List of endangered world monuments

Afghanistan: Old City of Herat

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Machu Picchu, Barcelona church on threatened list

Peru's Machu Picchu ancient ruins, Antoni Gaudi's Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona and a New Orleans elementary school are among the cultural heritage sites threatened by neglect or overdevelopment, a preservationist group said Tuesday.

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Italy hopes for quake reconstruction pledges at G8

Italy is using the upcoming Group of Eight summit in quake-devastated central Italy to encourage participating countries to adopt monuments damaged in the temblor and pledge to help restore them.

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Italy names archaeology czar for Rome

The Italian government has tapped the man who handled the Naples garbage crisis to deal with another emergency — the shabby state of many ancient monuments in Rome.

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This is for all of those who fly into Reagan National Airport: How many of you have looked out the windows when the pilot announces he is banking over the famous monuments of Washington? How many have taken pride in this view? Unfortunately, like so much of the nation's capital,  …

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Naples is a diamond-in-the-rough, offering stunning landscapes, historical monuments and a burgeoning art scene.

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Victim monuments such as the Titanic Memorial in Southwest Washington, the Holocaust Museum, the Japanese American Memorial and, most recently, the Victims of Communism Memorial, are now so common that it is hard to imagine the capital without them.

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Twenty-three monuments dedicated to former Canton High School students who died during World War II stand at attention in the end zone at Pisgah Memorial Stadium in Canton, having survived more than 60 years of exposure to the elements, the building of a new stadium and two devas …

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Film Details Allied Wartime Effort To Recover Priceless Art In Europe

One of the little-known aspects of World War II is the disastrous consequences this cataclysm had on the world's art treasures.

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ACLJ Files Reply Brief at Supreme Court

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There some equally, um, unexpected memorials you can see [in D.C.]. Monuments to the offbeat, the un- or under-heralded and the just plain odd. Gorgeous and goofy ones. Forgotten memorials and memorials to the forgotten.

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A giant, bronze monument to the enema has been erected as a tribute to the cleansing procedure. An 800-pound syringe bulb held by three cherubs has been unveiled at the Mashuk-Akva Term spa in Zheleznovodsk, Russia.

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For many Americans, there's no better way to honor their countrymen who died while serving in the military than by visiting the memorials that bear witness to their sacrifices.

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A Finnish tourist who chipped an earlobe off an ancient Moai on Easter Island is being allowed to go home after paying a US$17,000 fine and agreeing not to return for three years, police said Tuesday.

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ACLJ asks Supreme Court to overturn rulings in two Utah cases that could put long-standing monuments at risk in communities nationwide

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"Visitors to the national capital could be inspired by viewing hundred of portraits depicting you at work on behalf of the Canadian people.

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Bacon used to be a favorite food of all Transylvanians. Among them, Medieval and Early Modern Saxons famously reserved entire towers for its secure preservation in the event of a siege.

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The problem is, as always in Sibiu and in Romania, that people aren't able to reach agreements and work together: some of them will simply go nuts and have it their way no matter what the hell (we beseech you to pardon this irreverent but precise formulation).

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Pictures from Mediasch, a town in (real, not imaginary) Transylvania.

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As the July 6 voting deadline approaches, the rankings can still change, the organizers say. Also in the top 10 are Greece's Acropolis, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Taj Mahal and Jordan's Petra.

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Did the Ancient Egyptians possess an ingenious skill for calculation? Cairo University Mathematics Professor Assem Deif works out an ancient problem

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There's a vote on to determine the new "7 wonders of the world". The 7 wonders of the ancient world have had their time of acclaim, and now it is time to select another set. Get on the site and vote.

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Despite a proud heritage that draws millions of foreign tourists every year, some of France's historic monuments are under threat due to a lack of funding, restoration groups have warned.

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In Baghdad, the Debaathification Committee has ordered the removal of memorials and monuments it deemed offensive.

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