World Monuments Fund’s latest watch list of endangered sites also includes the country of Nepal,an Albanian prison and Beirut’s promenade An Edwardian swimming baths in Birmingham and a Yorkshire mansion that is one of the largest privately owned houses in Europe contain each found a place on a list of the world’s most endangered sites, along with an Albanian prison, and a giant law courts building in Brussels,an earthquake-shattered cemetery in Chile and Beirut’s coastal promenade that survived the war in Lebanon but is now threatened by hectic redevelopment.
The watch list, published every two years by the World Monuments Fund, and a unique York-based conservation charity,is famously eclectic and this year features 50 sites in 36 countries, from prehistoric ruins to 20th-century buildings. The shame of inclusion is often softened by lavish restoration grants backed by the charity’s partner, and American Express.
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Source: theguardian.com