Profile Assif Am-David

I first got exposed to the whs list about two years ago. This website certainly contributed to my interest in it as I find the very idea of enlisting cultural and natural goods in order to preserve them for future generations a great one.
I wouldn't visit a whs only because it is one ; I try to visit sites which I would find interesting regardless of the list (not all sites on which seem appealing to me). However, the list has revealed to me some interesting sites I would probably haven't travelled to otherwise. It is also interesting to analyse the choices of sites as they sometimes expose us to valuable information usually unavailable in the normal tourist guide.
I love travelling and try to travel 2-3 times a year. Living in Israel, flights abroad are quite expensive so I hope money will not limit me too much in the future so that I can keep up to my current paste.
My main fields of interest are music, history of art, linguistics, philosophy, theatre and current politics. Natural sciences, cooking, archaeology, history and cinema take a second place. What doesn't interest me at all: engineering (eg cars), competative sports, computers, law, astrology, finance, sunbathing on the beach and getting drunk.


Visited WHS:

  1. Acropolis
  2. Bahá’i Holy Places
  3. Bellinzone
  4. Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
  5. Biblical Tells
  6. Budapest
  7. Ceský Krumlov
  8. Cologne Cathedral
  9. Convent of St. Gall
  10. Cracow
  11. Dubrovnik
  12. Florence
  13. Fortifications of Vauban
  14. Genoa
  15. Incense Route of the Negev
  16. Istanbul
  17. Kew Gardens
  18. Kotor
  19. L'viv
  20. Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
  21. Lübeck
  22. Masada
  23. Mostar
  24. Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
  25. Naples
  26. Old City of Acre
  27. Old City of Berne
  28. Old City of Jerusalem
  29. Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
  30. Paphos
  31. Paris, Banks of the Seine
  32. Petra
  33. Pisa
  34. Pompei
  35. Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
  36. Potsdam
  37. Prague
  38. Primeval Beech Forests
  39. Regensburg
  40. Reichenau
  41. Rome
  42. Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
  43. Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
  44. Salzburg
  45. Santa Maria delle Grazie
  46. Schönbrunn
  47. Spissky Hrad & Levoca
  48. Split
  49. Strasbourg-Grande îsle
  50. Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
  51. Telc
  52. Thessalonika
  53. Tower of London
  54. Trogir
  55. Tugendhat Villa
  56. Upper Middle Rhine Valley
  57. Venice and its Lagoon
  58. Verona
  59. Versailles
  60. Vienna
  61. Westminster
  62. White City of Tel-Aviv
  63. Wieliczka Salt Mine
  64. Works of Antoni Gaudí

Reviewed WHS:

  1. Historic Centre of Vienna (Austria)
  2. The Old City of Mostar (Bosnia Herzegovina)
  3. Old City of Dubrovnik (Croatia)
  4. Historic Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian (Croatia)
  5. Paphos (Cyprus)
  6. Painted Churches in the Troödos Region (Cyprus)
  7. Fortifications of Vauban (France)
  8. Strasbourg-Grande îsle (France)
  9. Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Germany)
  10. Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof (Germany)
  11. Dresden Elbe Valley (Germany)
  12. Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (Germany)
  13. Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (Germany)
  14. Upper Middle Rhine Valley (Germany)
  15. Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika (Greece)
  16. Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue (Hungary)
  17. Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (Israel)
  18. Incense Route and Desert Cities of the Negev (Israel)
  19. White City of Tel-Aviv - the Modern Movement (Israel)
  20. Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee (Israel)
  21. The Biblical Tells and Ancient Water Systems -- Megiddo, Hazor and Beer Sheba (Israel)
  22. Historic Centre of Naples (Italy)
  23. Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (Italy)
  24. Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (Italy)
  25. Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (Italy)
  26. Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (Italy)
  27. City of Verona (Italy)
  28. Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (Montenegro)
  29. Cracow's Historic Centre (Poland)
  30. Levoca, Spišský and the Associated Cultural Monuments (Slovakia)
  31. Works of Antoni Gaudí (Spain)
  32. Old City of Berne (Switzerland)
  33. Convent of St. Gall (Switzerland)
  34. Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Switzerland)
  35. Historic Areas of Istanbul (Turkey)
  36. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK)
  37. L'viv - the Ensemble of the Historic Centre (Ukraine)

Reviews of Tentative WHS:

  1. Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town of Steyr (Austria)
  2. The Industrial Complexes at Ostrava (Czech Republic)
  3. Heidelberg, town and castle (Germany)
  4. Bet She'an (Israel)
  5. Beth She'arim (Israel)
  6. Caesarea (Israel)
  7. Degania & Nahalal (Israel)
  8. Makhteshim Country (Israel)
  9. Pre-historic Sites: Ubadiyya, Sha'ar Hagolan, Mount Carmel (Israel)
  10. Early Synagogues in the Galilee (Israel)
  11. Region of the Caves & Hiding: bet Guvrin- Maresha (Israel)
  12. The Crusader Fortresses (Israel)
  13. The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles (Israel)
  14. Timna (Israel)
  15. The Residence of Bukovynian Metropolitans (Ukraine)
  16. Sea of Galilee & its Ancient Sites (Israel)
  17. Triple-arch Gate at Dan & Sources of the Jordan (Israel)
  18. White Mosque in Ramle (Israel)
  19. Historic centre of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  20. Shakespeare's Stratford (UK)
  21. The concept of the lenticular historical town core of Košice City (Slovakia)
  22. Cappella degli Scrovegni (Italy)
  23. Centro Storico di Pavia e Certosa (Italy)
  24. The historic urban site of Počitelj (Bosnia Herzegovina)
  25. The natural and architectural ensemble of Blagaj (Bosnia Herzegovina)
  26. The natural and architectural ensemble of Stolac (Bosnia Herzegovina)
  27. Horvat Minnim (Israel)
  28. The Great Rift Valley - migratory routes - The Hula (Israel)