NEWS RELEASES
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NEW YORK (PRWEB) - World Monuments Fund (WMF) recently announced the 2020 World Monuments Watch, a biennial list of at-risk cultural heritage sites that combine great historical significance with contemporary social impact. Twenty five sites will be named that face daunting threats such as encroaching urbanization, political turmoil, natural disaster, and violent conflicts, or present compelling conservation opportunities.
A press release by the WMF notes that the list includes Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. Other global sites include Sacred Valley of the Incas (Peru), a rich cultural landscape near Machu Picchu being threatened by a proposed airport construction; Notre-Dame de Paris (France), a beloved cathedral and global icon nearly lost during a fire that reminds us of the depth of human connection to heritage places and the personal trauma that their destruction can bring; the San Antonio Woolworth Building (United States), a landmark of the African-American Civil Rights Movement in Texas, at risk of being lost in a redevelopment plan; and others.
For a full list of the 2020 World Monuments Watch and more details on what's involved, click here.
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