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Zagori Cultural Landscape
Assif Germany - 04-Feb-22
We visited Zagori, another name for Zagorochoria, in Summer 2020 during the Corona pandemic and spent three days exploring the area. We felt it was enough time to grasp the site, but I could easily imagine spending an entire week there. Travelling with children, we could not hike a lot, but we still managed to explore different aspects of this nomination.
Steps - There are several stone steps connecting the villages. Until the 20th century they were often the only connection to the outside world. The most famous one is in Vradeto, the highest village, connecting it to Kapesovo (in the picture). We descended the steps, which was worthwhile.
Read OnCity of Tigre and its rowing clubs (T)
Assif Germany - 06-Jul-20
Tigre was established as a wealthy suburb of Buenos Aires. It is popular among tourists, but mostly as a hub for trips to the Paraná delta. Tigre had its heyday at the turn of the 19th century when many European immigrant communities chose it for their weekend/holiday rowing activities. It offered a suitable spot next to the Paraná delta with its multitude of navigable channels and at some distance from the urban hustle and bustle of downtown Buenos Aires.
Tigre still features many historic mansions from the 19th century in colonial style
Read OnNice
Assif Germany - 05-Jul-20
The recently published ICOMOS working documents show that a big portion of Nice is to be included in this nomination and not only its waterfront promenade. Nice is a major tourist hub in France mostly catering for beach tourists. This can be regarded as a sign of continuity, perpetuating the historic function of Nice in the development of modern tourism. The most significant component, the renowned Promenade des Anglais, I did not find neither very scenic nor authentic. A lot of new buildings on the city side of the road do not allow for a unified cityscape. However, other parts of the city centre, which are all included, are very well preserved.
Read OnWadden Sea
Assif Germany - 04-Jul-20
I think that in order to appreciate the Wadden Sea you have to go on a mudflat hike. Living in Hamburg, I have been to several ones, and I always find this weird ecosystem fascinating. Coming from Hamburg you can reach the Northern Sea at Dünen/Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony or at Friedrichskoog/Büsum/Sankt Peter in Schleswig Holstein. I have been to mudflat hikes at all these points and, surprisingly enough, the landscape and the nature of the hike differ considerably. One of the reasons is a feature of the Wadden Sea called tidal creeks (Priele in German). These are streams which appear during low water and can be very strong. Their route remains steady. If you go hiking next to such a tidal creek you cannot normally cross it
Read OnEarly Medieval Monastic Sites (T)
Assif Germany - 04-Jul-20
From the proposed sites I have only visited Glendalough (May 2017). As Nan has already pointed out, it is a fairly easy day-trip from Dublin, although we chose to stay at the only hotel next to the ruins. This proved to be a good choice as you can enjoy the site early in the morning or in the late after noon. The monastery was probably big for its time, but visiting it today will not take you longer than an hour. There is a modern visitor centre worth visiting and there is the obligatory hike from the monastery to the upper lake, where ruins from the same age can be viewed. These belonged to the monastery and served monks seeking solitude in the woods. The natural setting is very pretty
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- Zagori Cultural Landscape
- Nice
- Wadden Sea
- Verona
- Thessalonika
- Brú na Bóinne
- Church of Atlántida
- Fray Bentos
- Strasbourg
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
- Stećci
- Mount Carmel Caves
- Churches of Peace
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- Hallstatt-Dachstein
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee
- Wachau Cultural Landscape
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- Vlkolinec
- Qhapaq Ñan
- Quebrada de Humahuaca
- Regensburg
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
- Paphos
- Biblical Tells
- White City of Tel-Aviv
- Dubrovnik
- Mostar
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
- Vienna
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- Dresden Elbe Valley
- Split
- Old City of Jerusalem
- Kotor
- Fortifications of Vauban
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
- Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans
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- Necropolis of Bet She'arim
- Bahá’i Holy Places
- Biblical Tells
- Budapest
- Kraków
- Strasbourg
- Kew Gardens
- Abbey of St Gall
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca
- Pompei
- Naples
- Incense Route of the Negev
- Potsdam
- Incense Route of the Negev
Visited TWHS
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- Architecture Moderne du XX siècle de la Ville de Montevideo (T)
- Bet She'an (T)
- Caesarea (T)
- Chamangá: A Rock Paintings Area (T)
- City of Tigre and its rowing clubs (T)
- Civil Rights Movement Sites (T)
- Cultural Landscape of Innsbruck-Nordkette/Karwendel (T)
- Early Synagogues in the Galilee (T)
- Ein Karem, a village and its cultural landscape (T)
- Hanbury botanical gardens (T)
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- Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town of Steyr (T)
- Jerusalem (T)
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- Liftah (Mey Naftoah) – Traditional mountain village (T)
- Makhteshim Country (T)
- Natural and Cultural Landscape of Danube Region (T)
- Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain (T)
- Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture (T)
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- The Great Rift Valley - migratory routes - The Hula (T)
- The historic urban site of Počitelj (T)
- The Industrial Complexes at Ostrava (T)
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- The natural and architectural ensemble of Stolac (T)
- Timna (T)
- Triple-arch Gate at Dan & Sources of the Jordan (T)
- White Mosque in Ramle (T)
Reviewed TWHS
- City of Tigre and its rowing clubs (T)
- Early Medieval Monastic Sites (T)
- Hanbury botanical gardens (T)
- La Rambla de la Cité de Montevideo (T)
- Architecture Moderne du XX siècle de la Ville de Montevideo (T)
- Palace Cave (T)
- Quartier de Peñarol (T)
- Cambridge Colleges and Backs (T)
- Danube Valley CL around Regensburg inc Walhalla (T)
- Kezmarok Wooden Articular Church and historical center of the city (T)
- Athens (T)
- Spandau Citadel (T)
- Berlin Philharmonic Concert Hall (T)
- Kourion (T)
- Duomo di Milano (T)
- Ville Vesuviane (T)
- Budapest Ghetto and 4 synagogues (T)
- Passau old town (T)
- Monastery of Eberbach (T)
- Munich - Ludwigstrasse, Odeonplatz, Feldherrenhalle (T)
- Goethe Haus Frankfurt (T)
- Great Spas of Europe (Germany) (T)
- Les passages de Bruxelles (T)
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles (T)
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- National Park Hohe Tauern (T)
- Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture (T)
- Cultural Landscape of Innsbruck Nordkette Karwendel (T)
- Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain (T)
- Jerusalem (T)
- Freiburg Cathedral (T)
- Arbel (T)
- Architecture Moderne du XX siècle de la Ville de Montevideo (T)
- Buenos Aires – La Plata (T)
- Chamangá: A Rock Paintings Area (T)
- The Hula (T)
- Horvat Minnim (T)
- Stolac (T)
- Blagaj (T)
- The historic urban site of Počitelj (T)
- Historic centre of Pavia and Chartreuse (T)
- Kosice (T)
- White Mosque in Ramle (T)
- Sea of Galilee (T)
- Timna (T)
- The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles (T)
- The Crusader Fortresses (T)
- Early Synagogues in the Galilee (T)
- Caesarea (T)
- Bet She'an (T)
- Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town of Steyr (T)
Top 50 Missing Sites
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- Ciudad Perdida, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
- Ebla (Tell Mardikh)
- Forests of Southern New Caledonia
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Frank Gehry
- Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol
- Kaieteur National Park, Iwokrama Forest and the Kanuku Mountains
- Kuhikugu
- Lake Titicaca
- Lena Delta
- Middle and Upper Sepik
- Naica Cave: Cave of the Crystals
- Petrified Forest National Park
- Salisbury Plains, Grytviken
- Sistema Vial Andino/Qhapaq Ñan
- Sites Mégalithiques de Carnac
- The Archaeological Site of Göbeklitepe
- Transiberian Railway
- Westhoek: places of memory and monuments of the Great War
Top 200 WHS
- Volcanoes of Kamchatka
- Hawaii Volcanoes
- Isole Eolie
- Teide National Park
- Brasilia
- Shibam
- Split
- Toledo
- Prague
- Sana'a
- Old City of Jerusalem
- Rome
- Istanbul
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Grand Canal
- Qhapaq Ñan
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
- Ayutthaya
- Ellora Caves
- Moenjodaro
- Sukhothai
- Angkor
- Vézère Valley
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc
- Altamira Cave
- Lake Malawi
- Iguazu National Park
- The Sundarbans
- Okavango Delta
- Lake Baikal
- Victoria Falls
- Three parallel rivers of Yunnan
- Pantanal
- Kenya Lake System
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
- Nasca Lines
- Çatalhöyük
- Stonehenge
- Chichen-Itza
- Caral-Supe
- Tikal National Park
- Teotihuacan
- Chan Chan
- Mesa Verde
- SGang Gwaay
- San Agustín
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- St. Petersburg
- Florence
- Amsterdam Canal Ring
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs
- Lower Valley of the Awash
- Versailles
- Imperial Palace
- Rapa Nui
- Palmyra
- Nemrut Dag
- Petra
- Persepolis
- Tchogha Zanbil
- Samarra
- Western Ghats
- Machu Picchu
- Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers
- Kilimanjaro National Park
- Sagarmatha National Park
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
- Masada
- Great Wall
- Himeji-jo
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan
- Crac des Chevaliers
- Agra Fort
- Auschwitz Birkenau
- Budapest
- Brugge
- Vienna
- Granada
- Siena
- Hoi An
- Maritime Greenwich
- Socotra Archipelago
- Peninsula Valdes
- Great Barrier Reef
- Rock Islands
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
- West Norwegian Fjords
- Mexico City and Xochimilco
- Cuzco
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang
- Skocjan Caves
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago
- Gunung Mulu
- South China Karst
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan
- Qutb Minar
- Ogasawara Islands
- Fraser Island
- Sub-Antarctic Islands
- Temple of Heaven
- Itsukushima Shrine
- Prambanan
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments
- Chola Temples
- Los Glaciares
- Te Wahipounamu
- Ilulissat Icefjord
- Yosemite National Park
- Glacier parks
- Tasmanian Wilderness
- Tropical Rainforest Sumatra
- Redwood
- Kinabalu Park
- Cape Floral Region
- Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
- Selous Game Reserve
- Rainforests of the Atsinanana
- Serengeti
- Ngorongoro
- Yellowstone
- Banc d'Arguin
- Galapagos Islands
- Aldabra Atoll
- Komodo National Park
- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
- Gulf of California
- Ancient Nara
- Ancient Kyoto
- Ironbridge Gorge
- Vredefort Dome
- Grand Canyon
- Nubian Monuments
- Ancient Thebes
- Jantar Mantar
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
- Lorentz National Park
- Virunga National Park
- Namib Sand Sea
- El Pinacate
- Air and Téneré
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- Medici Villas and Gardens
- Kew Gardens
- Uluru
- Bali Subak system
- Persian Garden
- Hallstatt-Dachstein
- West Lake
- Cartagena
- Potosi
- Québec
- Ouro Preto
- Puebla
- Meroe
- Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
- Great Zimbabwe
- Cliff of Bandiagara
- Kremlin and Red Square
- Sydney Opera House
- Westminster
- Route of Santiago de Compostela
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Saint Catherine Area
- Vatican City
- Meteora
- Ravenna
- Lalibela
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- Taj Mahal
- Pyramids (Memphis)
- Mogao Caves
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex
- Borobudur
- Potala Palace
- Sigiriya
- Dazu Rock Carvings
- Ajanta Caves
- Fujian Tulou
- Kathmandu Valley
- Bukhara
- Ping Yao
- Kairouan
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Damascus
- Historic Cairo
- Leptis Magna
- Baalbek
- Pompei
- Acropolis
- Mycenae and Tiryns
- Hani Rice Terraces
- Koutammakou
- Djenné
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou
- Aksum