– Abhay Kumar
The World Monuments Watch has released its 2025 list of important historic sites across the world that need urgent care and preservation. Take a look!
A survivor and icon of Buddhist revival in Mongolia, the monastery is deteriorating under extreme climate change and desertification of the region.
Comprising a network of stepwells, tanks, and canals from Lake Hamirsar, this water conservation system is falling out of use even as India undergoes a water crisis.
A jewel of French Architecture, this chapel on the premises of University of Sorbonne suffers structural damage and needs urgent intervention.
An earthquake on 1st Jan 2024 claimed over 460 lives and 130,000 houses in the Noto Peninsula on Japan’s west coast. The heritage rich regions are in need of rebuilding.
Construction for this Tropical Modernist building started in 1973 but halted in 1975 because of a civil war. The plans abandoned, this work of art lies decaying today.
Alcobaça monastery houses the finest examples of baroque terracotta sculptures crafted in the 12th CE. Climate change threatens cracks and deformations.
Climate change and coastal threats endanger these 68 gorgeous and historic lighthouses in Maine, built between the 18th and 20th centuries.
Hyderabad’s historic Musi River corridor faces grave challenges due to severe pollution, increased industrialisation, climate change, and floods in Musi River.
The first moon landing site, and over 100 other such historical sites preserved on the moon might be endangered from the unchecked growth of the commercial space industry.
The Kyiv Pedagogical Museum, built in 1912, was damaged by a missile shot in 2022 in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.