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Australia
DAMPIER ROCK ART COMPLEX
Dampier Archipelago, AustraliaThe Dampier archipelago stretches from northwestern Australia into the Indian Ocean, its landscape marked by crags and ridges that were formed by the erosion of Precambrian lava activity. (Learn More)
Cambodia
ANGKOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK
Siem Reap, CambodiaAngkor was once the seat of the Khmer Empire, which ruled a large portion of Southeast Asia between the ninth and fifteenth centuries A.D. (Learn More)
PREAH KHAN TEMPLE
Angkor Archaeological Park, Siem Reap, CambodiaThe Preah Khan temple complex situated at the northern edge of the Angkor Archaeological Park is one of the most significant buildings erected during the ancient Khmer empire. (Learn More)
Chile
EASTER ISLAND (RAPA NUI)—MOAI CONSERVATION PROJECT
Easter Island, ChileA Polynesian volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, at the southeastern most point of the Polynesian triangle, Easter Island—known locally as Rapa Nui—is a special territory of Chile that was annexe (Learn More)
China
QIANLONG GARDEN CONSERVATION PROJECT
Beijing, ChinaOccupying almost two acres in the northeast quadrant of the Forbidden City, the Qianlong Garden was built by the fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) to serve as a part of his planned ret (Learn More)
Cyprus
HISTORIC WALLED CITY OF FAMAGUSTA
Famagusta, CyprusLocated along the busy shipping lanes of the eastern Mediterranean, Famagusta rose to prominence after a large number of Christians resettled in the city following the fall of the Levantine city of (Learn More)
Czech Republic
PORTA COELI MONASTERY
Tišnov-Predklášterí, Czech RepublicPorta Coeli is a Cistercian monastery in Tišnov-Předklášteří, a small village near Brno in the Czech Republic. (Learn More)
TEREZIN FORTRESS
Terezin, Czech RepublicTerezin Fortress, a vast military complex with a perimeter of over 12 miles (20 kilometers), guards the confluence of the Elbe and Eger rivers in the northwest Czech Republic. (Learn More)
Egypt
KARNAK TEMPLE
Luxor, EgyptThe Karnak temple complex at Luxor developed over more than 1,000 years, principally between the Twelfth and Twentieth Dynasties. (Learn More)
KARNAK TEMPLE, SETI II WALL CONSERVATION PROJECT
Luxor, EgyptIn the heart of Karnak Temple, Thutmosis III, Egypt’s pharaoh from 1479 to 1425 B.C. (Learn More)
NEW GOURNA VILLAGE
Luxor, West Bank, EgyptNew Gourna Village, an experimental earthen village on the West Bank of the Nile, is a testament to how the relationship between heritage and society is often fraught with multiple meanings and con (Learn More)
Greece
CHURCHES OF LESVOS
Lesvos, GreeceThe island of Lesvos contains a large number of historic churches, many with fine religious iconography. (Learn More)
Guatemala
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK AND RUINS OF QUIRIGUÁ
Los Amates, Izabal Department, GuatemalaLocated near the Motagua River in Guatemala, Quiriguá is an archaeological site dating to the Classic Maya period. (Learn More)
Haiti
GINGERBREAD NEIGHBORHOOD
Port-au-Prince, HaitiIn October 2009, the gingerbread houses of Port-au-Prince were included on the 2010 World Monuments Watch in order to raise international awareness about this unique architectural heritage. (Learn More)
Italy
ANCIENT POMPEII
Pompeii, ItalyThe ancient Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum and villas near the Bay of Naples were buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in August A.D. (Learn More)
Mali
DJENNÉ-DJENO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Djenné, MaliAlthough the archaeological site of Djenné-Djeno is located just three kilometers southeast of the modern village of Djenné, the site was unknown until the 1970s. (Learn More)
Mexico
LAS POZAS
Xilitla, MexicoIn 1944, Edward James, a wealthy British poet and artist and early patron of surrealist art, purchased a plot of land in Mexico’s Huasteca region. (Learn More)
Pakistan
PETROGLYPHS IN THE DIAMER-BASHA DAM AREA
Northern Areas, PakistanMeandering through gorges of the Indus River valley and across high mountain passes, ancient arteries of the fabled Silk Road cut through the Diamer District of Northern Pakistan. (Learn More)
Panama
SAN GERÓNIMO FORT
Portobelo, PanamaSan Gerónimo Fort was built in several stages between 1596 and 1779 to protect the transportation of goods from South America to Spain. (Learn More)
Peru
CHANKILLO
San Rafael District, PeruChankillo was built as a fortified temple complex over 2,300 years ago in the coastal desert of Peru, near the Casma-Sechín river basin. (Learn More)
HUACA DE LA LUNA
Trujillo/La Libertad, PeruHuaca de la Luna, or Temple of the Moon, was part of the ancient Moche capital built of millions of adobe blocks between the first and eighth centuries AD in northern Peru. (Learn More)
Poland
DEBNO PARISH CHURCH
Nowy Targ, Podhale , PolandNestled among the foothills of the Pieniny and Gorce mountains, Debno Parish Church is an exceptional example of the wooden Gothic churches of southern Poland. (Learn More)
Romania
BRANCUSI’S ENDLESS COLUMN ENSEMBLE
Târgu-Jiu, RomaniaErected in 1934, the Endless Column by famed Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) has been hailed as one of the great works of twentieth-century outdoor sculpture. (Learn More)
Suriname
JODENSAVANNE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Redi Doti, SurinameJodensavanne (Jewish Savannah) was settled by a population of Sephardic Jews fleeing the Spanish Inquisition on mainland Europe in the mid-seventeenth century. (Learn More)
United Kingdom
CASTLE SINCLAIR GIRNIGOE
Wick, Caithness, Scotland, United KingdomCastle Sinclair Girnigoe is a complex of ruined stone structures built and modified over a 200-year period by the Sinclair earls of Caithness, historically one of northern Scotland’s most pow (Learn More)
EDINBURGH HISTORIC GRAVEYARDS
Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomFive historical burial grounds are scattered around Edinburgh’s city center, oases amid the dense urban surroundings often full of students and tourists. (Learn More)
RUINS OF THE FORMER CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL, COVENTRY
Coventry, West Midlands, United KingdomAfter Coventry Cathedral was gutted by incendiary bombs during World War II, a conscious and collective decision was taken to build a new cathedral and to preserve the ruins as a constant reminder (Learn More)
STRAWBERRY HILL
Twickenham, United KingdomAs the first true Gothic Revival structure in Europe, Strawberry Hill seamlessly blended landscape design, architecture, and decorative arts to forge a new direction in eightheenth-century design a (Learn More)
United States
HISTORIC ROUTE 66
Chicago, IL, to Los Angeles, CA, United StatesRoute 66, once the primary highway from America’s interior to the West Coast, has played a now-legendary role in U.S. history since its designation in 1926. (Learn More)
MAIN STREET MODERN: GROSSE POINTE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Grosse Point Farms, Michigan, United StatesGrosse Pointe Public Library was built by Bauhaus-trained architect Marcel Breuer in 1953. (Learn More)
MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK
Montezuma County, Colorado, United StatesMesa Verde, a large, gently sloping plateau etched with deep canyons, was occupied by the Ancestral Puebloan civilization between the 6th and 13th centuries AD. (Learn More)
NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL OF DRAWING, PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
New York, New York, United StatesThe New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture is located in New York’s Greenwich Village, in a complex of structures assembled over an extended period of time by the American sculp (Learn More)
SAINT DAVID'S SCHOOL
NY, United StatesSaint David’s School is an elementary school for boys located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in New York. (Learn More)
TUTUVENI PETROGLYPH SITE
Hopi Tribal Land, United StatesThe Tutuveni Petroglyph site boasts more than 5,000 Hopi clan symbols that were inscribed during the ceremonial pilgrimage to Ongtupqa, or the Grand Canyon, which is for many Hopi the point of thei (Learn More)