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San Juan Bautista de Coixtlahuaca Convent was built by the Dominicans between 1545 and 1596 in the highly-ornate Plateresque style, whose name derives from the Spanish word for silver (plata).

Further conservation work is needed at the Temple of Augustus and Rome, which contains the two most complete inscriptions of the Deeds of the Divine Augustus in the world.

Kannon-do Hall, constructed in 1766 during the mid-Edo period, is the oldest remaining structure at Tenyu-ji Temple.

Kesennuma’s historic significance began in the twelfth century, and much of its prosperity was tied to being a gold-mining town toward the eastern end of Japan’s Golden Trail.

Sawara features 92 historic machiya from the Edo period (1603-1868).

One of New Orleans’s oldest surviving cemeteries, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 was placed on the Watch in 1996 because of its advanced state of deterioration.

La Santísima Trinidad was one of the 30 missions established by the Jesuits in the region in the 17th and 18th centuries in what is now Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina.

Meandering 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.

The island of Lesvos contains a large number of historic churches, many with fine religious iconography.

The conservation of a publicly-used historic house in Jacmel will help rebuild the community after a disastrous earthquake struck Haiti in 2010.

Several creative initiatives launched in Salvador de Bahia created momentum for the preservation of the city’s cultural heritage.

WMF has been working with Iraq’s State Board of Antiquities and Heritage since 2008 to conserve Babylon’s fragile archaeological remains.