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Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin

Caspar Dechmann Switzerland - 08-Mar-22

Before I really start my "review" of this site I have to anticipate that I am a great fan of rock art sites. I think they are sometimes among the most important cultural sites since they open to us a window into a time of the human brain of which we wouldn't know anything at all otherwise: It offers glimpses into human hunt practice but mainly into cult and artistry. I think the fantastic paintings at Chauvet are possibly the most important artworks of mankind considering their age, skill and originality. And while I think the Ice Cave Art offers almost nothing to the visitor who visits the caves the artwork linked to it is not only hugely important but equally exciting.

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The Episcopal See of Egara and its pictorial decoration (5th-8th centuries) (T)

Caspar Dechmann Switzerland - 08-Mar-22

Tarragona is an easy and interesting day trip from Barcelona and one day is just about the time to see it all. Beside the three churches of the episcopal see it offers a quite remarkable heritage of Modernism.

The three churches were the seat of a bishop at visigothic time when the belief was supposedly Arian and not catholic. As Wikipedia tells us this constellation of three (and sometimes even more) churches was typical for early episcopal seats even within Catalunya and similar groups are documented in Valencia, Vic and La Seu d'Urgell (which bears the episcopal see still in its name). As far as I could find out all of them are lost in which case Tarrassa would be unique just for this constellation alone.

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Turó de la Seu Vella de Lleida (T)

Caspar Dechmann Switzerland - 06-Mar-22

I visited Lleida as a detour traveling from Tarragona to Barcelona. I takes about one and a half hours from both cities. I arrived in the afternoon and when I walked from the train station to my hotel I was first a bit shocked how run down the streets looked in the very centre of the city. Thanks to covid a had found a rather cheap four star hotel near the station which I find always the best choice if you travel with public transport and luggage. But the hotel fitted quite oddly into the neighborhood with visible signs poverty everywhere. After dropping my luggage I walked up to the city hill which is the nominated area of this TWHS: It contains the old cathedral with a tower and cloisters, the remnants of a castle and large fortifications from several centuries

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Mining Historical Heritage (T)

Caspar Dechmann Switzerland - 06-Mar-22

I visited the neolithic Mines of Gavà from Barcelona. Gava train station is easy and frequently to reach by regional train from Barcelona. From there you can walk for 20 minutes or take a bus.

There you find a huge modern building which [...]

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Greek Archaeological ensemble in Empúries, l'Escala, Girona (T)

Caspar Dechmann Switzerland - 06-Mar-22

Empuries is about one hour by bus from Gerona. I found only one connection that made sense which left Gerona around 9am and returned from L'Escala around 2pm which gives you plenty of time to visit the ruins. From the bus stop Empuries it is about a twenty minute walk to the site and it is worth walking the small detour along the beach since Empuries is located on a lovely bay with beaches everywhere. In February swimming was no temptation for me but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

The access to the archeological site is via a very modern looking Libeskind like visitor center. The entrance fee was very modest with 6 Euros and the excellent audio guide is included. There are lockers, toilets and vending machines. From there you walk over to the first area: the Greek town. This is impressive in so far as it is very extended and the foundation walls are clear everywhere. With the audioguide to get a feeling for the function or different areas as markets, temples, private houses etc. Best preserved are the subterranean structures like cisterns and reservoirs. It adds hugely to the experience almost to the point of being distracting that you have always the deep blue sea and the beautiful bay around you

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Name: Caspar Dechmann
Country: Switzerland
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Proposal: Gdansk, New York Central Park

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Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin

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Granada 5

Pompei 5

Prague 5

Venice and its Lagoon 5

Altamira Cave 4.5

Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.5

Ancient Kyoto 4.5

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City of Bath 4

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Malbork Castle 4

Mantua and Sabbioneta 4

Mexico City and Xochimilco 4

Mont-Saint-Michel 4

Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 4

Mycenae and Tiryns 4

Neolithic Orkney 4

Oaxaca and Monte Alban 4

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Paris, Banks of the Seine 4

Puebla 4

Rammelsberg and Goslar 4

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Route of Santiago de Compostela 4

Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 4

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Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 4

Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 4

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Vatican City 4

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Wachau Cultural Landscape 4

Würzburg Residence 4

Asturian Monuments 3.5

Avignon 3.5

Bordeaux 3.5

Burgos Cathedral 3.5

Dorset and East Devon Coast 3.5

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Fortifications of Vauban 3.5

Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 3.5

Isole Eolie 3.5

Itsukushima Shrine 3.5

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Laurisilva of Madeira 3.5

Major Town Houses 3.5

Maulbronn Monastery 3.5

Megalithic Temples of Malta 3.5

Mount Etna 3.5

Nikko 3.5

Old City of Berne 3.5

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Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 3.5

Plantin-Moretus Museum 3.5

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Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 3.5

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Uxmal 3.5

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Works of Antoni Gaudí 3.5

Xochicalco 3.5

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Botanical Garden, Padua 3

Burgundy 3

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Chartres Cathedral 3

Classical Weimar 3

Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3

Dutch Water Defence Lines 3

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Grand Place, Brussels 3

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Great Spa Towns of Europe 3

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Skocjan Caves 3

Speyer Cathedral 3

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Trogir 3

Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3

Val di Noto 3

Van Nellefabriek 3

Venetian Works of Defence 3

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Wartburg Castle 3

Aachen Cathedral 2.5

Abbey of St Gall 2.5

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Camino Real 2.5

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Caves of Yagul and Mitla 2.5

Champagne 2.5

City of Luxembourg 2.5

El Escurial 2.5

Genoa 2.5

Heritage of Mercury 2.5

Lyon 2.5

Medici Villas and Gardens 2.5

Morelia 2.5

Muskauer Park 2.5

Nancy 2.5

Naumburg Cathedral 2.5

Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 2.5

Pannonhalma 2.5

Popocatepetl monasteries 2.5

Rietveld Schröderhuis 2.5

Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 2.5

Schönbrunn 2.5

Serra de Tramuntana 2.5

Sian Ka'an 2.5

Statue of Liberty 2.5

Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 2.5

Tower of London 2.5

Vézelay 2.5

Alcala de Henares 2

Belfries 2

Benedictine Convent of St. John 2

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2

Caves and Ice Age Art 2

Chaîne des Puys 2

Corfu 2

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Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 2

Frontiers of the Roman Empire 2

Genbaku Dome 2

Jelling 2

Jomon Prehistoric Sites 2

Kronborg Castle 2

Le Havre 2

Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2

Monte San Giorgio 2

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 2

Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 2

Regensburg 2

Reichenau 2

Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 2

Santa Maria delle Grazie 2

Stoclet House 2

The Porticoes of Bologna 2

Bauhaus Sites 1.5

Christiansfeld 1.5

Cologne Cathedral 1.5

Crespi d'Adda 1.5

Fagus Factory 1.5

Hedeby and Danevirke 1.5

Hiraizumi 1.5

La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 1.5

Ljubljana 1.5

Luis Barragán House and Studio 1.5

Messel Pit 1.5

Mining Sites of Wallonia 1.5

Par force hunting landscape 1.5

Pilgrimage Church of Wies 1.5

Poblet Monastery 1.5

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 1.5

Roskilde Cathedral 1.5

ShUM Sites 1.5

Stevns Klint 1.5

The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 1.5

Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 1.5

Water Management System of Augsburg 1.5

Yuso and Suso Monasteries 1.5

Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 1

Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 1

Central University City Campus of the UNAM 1

Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 1

Tarraco 1

Lower German Limes 0.5

Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin 0.5

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Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin

The Episcopal See of Egara and its pictorial decoration (5th-8th centuries) (T)

Turó de la Seu Vella de Lleida (T)

Mining Historical Heritage (T)

Greek Archaeological ensemble in Empúries, l'Escala, Girona (T)

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