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Mousa, Old Scatness and Jarlshof: the Zenith of Iron Age Shetland (T)

Caspar Dechmann Switzerland - 15-Jun-20

Following our stay on the Orkneys in Summer 2019 we spent around four days on the Shetland Islands. We took the ferry, which was rather expensive. Mainly for our rental car and for the cabin we booked since the trip is surprisingly long, 8 hours or so, and the trip up north leaves late in the evening and arrives in the morning. If you sleep on the floor or in a chair it is much cheaper, if I remember correctly

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Flow Country (T)

Caspar Dechmann Switzerland - 13-Apr-20

On our trip around the northern coast of Scotland in summer 2019 we crossed also the area of Flow Country. The main argument about this site seems the size of untouched land that is unique in Europe and the amount of CO2 it binds. To me this seems for my taste to jump on the (very necessary) wave of the current climate consciousness.The trip along the northern coast road is attractive mainly for the rocks and beaches on the seaside. The actual flow country on the landside has a certain wild “Wuthering heights” charm: it is a huge area of rather flat moor with moss in many shades, pools and small hills

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Dreams in Stone - the palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria (T)

Caspar Dechmann Switzerland - 13-Apr-20

I think these three castles make a very nice group for a WHT nomination. Of the three I have only visited Neuschwanstein and Herrenchiemsee. I will certainly try to visit Lindenhof too, if only for its camp "Venusgrotte" and its further Wagnerian connections. It seems to have the most interesting park of the three.

These castles are certainly an oddity and this is part of the reason why they should be inscribed! Neuschwanstein needs the least introduction: Its exterior is iconic and [...]

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Neolithic Orkney

Caspar Dechmann Switzerland - 29-Mar-20

Since I had read „At home“ by Bill Bryson with its great chapter on Skara Brae I had dreamed to visit the Orkneys. And when I planned my trip to Scotland for summer 2019 it was my top priority to see these islands. We travelled around the whole northern coast of the country including the most important Islands and I found the landscape absolutely stunning: The lushness of the vegetation and the shades of green in the wonderful Glencoe valley asked for a longer exploration then we had time for

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Heritage of Mercury

Caspar Dechmann Switzerland - 21-Feb-20

Idrija is full of surprises: We drove there as a day trip from Ljubljana. It is about a one-hour drive through gorges and on curvy streets and then you arrive in a modern, not very appealing industrial town at the confluence of the rivers Idrijca and Nikova. Since the site was in a working state up to the 90s of the last century not much of the 500-year-old industrial history is visible on first sight. Most prominent is the miners church on a hill (mostly closed) and adjacent to it a tiny “sacred mountain” with equally tiny chapels

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

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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

Brugge 4.5

Costiera Amalfitana 4.5

Florence 4.5

Istanbul 4.5

Loire Valley 4.5

Potsdam 4.5

Rome 4.5

St. Petersburg 4.5

Teotihuacan 4.5

Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.5

Versailles 4.5

Vienna 4.5

Acropolis 4

Ancient Nara 4

Arab-Norman Palermo 4

Archaeological Site of Delphi 4

Assisi 4

Bamberg 4

Budapest 4

Calakmul 4

Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 4

City of Bath 4

Cordoba 4

Dubrovnik 4

Ferrara 4

Flemish Béguinages 4

Fortified City of Carcassonne 4

Himeji-jo 4

Horyu-ji Area 4

Ironbridge Gorge 4

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

Oporto 4

Paris, Banks of the Seine 4

Puebla 4

Rammelsberg and Goslar 4

Ravenna 4

Rhodes 4

Route of Santiago de Compostela 4

Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 4

Siena 4

Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 4

Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 4

Toledo 4

Vatican City 4

Verona 4

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

Edinburgh 3.5

Fortifications of Vauban 3.5

Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 3.5

Isole Eolie 3.5

Itsukushima Shrine 3.5

Las Medulas 3.5

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

Olympia 3.5

Plantin-Moretus Museum 3.5

Quedlinburg 3.5

Querétaro 3.5

Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 3.5

Salzburg 3.5

San Gimignano 3.5

Segovia 3.5

Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 3.5

St. Kilda 3.5

Stonehenge 3.5

Strasbourg 3.5

Syracuse 3.5

Uxmal 3.5

Valletta 3.5

Vicenza 3.5

Westminster 3.5

Xochicalco 3.5

Agrigento 3

Arles 3

Avila 3

Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 3

Botanical Garden, Padua 3

Burgundy 3

Canterbury 3

Chartres Cathedral 3

Classical Weimar 3

Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3

Defence Line of Amsterdam 3

Fontainebleau 3

Fujisan 3

Grand Place, Brussels 3

Graz 3

Hallstatt-Dachstein 3

Kinderdijk 3

Kutna Hora 3

Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 3

Longobards in Italy 3

Lübeck 3

Margravial Opera House 3

Naples 3

Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3

Pont du Gard 3

Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3

Provins 3

Pyrénées - Mont Perdu 3

Reims 3

Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 3

Rhaetian Railway 3

Saint-Emilion 3

San Miguel de Allende 3

Seville 3

Skocjan Caves 3

Speyer Cathedral 3

Split 3

The Four Lifts 3

Trogir 3

Val di Noto 3

Van Nellefabriek 3

Venetian Works of Defence 3

Villa Romana del Casale 3

Wartburg Castle 3

Aachen Cathedral 2.5

Abbey of St Gall 2.5

Bellinzone 2.5

Camino Real 2.5

Campeche 2.5

Caves of Yagul and Mitla 2.5

Champagne 2.5

City of Luxembourg 2.5

Cologne Cathedral 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

Pannonhalma 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

Forth Bridge 2

Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 2

Frontiers of the Roman Empire 2

Genbaku Dome 2

Le Havre 2

Monte San Giorgio 2

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 2

Popocatepetl monasteries 2

Regensburg 2

Reichenau 2

Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 2

Santa Maria delle Grazie 2

Stoclet House 2

Bauhaus Sites 1.5

Crespi d'Adda 1.5

Hiraizumi 1.5

La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 1.5

Luis Barragán House and Studio 1.5

Mining Sites of Wallonia 1.5

Pilgrimage Church of Wies 1.5

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 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

Central University City Campus of the UNAM 1

Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 1

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Recent Reviews Caspar Dechmann

Mousa, Old Scatness and Jarlshof: the Zenith of Iron Age Shetland (T)

Flow Country (T)

Dreams in Stone - the palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria (T)

Neolithic Orkney

Heritage of Mercury

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