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The 2018 World Monuments Watch announces 25 at-risk sites threatened by human conflict, urbanization, and climate change
Post-Independence Architecture in Delhi, India. The Hall of Nations, a complex of exhibition halls built for the 1972 International Trade Fair, was demolished in April 2017. Photo: Ariel Huber, Lausanne Government House, in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. View of a drawing room located on the ground floor of the main building and facing out on the deep front porch, 2015. Photo: Philip Logan Sirius Building, in Millers Point, Sydney, Australia. View of the Sirius Building from the east, 2016. Photo: Glenn Harper Ramal Talca-Constitución, in Talca Province, Chile. The line crosses the Maule River over the 1915 Banco de Arena Bridge, 2012. Photo: Jorge Molina Z Grand Theater, Prince Kung's Mansion, in Beijing, China. An outdoor corridor runs along the west side of the Grand Theater, 2017. Photo: Yu Zhixin Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, in Alexandria, Egypt. Alexandria’s Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, seen from Nebi Daniel Street, 2012. Photo: Roland Unger Takiyyat Ibrahim al-Gulshani, in Cairo, Egypt. The exterior of the mausoleum is decorated with Ottoman tiles applied over its original Mamluk decorations, 2017. Photo: Matjaz Kacicnik Potager Du Roi, in Versailles, France. View across the central fountain in the Grand Carré towards the north, with a statue of Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie and the cityscape beyond, 2015. Photo: Alexandre Petzold Post-Independence Architecture of Delhi, India. The State Trading Corporation Building (1989) was designed by Raj Rewal, architect of the now-demolished Delhi Hall of Nations, 2017. Photo: INTACH Delhi Al-Hadba’ Minaret, in Mosul, Iraq. The base and shaft of the al-Hadba’ Minaret were decorated with ornamental brickwork, seen here before its destruction, 2009. Photo: Mosab Mohammed Jaseem Lifta, a traditional Palestinian village, in Jerusalem, Israel. Narrow paths wind among ruined stone buildings at Lifta, 2017 Amatrice, in Amatrice, Italy. The bell tower of the medieval church of Sant’Emidio survived the earthquake of August 24, 2016 and subsequent tremors, 2017. Photo: MIBACT Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium, in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. The Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium, seen from the southwest, was designed to evoke the form of a traditional Japanese wooden barge, 2014. Photo: Noriyuki Kawanishi Jewish Quarter of Essaouira, Morocco. A road in the Jewish Quarter towards the historic Haim Pinto Synagogue, 2017. Photo: Amine Bennour Sukur Cultural Landscape, in Madagali Local Government Area, Nigeria. Traditional Sukur houses are round clay buildings with thatched roofs, 2006. Photo: NCMM/Dipo Alafiatayo Historic Karachi, Pakistan. The Yousuf Mansion on Muhammad Bin Qasim (originally Burnes) Road, 2011. Photo: HC-DAPNED Cerro de Oro, in Cañete Valley, Peru. Aerial view of an excavated area at the southeast part of the hill, 2017. Photo: Francesca Fernandini Tebaida Leonesa, in El Bierzo, León, Spain. View of the buildings housing the newly created Peñalba Interpretation and Initiatives Center, a new visitor orientation facility, 2014. Photo: Escuela del Patrimonio Cultural Souk of Aleppo, Syria. The long and narrow passages of the Souk were covered by tall vaults. Photo: Adli Qudsi Chao Phraya River, in Bangkok, Thailand. Houses elevated on stilts lie on the Chao Phraya riverside. Photo: Dario Lo Presti Blackpool Piers, in Blackpool, United Kingdom. View of the the North Pier, the oldest of three in Blackpool, originally a promenade lined with octagonal wooden kiosks. Photo: Gidzy Buffalo Central Terminal, in Buffalo, New York, United States. The Buffalo Central Terminal complex includes an iconic Art Deco office tower, 2017. Photo: Joe Casico Alabama Civil Rights Sites, in Alabama, United States. The Ben Moore Hotel in Montgomery, once home to the Majestic Cafe, was the site of important meetings for the Civil Rights movement, 2017. Photo: William Abranowicz Old City of Ta’izz, Yemen. The Mosque of al-Mudhaffar in the Old City of Ta’izz is a survivor of the Rasulid period, 2008. Photo: Pierre Blanchard Matobo Hills Cultural Landscape, in Matobo, Matabeleland, Zimbabwe. Rock art at Nswatugi Cave, one of the sites where were extensive research of the paintings has been carried out, 2016 Disaster Sites of the Caribbean, the Gulf, and Mexico. Florida Keys after Hurricane Irma, 2017. Photo: Steve W./Flickr

Potager Du Roi, in Versailles, France. View across the central fountain in the Grand Carré towards the north, with a statue of Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie and the cityscape beyond, 2015. Photo: Alexandre Petzold
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Potager Du Roi, in Versailles, France. View across the central fountain in the Grand Carré towards the north, with a statue of Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie and the cityscape beyond, 2015. Photo: Alexandre Petzold