[Gocamino] El camino on 2010 list List of endangered World Monuments

[Sil]

The Route of Santiago de Compostela made the 2010 "List of endangered world
monuments" compiled by the World's Monuments Fund.
Sites ranging from a monastery in Bhutan to the Merritt Parkway are among
the most endangered, according to the World Monuments Fund, which released
its biannual list of at-risk sites on Tuesday. The list, called the 2010
World Monuments Watch, features 93 sites in 47 countries

The Route of Santiago de Compostela:
http://www.wmf.org/project/route-santiago-de-compostela
The surviving cultural heritage along the route is immensely rich and
chronicles architectural history from the birth of Romanesque art to the
first Gothic cathedrals and monasteries to the urban development of towns
and cities. Along the Route, which today crosses 5 autonomous communities
and 166 towns and cities, are more than 1,800 protected, culturally
important historic and artistic sites.

Despite its remarkable survival, construction of a new major highway will
cause irreparable physical, environmental, and scenic destruction to the
Route of Santiago de Compostela at different points along its path.
Alternative highway routes have been proposed in an effort to preserve the
integrity of this historic corridor and landscape. Despite these efforts,
initial construction has already destroyed 3 miles (4.9 kilometers) of the
fabled Route near Santo Domingo de la Calzada.


Other endangered monuments in Spain include:
Historic Landscape of Seville;
Historic Landscape of Toledo;
Numancia, Soria and Garray;
Old Town of Avila;
Route of Santiago de Compostela;
Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

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Sil
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