World Monuments Fund

The World Monuments Fund is a private, non-profit organisation for the conservation of monuments and sites of historic art or architecture.

Every year, it consults with governments and non-governmental organisations and publishes a list of 100 most endangered sites in the world.

The latest list included sites such as:

• Historic Lower Manhattan, New York
• the Great Wall of China
• the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt
• St. Pierre de Beauvais Cathedral, France
• the Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy
• Selby Abbey and Brading Roman Villa, England
• Nineveh Palace, Iraq
• Petra, Jordan