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2008 World Monuments Watch
List of 100 Most Endangered Sites
AFGHANISTAN
Buddhist Remains of Bamiyan (c. A.D. 600)
Murad Khane (1700s-1920)
Tepe Narenj (5th-9th centuries)
ALGERIA
Medracen and el-Khroub Numidian Royal Mausolea (4th-3rd centuries B.C.)
ANTARCTICA Scott's Hut and the Explorers' Heritage of Antarctica (1899-1917)
ARGENTINA
Brener Synagogue (1909)
ARMENIA
Kumayri District, Alexandrapol (19th-20th centuries)
AUSTRALIA
Dampier Rock Art Complex (10,000 B.C.-present)
AZERBAIJAN
Khinalyg Village (17th-19th centuries)
BANGLADESH
Sonargaon-Panam City (15th-19th centuries)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Sarajevo City Hall (1892-1894)
BRAZIL
Porangatu Historic District (18th-early 20th centuries)
BULGARIA
Novae Archaeological Site (A.D. 49-700)
BURKINA FASO
Loropeni Ruins (18th century)
CANADA
Herschel Island (1890-1907)
CHILE
Montemar Institute of Marine Biology (1941-1945; 1956-1959)
CHINA
Modern Shanghai (1920-1949)
Xumishan Grottoes (4th-10th centuries)
CYPRUS
Famagusta Walled City (3rd century B.C.-19th century A.D.)
EGYPT
Aqsunqur Mosque (Blue Mosque) (14th-17th centuries) Shunet el-Zebib (c. 2750 B.C.)
West Bank of the Nile (1540-1075 B.C.)
ERITREA
Darbush Tomb (16th century)
ETHIOPIA
Mohammad Ali House (c. 1900)
FRANCE
Epailly Chapel of the Order of the Temple (1200-1330)
GEORGIA
Gelati Monastery and Academy (12th-14th centuries)
GHANA
Wa Naa's Palace (19th century)
GREECE
Lesvos Historic Churches (5th-19th centuries)
Pella Macedonian Tombs (4th-2nd centuries B.C.)
GUATEMALA
Capitanes Generales Palace (1549-1773)
Ceibal Archaeological Site (300 B.C.-A.D. 250.; A.D. 830-950)
INDIA
Amber Town (11th-18th centuries) Chettinad (19th century) Jantar Mantar (1729, 1901 reconstructions)
Leh Old Town (15th-17th centuries) Srinigar Heritage Zone (14th-19th centuries)
INDONESIA
Kotagede Heritage District (16th century)
IRAQ
Cultural Heritage Sites of Iraq (prehistoric-present)
IRELAND
Tara Hill (3rd Millenium B.C.-12th century A.D.) Vernon Mount (1780s-1950)
ITALY
Farnese Nymphaeum (1565-1635)
Fenestrelle Fortress (1728-1850)
Transhumance Cultural Landscape (3rd century B.C.-1945) Viscontian Bridge-Dam (1393-1397)
JAMAICA
Falmouth Historic Town (1770s)
JORDAN
Jordan River Cultural Landscape (prehistoric-A.D. 1516) Khirbet et-Tannur (1st century B.C.-2nd century A.D.) Qusayr 'Amra (8th century)
LIBYA
Wadi Mathendous Rock Art (8000-3000 B.C.)
MACEDONIA
Mother of God Peribleptos Church (1295-1767)
MADAGASCAR
Fianarantsoa Old City (19th century)
MALTA
Fort St. Elmo (1552-1565, 1689-1877, 1900-1945)
MAURITANIA
Chinguetti Mosque (13th century)
MEXICO
Chihuahua Missions (16th-19th centuries) Huaca Historic Neighborhood (1870-1912; 1940-1950)
Monte Albán Archaeological Site (500 B.C.-A.D. 850)
Teuchtitlán-Guachimontones Archaeological Zone (400 B.C.-A.D. 600)
MOROCCO
Al-Azhar Mosque (12th century)
NIGERIA
Ikom Monoliths of Cross River State (before 2000 B.C.)
PAKISTAN
Shikarpoor Historic City Center (17th-18th centuries)
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
Church of the Holy Nativity (A.D. 330-present day)
PERU
Laraos Terraces (1440-1533)
Lima Historic City Center (17th-19th centuries) Machu Picchu Historic Sanctuary (15th century) Macusani-Corani Rock Art (5000-2000 B.C.)
San Pedro Apostol de Andahuaylillas Church (1570-1629)
Santa Catalina Monastery (16th-18th centuries)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign Church (c. 1797)
Mendeleev Tower (1902-1950s)
St. Petersburg Historic Skyline (1703-1950s)
SENEGAL
Saint-Louis Island (18th-19th centuries)
SIERRA LEONE
Freetown Historic Monuments (17th century)
SLOVAKIA
Banská Stiavnica Calvary Complex (1744-1751)
SOMALILAND
Las Geel Rock Art (4000-3000 B.C.)
SPAIN
Joan Miró Foundation (1975)
SRI LANKA
Kandy Sacred City (c. 1470-1815)
SWEDEN
Ljungberg Hall (1897-1898)
SYRIA
Cyrrhus (Nebi Houri) (230 B.C.-13th century A.D.)
Old Damascus (3000 B.C.-present)
TANZANIA
Kilwa Historic Sites (200 B.C.-A.D. 600, A.D. 700-1600 A.D., 18th-20th centuries)
TURKEY
Çukur Han (16th-17th centuries)
Hasankeyf (prehistoric-14th century)
Historic Walls of Istanbul (5th-15th centuries)
Meryem Ana (Mother of God) Church (early 11th century)
Red Church (6th century)
UKRAINE
Pidhirtsi Castle (17th-18th centuries)
UNITED KINGDOM
Mavisbank House (1720-1750)
Richhill House (1655-1698)
St. Peter's College, Cardross (1960s)
Wilton's Music Hall (1858, with earlier fabric dating from 1720s)
UNITED STATES
Florida Southern College Historic Campus (1938-1950s)
Historic Neighborhoods of New Orleans (18th-20th centuries)
Historic Route 66 (1926-1970)
Main Street Modern (1945-1975)
New York State Pavilion (1964)
Salk Institute (1959-1965)
Tutuveni Petroglyph Site (1200-present)
UZBEKISTAN
Ayaz Kala (4th century B.C.-7th century A.D.)
Madrasa Rachid (15th-18th centuries)
ZIMBABWE
Bumbusi National Monument (prehistoric and 18th-19th centuries)
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