home

Quoting:
World Monuments Fund's 100 Most Endangered Sites

The names appear as listed by the organization.

AFGHANISTAN
Buddhist Remains of Bamiyan
Murad Khane, Kabul
Tepe Narenj, Kabul

ALGERIA
Medracen and el-Khroub
Numidian Royal Mausolea, Constantine

ANTARCTICA
Scott's Hut and the Explorers' Heritage of Antarctica, Ross Island

ARGENTINA
Brener Synagogue, Moises Ville

ARMENIA
Kumayri District, Alexandrapol

AUSTRALIA
Dampier Rock Art Complex, Burrup Peninsula

AZERBAIJAN
Khinalyg Village

BANGLADESH
Sonargaon-Panam City

BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA
Sarajevo City Hall

BRAZIL
Porangatu Historic District

BULGARIA
Novae Archaeological Site, Svishtov

BURKINA FASO
Loropeni Ruins

CANADA
Herschel Island, Yukon

CHILE
Montemar Institute of Marine Biology, Vina del Mar

CHINA
Modern Shanghai
Xumishan Grottoes, Guyuan County

CYPRUS
Famagusta Walled City

EGYPT
Aqsunqur Mosque (Blue Mosque), Cairo
Shunet el-Zebib, Abydos
West Bank of the Nile, Luxor

ERITREA
Derbush Tomb, Massawa

ETHIOPIA
Mohammadali House, Addis Ababa

FRANCE
Epailly Chapel of the Order of the Temple, Courban

GEORGIA
Gelati Monastery and Academy, Kutaisi

GHANA
Wa Naas Palace, Wa

GREECE
Lesvos Historic Churches
Pella Macedonian Tombs

GUATEMALA
Capitanes Generales Palace, Antiqua Guatemala
Ceibal Archaeological Site, Sayaxche

INDIA
Amber Town, Rajasthan
Chettinad, Chennai
Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
Leh Old Town, Ladakh
Srinigar Heritage Zone

INDONESIA
Kotagede Heritage District

IRAQ
Cultural Heritage Sites of Iraq

IRELAND
Tara Hill
Vernon Mount, Cork

ITALY
Transhumance Cultural Landscape, Molise Region
Farnese Nymphaeum, Rome
Fenestrelle Fortress, Turin
Viscontian Bridge-Dam, Valleggio sul Mincio

JAMAICA
Falmouth Historic Town

JORDAN
Khirbet et-Tannur, Tafilah
Qusayr Amra, al-Azraq

JORDAN/ISRAEL
Jordan River Cultural Landscape

LIBYA
Wadi Mathendous Rock Art, Fezzan

MACEDONIA
Mother of God Peribleptos Church, Ohrid

MADAGASCAR
Fianarantsoa Old City

MALTA
Fort St. Elmo, Valletta

MAURITANIA
Chinguetti Mosque

MEXICO
Huaca Historic Neighborhood, Veracruz
Chihuahua Missions
Monte Alban Archaeological Site, Oaxaca
Teuchtitlan-Guachimontones Archaeological Zone

MOROCCO
Al-Azhar Mosque, Fez

NIGERIA
Ikom Monoliths of Cross River State

PAKISTAN
Shikarpoor Historic City Center

PALESTINIAN Territories
Church of the Holy Nativity, Bethlehem

PERU
Laraos Terraces
Lima Historic City Center
Machu Picchu Historic Sanctuary
Macusani-Corani Rock Art
San Pedro Apostol de Andahuaylillas Church
Santa Catalina Monastery, Arequipa

RUSSIA
Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign Church, Teplovo
Mendeleev Tower, St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Historic Skyline

SENEGAL
Saint Louis Island

SIERRA LEONE
Freetown Historic Monuments

SLOVAKIA
BanskDa Stiavnica Calvary Complex

SOMALILAND
Las Geel Rock Art

SPAIN
Joan MirDo Foundation, Barcelona

SRI LANKA
Kandy Sacred City

SWEDEN
Ljungberg Hall, Borlange City

SYRIA
Cyrrhus (Nebi Houri), Azaz
Old Damascus

TANZANIA
Kilwa Historic Sites

TURKEY
ECukur Han, Ankara
Hasankeyf
Istanbul Historic Walls
Meryem Ana (Mother of God) Church, GJoreme, Cappadocia
Red Church, GJuzelyurt, Sivrihisar, Cappadocia

UKRAINE
Pidhirtsi Castle

UNITED KINGDOM
Mavisbank House, Midlothian, Scotland
Richhill House, Armagh City, Northern Ireland
St. Peters College, Cardross, Scotland
Wiltons Music Hall, London

UNITED STATES
Florida Southern Historic Campus, Lakeland, Fla.
Historic Neighborhoods of New Orleans, La.
Historic Route 66
Main Street Modern
New York State Pavilion, Queens, N.Y.
Salk Institute, San Diego, Calif.
Tutuveni Petroglyph Site, Hopi Tribal Land, Ariz.

UZBEKISTAN
Ayaz Kala, Ellikala
Madrasa Rashid, Bukhara

ZIMBABWE
Bumbusi National Monument, Matabeleland



See also:
http://www.worldmonumentswatch.org/

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