Profile Iain Jackson

I have been 'bagging' World Heritage Sites since 1988. I was able to retire from work early, in 1992, and since then I have made 3 or 4 trips every year visiting sites. Nevertheless because new sites are inscribed every year there are now more which I have not visited than there were when I started 20 years ago.
After every visit I have written by hand a 2 page report of that visit noting the date, weather conditions, names of any companions, together with a description of the site and my impressions of it.


Visited WHS:

  1. Aachen Cathedral
  2. Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
  3. Abu Mena
  4. Acropolis
  5. Agra Fort
  6. Agrigento
  7. Ajanta Caves
  8. Aksum
  9. Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
  10. Alcalá de Henares
  11. Aldabra Atoll
  12. Aleppo
  13. Altamira Cave
  14. Amiens Cathedral
  15. Amphitheater of El Jem
  16. Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains
  17. Ancient Kyoto
  18. Ancient Nara
  19. Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
  20. Angkor
  21. Angra do Heroismo
  22. Anjar
  23. Antigua Guatemala
  24. Anuradhapura
  25. Aquileia
  26. Aranjuez
  27. Archaeological Site of Aigai
  28. Archaeological Site of Delphi
  29. Archaeological Site of Mystras
  30. Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
  31. Arles
  32. Asante Traditional Buildings
  33. Assisi
  34. Asturian Monuments
  35. Atlantic Forest
  36. Auschwitz Birkenau
  37. Avignon
  38. Ávila
  39. Ayutthaya
  40. Baalbek
  41. Bagerhat
  42. Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery
  43. Bahá’i Holy Places
  44. Bahla Fort
  45. Bamberg
  46. Ban Chiang
  47. Banc d'Arguin
  48. Banska Stiavnica
  49. Baroque Churches
  50. Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
  51. Bauhaus Sites
  52. Belem
  53. Belize Barrier Reef
  54. Bellinzone
  55. Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Puszcza Bialowieska
  56. Bend of the Boyne
  57. Benedictine Convent of St. John
  58. Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
  59. Biblical Tells
  60. Birka and Hovgĺrden
  61. Blenheim Palace
  62. Borobudur
  63. Bosra
  64. Botanical Garden, Padua
  65. Bourges Cathedral
  66. Boyana Church
  67. Brasilia
  68. Bryggen
  69. Budapest
  70. Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
  71. Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
  72. Bukhara
  73. Burgos Cathedral
  74. Butrint
  75. Byblos
  76. Caceres
  77. Cahokia Mounds
  78. Campeche
  79. Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
  80. Canaima National Park
  81. Canal du Midi
  82. Canterbury
  83. Cappadocia
  84. Carlsbad Caverns
  85. Cartagena
  86. Castel del Monte
  87. Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust
  88. Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
  89. Caves of the Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
  90. Centennial Hall
  91. Ceský Krumlov
  92. Chaco Culture
  93. Champaner-Pavagadh
  94. Champasak
  95. Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
  96. Changdeokgung Palace Complex
  97. Chartres Cathedral
  98. Chavin
  99. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
  100. Chichen-Itza
  101. Chitwan National Park
  102. Chola Temples
  103. Chongmyo Shrine
  104. Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
  105. Churches and Convents of Goa
  106. Churches of Chiloé
  107. Churches of Moldavia
  108. Churches of Peace
  109. Cilento and Vallo di Diano
  110. Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
  111. City of Bath
  112. City of Luxembourg
  113. Classical Gardens of Suzhou
  114. Classical Weimar
  115. Cliff of Bandiagara
  116. Cologne Cathedral
  117. Colonia del Sacramento
  118. Comoé National Park
  119. Congonhas
  120. Convent of Christ in Tomar
  121. Convent of St. Gall
  122. Copan
  123. Cordoba
  124. Coro and its Port
  125. Costiera Amalfitana
  126. Cracow
  127. Crespi d'Adda
  128. Cuenca
  129. Cueva de las Manos
  130. Curonian Spit
  131. Cuzco
  132. Cyrene
  133. Dacian Fortresses
  134. Damascus
  135. Danube Delta
  136. Darien National Park
  137. Dazu Rock Carvings
  138. Decorated Grottoes of the Vézčre Valley
  139. Defense Line of Amsterdam
  140. Delos
  141. Desembarco del Granma National Park
  142. Dinosaur Provincial Park
  143. Divrigi
  144. Djémila
  145. Djenné
  146. Djoudj
  147. Dońana National Park
  148. Dougga/Thugga
  149. Drottningholm
  150. Dubrovnik
  151. Durham Castle and Cathedral
  152. Durmitor National Park
  153. El Escurial
  154. El Tajin
  155. Elephanta Caves
  156. Ellora Caves
  157. Engelsberg Ironworks
  158. Etruscan Necropolises
  159. Everglades
  160. Evora
  161. Fasil Ghebbi
  162. Fatehpur Sikri
  163. Ferapontov Monastery
  164. Ferrara
  165. First Coffee Plantations
  166. Florence
  167. Fontainebleau
  168. Fort and Shalamar Gardens
  169. Fortified City of Carcassonne
  170. Fortress of Suomenlinna
  171. Fraser Island
  172. Frontiers of the Roman Empire
  173. Fujian Tulou
  174. Galapagos Islands
  175. Gammelstad
  176. Garajonay
  177. Garamba National Park
  178. Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
  179. Genbaku Dome
  180. Genoa
  181. Ghadames
  182. Giant's Causeway
  183. Glacier parks
  184. Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
  185. Golden Temple of Dambulla
  186. Gondwana Rainforests
  187. Granada
  188. Grand Canyon
  189. Graz
  190. Great Barrier Reef
  191. Great Copper Mountain
  192. Great Smoky Mountains
  193. Great Wall
  194. Great Zimbabwe Ruins
  195. Greater Blue Mountains
  196. Gros Morne National Park
  197. Guanajuato
  198. Gulf of Porto
  199. Gunung Mulu
  200. Gusuku Sites
  201. Gwynedd
  202. Gyeongju
  203. Ha Long Bay
  204. Haeinsa Temple
  205. Haghpat and Sanahin
  206. Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
  207. Hallstatt-Dachstein
  208. Hampi
  209. Hattusha
  210. Hawaii Volcanoes
  211. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
  212. Henderson Island
  213. Hierapolis-Pamukkale
  214. High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
  215. Hildesheim
  216. Himeji-jo
  217. Historic Cairo
  218. Hoi An
  219. Holašovice
  220. Hollókö
  221. Holy Trinity Column
  222. Horyu-ji Area
  223. Hospicio Cabańas, Guadalajara
  224. Huanglong
  225. Huangshan
  226. Huascaran National Park
  227. Hué
  228. Humayun's Tomb
  229. Hwaseong Fortress
  230. Ichkeul National Park
  231. Iguacu
  232. Iguazu National Park
  233. Imperial Palace
  234. Incense Route of the Negev
  235. Independence Hall
  236. Ironbridge Gorge
  237. Ischigualasto / Talampaya
  238. Island of Gorée
  239. Island of Mozambique
  240. Island of Pátmos
  241. Isole Eolie
  242. Istanbul
  243. Itchan Kala
  244. Itsukushima Shrine
  245. Jelling
  246. Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba
  247. Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
  248. Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
  249. Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus
  250. Jiuzhaigou Valley
  251. Joya de Ceren
  252. Kaiping Diaolou
  253. Kairouan
  254. Kakadu National Park
  255. Kandy
  256. Karlskrona
  257. Kathmandu Valley
  258. Kazan Kremlin
  259. Kaziranga National Park
  260. Keoladeo National Park
  261. Kernavë Archeological Site
  262. Khajuraho Group of Monuments
  263. Khami Ruins
  264. Kiev
  265. Kilimanjaro National Park
  266. Kizhi Pogost
  267. Komodo National Park
  268. Kotor
  269. Kremlin and Red Square
  270. Kronborg Castle
  271. Ksar of Aďt-Ben-Haddou
  272. Kutná Hora
  273. L'Anse aux Meadows
  274. L'viv
  275. La Fortaleza
  276. La Lonja de la Seda
  277. Lake Malawi
  278. Lalibela
  279. Land of Frankincense
  280. Laponian Area
  281. Lavaux
  282. Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
  283. Leptis Magna
  284. Lima
  285. Loire Valley
  286. Longmen Grottoes
  287. Lord Howe Island
  288. Los Glaciares
  289. Lower Valley of the Awash
  290. Luang Prabang
  291. Luis Barragán House and Studio
  292. Lumbini
  293. Lushan National Park
  294. Luther Memorials
  295. Lübeck
  296. M'Zab Valley
  297. Macao
  298. Machu Picchu
  299. Madara Rider
  300. Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
  301. Mahabalipuram
  302. Mahabodhi Temple Complex
  303. Malbork Castle
  304. Mammoth Cave
  305. Manu National Park
  306. Maritime Greenwich
  307. Masada
  308. Matera
  309. Maulbronn Monastery
  310. Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
  311. Mausoleum of the First Qin Emporer
  312. Medina of Fez
  313. Medina of Marrakesh
  314. Medina of Sousse
  315. Medina of Tunis
  316. Megalithic Temples of Malta
  317. Meidan Emam, Esfahan
  318. Mérida
  319. Mesa Verde
  320. Messel Pit
  321. Meteora
  322. Mexico City
  323. Mir Castle
  324. Modena
  325. Moenjodaro
  326. Mogao Caves
  327. Monastery of Alcobaça
  328. Monastery of Batalha
  329. Monastery of Horezu
  330. Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
  331. Monte San Giorgio
  332. Monticello
  333. Morelia
  334. Mount Athos
  335. Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha
  336. Mount Nimba
  337. Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System
  338. Mount Taishan
  339. Mount Wuyi
  340. Mountain Railways of India
  341. Mountain Resort, Chengde
  342. Mtskheta
  343. Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
  344. Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
  345. Muskauer Park
  346. My Son Sanctuary
  347. Nahanni National Park
  348. Nancy
  349. Naples
  350. Nasca Lines
  351. National History Park
  352. Nemrut Dag
  353. Nessebar
  354. Nesvizh
  355. New Lanark
  356. Ngorongoro
  357. Nikko
  358. Niokolo-Koba National Park
  359. Novgorod
  360. Novodevichy Convent
  361. Nubian Monuments
  362. Oaxaca and Monte Alban
  363. Ohrid Region
  364. Old City of Acre
  365. Old City of Berne
  366. Old City of Jerusalem
  367. Old Havana
  368. Old Rauma
  369. Old Town Lunenburg
  370. Old Town of Galle
  371. Olinda
  372. Olympia
  373. Olympic National Park
  374. Orange
  375. Ouro Preto
  376. Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
  377. Palau de la Música Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau
  378. Palenque
  379. Palmyra
  380. Panamá Viejo
  381. Pannonhalma
  382. Paphos
  383. Paquimé
  384. Paris, Banks of the Seine
  385. Pattadakal
  386. Peking Man Site
  387. Peninsula Valdes
  388. Persepolis
  389. Petra
  390. Petäjävesi Old Church
  391. Phong Nha - Ke Bang
  392. Pienza
  393. Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
  394. Pilgrimage Church of Wies
  395. Ping Yao
  396. Pirin National Park
  397. Pisa
  398. Plitvice Lakes
  399. Poblet Monastery
  400. Polonnaruva
  401. Pompei
  402. Pont du Gard
  403. Popocatepetl monasteries
  404. Porec
  405. Portobelo-San Lorenzo
  406. Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
  407. Potala Palace
  408. Potosí
  409. Potsdam
  410. Prague
  411. Prambanan
  412. Puebla
  413. Pueblo de Taos
  414. Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
  415. Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
  416. Pyramids (Memphis)
  417. Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
  418. Qadisha Valley
  419. Qal'at al-Bahrain
  420. Québec
  421. Quedlinburg
  422. Querétaro
  423. Quirigua
  424. Quito
  425. Quseir Amra
  426. Qutb Minar
  427. Rammelsberg and Goslar
  428. Rapa Nui
  429. Ravenna
  430. Red Fort
  431. Redwood
  432. Reichenau
  433. Reims
  434. Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
  435. Rhodes
  436. Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
  437. Riga
  438. Rila Monastery
  439. Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve
  440. Robben Island
  441. Rock Art of Alta
  442. Rock Carvings in Tanum
  443. Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
  444. Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
  445. Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
  446. Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
  447. Rome
  448. Roskilde Cathedral
  449. Royal Palace at Caserta
  450. Royal Palaces of Abomey
  451. Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
  452. Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
  453. Rřros
  454. Sabratha
  455. Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
  456. Safranbolu
  457. Sagarmatha National Park
  458. Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
  459. Salamanca
  460. Saltaire
  461. Salvador de Bahia
  462. Samarkand
  463. Sammallahdenmäki
  464. San Agustín
  465. San Cristóbal de La Laguna
  466. San Gimignano
  467. San Pedro de la Roca Castle
  468. Sana'a
  469. Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus
  470. Sangay National Park
  471. Sangiran Early Man Site
  472. Santa Cruz de Mompox
  473. Santa Maria de Guadelupe
  474. Santa Maria delle Grazie
  475. Santiago de Compostela
  476. Santo Domingo
  477. Schokland
  478. Schönbrunn
  479. Segovia
  480. Selous Game Reserve
  481. Semmering Railway
  482. Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
  483. Serengeti
  484. Serra da Capivara National Park
  485. Seville
  486. Sewell Mining Town
  487. SGang Gwaay
  488. Shakhrisyabz
  489. Shark Bay
  490. Shibam
  491. Shirakami-Sanchi
  492. Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
  493. Sian Ka'an
  494. Siena
  495. Sighisoara
  496. Sigiriya
  497. Simien National Park
  498. Sinharaja Forest
  499. Site of Carthage
  500. Skocjan Caves
  501. Skogskyrkogarden
  502. Solovetsky Islands
  503. Southern Öland
  504. Speyer Cathedral
  505. Spissky Hrad & Levoca
  506. Split
  507. Srebarna Nature Reserve
  508. St. Kilda
  509. St. Petersburg
  510. Stari Ras and Sopocani
  511. Statue of Liberty
  512. Stonehenge
  513. Strasbourg-Grande îsle
  514. Studenica Monastery
  515. Studley Royal Park
  516. Su Nuraxi di Barumini
  517. Sucre
  518. Sukhothai
  519. Summer Palace
  520. Sun Temple, Konarak
  521. Sundarbans National Park
  522. Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
  523. Sydney Opera House
  524. Syracuse
  525. Tadrart Acacus
  526. Taď National Park
  527. Taj Mahal
  528. Takht-i-Bahi
  529. Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves
  530. Tallinn
  531. Tasmanian Wilderness
  532. Tassili n'Ajjer
  533. Taxila
  534. Tchogha Zanbil
  535. Te Wahipounamu
  536. Teide National Park
  537. Telc
  538. Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
  539. Temple of Heaven
  540. Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius
  541. Teotihuacan
  542. The trulli of Alberobello
  543. Thessalonika
  544. Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
  545. Thracian tomb of Sveshtari
  546. Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng
  547. Tierradentro
  548. Tikal National Park
  549. Timbuktu
  550. Timgad
  551. Tipasa
  552. Tiya
  553. Tlacotalpan
  554. Toledo
  555. Tongariro National Park
  556. Torun
  557. Tower of London
  558. Transylvanian villages
  559. Trebíc
  560. Trier
  561. Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
  562. Trinity Sergius Lavra
  563. Trogir
  564. Troy
  565. Tubbataha Reefs
  566. Tugendhat Villa
  567. Tyre
  568. Ujung Kulon National Park
  569. Uluru
  570. Um er-Rasas
  571. Upper Svaneti
  572. Urbino
  573. Urnes Stave Church
  574. Uxmal
  575. Val di Noto
  576. Val d’Orcia
  577. Valetta
  578. Vall de Boi
  579. Vallée de Mai
  580. Valparaiso
  581. Varberg Radio Station
  582. Vatican City
  583. Venice and its Lagoon
  584. Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
  585. Verona
  586. Versailles
  587. Vézelay
  588. Vicenza
  589. Victoria Falls
  590. Vienna
  591. Vigan
  592. Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
  593. Villa d'Este
  594. Villa Romana del Casale
  595. Vilnius
  596. Vińales Valley
  597. Visby
  598. Vlkolinec
  599. Volta, Greater Accra
  600. Völklingen Ironworks
  601. Warsaw
  602. Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
  603. Westminster
  604. Wet Tropics of Queensland
  605. Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
  606. White City of Tel-Aviv
  607. White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
  608. Wieliczka Salt Mine
  609. Willandra Lakes Region
  610. Wood Buffalo National Park
  611. Works of Antoni Gaudí
  612. Wulingyuan
  613. Würzburg Residence
  614. Xanthos-Letoon
  615. Xidi and Hongcun
  616. Xochicalco
  617. Yakushima
  618. Yaroslavl
  619. Yellowstone
  620. Yin Xu
  621. Yosemite National Park
  622. Yuso and Suso Monasteries
  623. Zabid
  624. Zacatecas
  625. Zamosc
  626. Zollverein

Reviewed WHS:

  1. Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad (Algeria)
  2. M'Zab Valley (Algeria)
  3. Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks (Argentina)
  4. Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba (Argentina)