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Les « coules » de Petite Valachie (T)
Ralf Regele Germany - 30-Jun-23
Some reviewers have already noted that the 'coules de petite valachie' TWHS is quite close to the already inscribed Horezu monastry WHS. So is this just a minor sidestep on the way to something more worthwhile, or can it stand on its own ? My initial reaction was indeed "Ah, it is so close, might as well spend a couple of minutes there". However, the site at Maldaresti is actually quite a nice heritage area, with two of the mysterious 'cula', an old church, a little heritage house and some nice green surroundings. The culas itself are interesting, too, being a mixture of a country house and a fortress from a time when the area was seemingly so dangerous that everything needed to be fortified - castles, villages, churches, houses
Read OnEnsemble de grottes à concrétions du Sud de la France (T)
Ralf Regele Germany - 27-May-23
On the way towards the Mont Perdu WHS from the french side, I made a visit to the "Gouffre D'Esparros" cave, which is part of the obscure TWHS "Ensemble de grottes a concretions du Sud de la France". The cave is a bit in the middle of nowhere. However, the GPS should find it, the roads are fine and the infrastructure for the visit is actually pretty good. Despite visiting on a long weekend with nice weather, I was the only visitor for the early tour, so I had my own private tour guide. The cave itself is quite nice (but I have a soft side for caves). Although the cave has a rather vertical layout, the tour path itself was completely horizontal and easy to walk. The stalagmites were nice but not too numerous
Read OnAlpine and pre-alpine meadow and marsh landscapes (T)
Ralf Regele Germany - 23-Feb-22
The Allgäu - a region renowned for its beauty, its marvelous mountainsides, rolling hills and mountain meadows full of flowers. Nothing of this matters, though, as this WHS proposal is only about some specific spots with flat, grassy marshlands. It is one of these sites where it is difficult to point out what to see and why it does matter. I choose to visit the 'Murnauer Moos' area, as it has a rather well specified location, easy access points and a hiking trail going all through the interesting area. So what's to see ? Mainly a lot of brown grass and some puddles. The on-site signs talk a lot about biodiversity and endemic species - none of which will be easily perceivable by the common visitor. Honestly, I walked the three hour trail and found nothing that looked remarkable
Read OnMothia and Lilibeo Island: The Phoenician-Punic Civilization in Italy (T)
Ralf Regele Germany - 10-Oct-21
I visited Lilibeo, which is an archeological area in Marsala at the westmost edge of sicily. It is easier to reach than Mothia, as there is no ferry needed. Despite the title of this TWHS, Lilibeo is not an island. The site comes with a nice little museum, but doesn't seem to be too popular. The main claim to fame is the long history reaching back to phoenician and punic settlements, and the official description heavily points to these otherwise underrepresented civilizations. However, there are actual not many artifacts from punic times visible on site. There is a large area with various excavations, but most are from roman or medieval times. There are remains of the city wall, a roman road, remains of the roman city buildings, and various tombs from later periods
Read OnDzongs: the centre of temporal and religious authorities (Punakha Dzong, Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, Paro Dzong, Trongsa Dzong and Dagana Dzong) (T)
Ralf Regele Germany - 09-Nov-19
Now these sites are really screaming to be a WHS. The dzongs of Bhutan are iconic buildings, they are of critical importance for the history of Bhutan, they are a blueprint for the whole bhutanese architecture and they are also just really beautiful buildings ! They are impressive from the outside, all with quite picturesque locations, and they are impressive from the inside, as they are full of decorated courtyards and colorful temples. And all are still actively used as religious and administrative centers, with wonderful festivals inside of them. Now that's how to be a worthy WHS site, you hunting grounds and vineyards !
I visited three of the Dzongs, had a look at the forth and didn't found out much about the fifth. Here are my thoughts on the individual locations:
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Visited WHS
Rating StatsChavin 5Florence 5Masada 5Rome 5Seville 5Aachen Cathedral 4.5Acropolis 4.5Angkor 4.5Ayutthaya 4.5Chan Chan 4.5Cordoba 4.5Cuzco 4.5Istanbul 4.5Mesa Verde 4.5Oporto 4.5Qhapaq Ñan 4.5Qutb Minar 4.5Rani-ki-Vav 4.5Ravenna 4.5Taj Mahal 4.5Teotihuacan 4.5Bryggen 4Lübeck 4Nikko 4Redwood 4Uxmal 4Valletta 4Vienna 4Agrigento 3.5Albi 3.5Budapest 3.5Calakmul 3.5Chichen-Itza 3.5Genbaku Dome 3.5Granada 3.5Grand Canyon 3.5Guimarães 3.5Gwynedd Castles 3.5Horyu-ji Area 3.5Humayun's Tomb 3.5Iguacu 3.5Imperial Tombs 3.5Jantar Mantar 3.5Jelling 3.5Lima 3.5Luther Memorials 3.5Meknes 3.5Mount Etna 3.5New Lanark 3.5Nubian Monuments 3.5Palenque 3.5Red Fort 3.5Rock Art of Alta 3.5Siena 3.5Speyer Cathedral 3.5Stevns Klint 3.5Strasbourg 3.5Summer Palace 3.5Syracuse 3.5Thingvellir 3.5Verona 3.5Villa d'Este 3.5Wadi Rum 3.5Arequipa 3Assisi 3Bamberg 3Belfries 3Brugge 3Corvey 3Ferrara 3Genoa 3Orange 3Pantanal 3Riga 3Røros 3Saltaire 3Split 3Tallinn 3Urbino 3Al Ain 2.5Aquileia 2.5Arles 2.5Bauhaus Sites 2.5Biblical Tells 2.5Campeche 2.5Centennial Hall 2.5Christiansfeld 2.5Classical Weimar 2.5Fagus Factory 2.5Forth Bridge 2.5Graz 2.5Kernavė 2.5Modena 2.5Old City of Acre 2.5Puebla 2.5Quseir Amra 2.5Regensburg 2.5Sighisoara 2.5Trogir 2.5Val d'Orcia 2.5Brasilia 2Pienza 2Vegaøyan 2Danube Limes 1.5ShUM Sites 1.5Reviewed WHS
Visited TWHS
- Abydos, city of pilgrimage of the Pharaohs (T)
- Aires volcaniques et forestières de la Martinique (T)
- Al Qastal (Settlement) (T)
- Alpine and pre-alpine meadow and marsh landscapes (T)
- Amalienborg and its district (T)
- Archaeological Site of Nikopolis (T)
- Auckland Volcanic Fields (T)
- Bahá'í House of Worship at New Delhi (T)
- Brooklyn Bridge (T)
- Caesarea (T)
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang : Hangyangdoseong Capital City Wall, Bukhansanseong Mountain Fortress and Tangchundaeseong Defense Wall (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Chatham Dockyard and its Defences (T)
- Cittadella (Victoria - Gozo) (T)
- City Walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (T)
- Coastal Cliffs (T)
- Delhi - A Heritage City (T)
- Dreams in Stone - the palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee (T)
- Dzongs: the centre of temporal and religious authorities (Punakha Dzong, Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, Paro Dzong, Trongsa Dzong and Dagana Dzong) (T)
- Egyptian Museum in Cairo (T)
- Eise Eisinga Planetarium (T)
- Ensemble de grottes à concrétions du Sud de la France (T)
- Former M-13 prison/ Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (former S-21)/ Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre (former Execution Site of S-21) (T)
- Francke Foundation Buildings (T)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia (T)
- Great Desert Landscapes (T)
- Historic Center of the City of Trujillo (T)
- Jerash Archaeological City (Ancient Meeting Place of East and West) (T)
- Kaunas 1919-1939: The Capital Inspired by the Modern Movement (T)
- Khor Dubai (T)
- Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malta (T)
- L'ensemble monumental de Tirgu Jiu (T)
- Lake Titicaca (T)
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles (T)
- Les « coules » de Petite Valachie (T)
- Maltese Catacomb Complexes (T)
- Mdina (Citta Vecchia) (T)
- Monuments, Sites and Cultural Landscape of Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna (T)
- Mothia and Lilibeo Island: The Phoenician-Punic Civilization in Italy (T)
- Moulay Idriss Zerhoun (T)
- Mývatn and Laxá (T)
- Nîmes, l'Antiquité au présent (T)
- Orvieto (T)
- Petrified Forest National Park (T)
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods (T)
- Qasr Al-Mushatta (T)
- Qawra/Dwejra (T)
- Residence Ensemble Schwerin - Cultural Landscape of Romantic Historicism (T)
- Ring of cenotes of Chicxulub Crater, Yucatan (T)
- Sacred Sites associated with Phajo Drugom Zhigpo and his descendants (T)
- Shaubak Castle (Montreal) (T)
- Sites funéraires et mémoriels de la Première Guerre mondiale (Front Ouest) (T)
- Sites mégalithiques de Carnac (T)
- Sites of Saytagrah (T)
- Siwa archaeological area (T)
- Sun Temple, Modhera and its adjoining monuments (T)
- Tamzhing Monastery (T)
- Temple of Hator built by Ramses III (T)
- Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura (T)
- The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli (T)
- The historic ensemble of Orchha (T)
- The historic town of Korcula (T)
- The Jewish Cemetery of Altona Königstrasse. Sephardic Sepulchral Culture of the 17th and 18th century between Europe and the Caribbean (T)
- The Lofoten islands (T)
- The Turf House Tradition (T)
- Trakai Historical National Park (T)
- Victoria Lines Fortifications (T)
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses (T)
- VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Vestfold Ship Burials and Hyllestad Quernstone Quarries (T)
- Yangtze Gorges Scenic Spot (T)
Reviewed TWHS
- Les « coules » de Petite Valachie (T)
- Ensemble de grottes à concrétions du Sud de la France (T)
- Alpine and pre-alpine meadow and marsh landscapes (T)
- Mothia and Lilibeo Island: The Phoenician-Punic Civilization in Italy (T)
- Dzongs: the centre of temporal and religious authorities (Punakha Dzong, Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, Paro Dzong, Trongsa Dzong and Dagana Dzong) (T)
- Tamzhing Monastery (T)
- The historic ensemble of Orchha (T)
- Victoria Lines Fortifications (T)
- Maltese Catacomb Complexes (T)
- Cittadella (Victoria - Gozo) (T)
- Coastal Cliffs (T)
- Qawra/Dwejra (T)
- Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malta (T)
- Al Qastal (Settlement) (T)
- The Turf House Tradition (T)
- Mývatn and Laxá (T)
- The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli (T)
- Archaeological Site of Nikopolis (T)
- Bahá'í House of Worship at New Delhi (T)
- Residence Ensemble Schwerin - Cultural Landscape of Romantic Historicism (T)
- Monuments, Sites and Cultural Landscape of Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna (T)
- Sites of Saytagrah (T)