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I love travelling to experience different cultures and new places. Apart from the well-known iconic places and landmarks, I love visiting UNESCO World Heritage Sites as the list also includes places that are quite off the beaten track or places I would have never visited or even read about.

My favourite WHS are a combination of cultural WHS and spectacular nature WHS. I'm not a fan of industrial WHS or modern architecture WHS but I'm always open to visit to learn something new. Since the last few years I try to cover as many top WHS as possible on the longer trips while I try to cover the remaining European WHS on shorter trips or as road trips.

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Delhi - A Heritage City (T)

Clyde Malta - 26-May-20

I visited this tentative WHS in January 2012. In a way, India's capital, Delhi, is a bit like China's capital, Beijing. Several top notch WHS here and there, but no real 'historic centre'. This nomination tries to make up for this by highlighting Delhi's “surviving historic urbanscape” in a triangular patch of land with the River Yamuna on one side and the northern range of Aravalli hills on the other two sides.

This historic urbanscape comprises the four precincts of Mehrauli, Nizamuddin, Shahjahanabad and New Delhi. The first three precincts are already well covered in reviews of the already inscribed crown jewels of each precinct, namely Qutab Minar, Humayun's Tomb and the Red Fort. So in this review I will focus on the remaining precinct New Delhi.

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Rouen : ensemble urbain à pans de bois, cathédrale, église Saint-Ouen, église Saint Maclou (T)

Clyde Malta - 26-May-20

I visited this tentative WHS several times as a pleasant stopover city on my way to other WHS or tWHS such as Mont-St-Michel, Le Havre, Amiens, Carnac or Cordouan. However, back in June 2011, I had allowed a full weekend specifically for Rouen.

Rouen is the capital of Normandy, even though it is relatively close to Paris. In the past it was one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe and it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy during the Middle Ages. It was also one of the capitals of the Anglo-Norman dynasties, which ruled both England and large parts of modern France from the 11th to the 15th centuries. Rouen saw the tragic end of Saint Joan of Arc’s life, a legacy that continues to leave its mark in the city.

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Residence Ensemble Schwerin - Cultural Landscape of Romantic Historicism (T)

Clyde Malta - 13-May-20

I visited this tentative WHS in October 2014 on my way back from my road trip to Bremen, Hamburg, Lübeck and Wismar. The Schwerin Castle ensemble is only 40 minutes away by car from Wismar and around 50 minutes away from Schalsee, a UNESCO biosphere reserve.

The Schwerin Castle ensemble is definitely on par with other inscribed properties on the WH list such as Muskauer Park in Germany/Poland or Lednice Palace in Czechia and although it doesn't add anything particularly new to the list, on a sunny day it is a very enjoyable visit (when in the area). Its construction was also inspired by the Renaissance châteaux of the Loire Valley such as Chambord.

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La Rioja and Rioja Alavesa Vine and Wine Cultural Landscape (T)

Clyde Malta - 17-Apr-20

I visited La Rioja Wine Cultural Landscape on foot while walking the Camino Frances to Santiago de Compostela in April/May 2016. From the very first stop at one of the many hostales till you get to Santiago de Compostela, local cheap wine will be a flowing companion to help you bear the blister pain and help you ignore the loud snoring of some fellow pilgrims. There even is a ''public'' wine fountain offered by Bodega Irache in Navarra before making your way to the La Rioja region.

The best bottled wine we were given almost for free during our pilgrimage was at La Rioja

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Ayeyawady River Corridor (T)

Clyde Malta - 17-Apr-20

I visited several stretches of this tentative WHS during my 4 week trip in Myanmar in December 2012/January 2013. The Ayeyawady/Irrawaddy/Ayarwaddy River Corridor (ARC) covers a 400 km stretch of one of the last major undammed rivers in Asia. As such this tentative WHS focuses on the natural aspects and biodiversity of this important river in Myanmar.

Even though birdlife and unique river fish species are abundant, the only highlight worth mentioning is the Irrawaddy dolphin

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Name: Clyde
Country: Malta
Most Impressive: Borobodur, Komodo NP, Skellig Michael, Angkor Wat, Pyramids of Giza, Taj Mahal, Petra, Great Wall, Rome, Chichen Itza, Tikal, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, Great Barrier Reef, Fraser Island, Tasmanian Wilderness, Galapagos, Machu Picchu
Proposal: Cappella degli Scrovegni, Drift Passes of Rangiroa

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Angkor 5

Bagan 5

Borobudur 5

Bukhara 5

Florence 5

Galapagos Islands 5

Great Barrier Reef 5

Komodo National Park 5

Machu Picchu 5

Petra 5

Pyramids (Memphis) 5

Rome 5

Taj Mahal 5

Venice and its Lagoon 5

Ancient Kyoto 4.5

Ancient Thebes 4.5

Chichen-Itza 4.5

Great Wall 4.5

Itchan Kala 4.5

Pompei 4.5

Ravenna 4.5

Samarkand 4.5

Tasmanian Wilderness 4.5

Teide National Park 4.5

Tikal National Park 4.5

Acropolis 4

Ajanta Caves 4

Belem 4

Calakmul 4

Cordoba 4

Dubrovnik 4

Edinburgh 4

Ellora Caves 4

Fraser Island 4

Granada 4

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4

Hampi 4

Imperial Palace 4

Isole Eolie 4

Istanbul 4

Itsukushima Shrine 4

Kathmandu Valley 4

Kremlin and Red Square 4

Lagoons of New Caledonia 4

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi 4

Medina of Fez 4

Medina of Marrakesh 4

Meteora 4

Nasca Lines 4

Nubian Monuments 4

Palenque 4

Paris, Banks of the Seine 4

Pico Island 4

Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 4

Prague 4

Route of Santiago de Compostela 4

Sagarmatha National Park 4

Sceilg Mhichíl 4

Siena 4

St. Petersburg 4

Sukhothai 4

Temple of Heaven 4

Uluru 4

Uxmal 4

Verona 4

Vienna 4

Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 4

Willandra Lakes 4

Aachen Cathedral 3.5

Agrigento 3.5

Arab-Norman Palermo 3.5

Assisi 3.5

Ayutthaya 3.5

Bali Subak system 3.5

Bryggen 3.5

Budapest 3.5

Burgos Cathedral 3.5

Caral-Supe 3.5

Cesky Krumlov 3.5

Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.5

Chitwan National Park 3.5

Cracow 3.5

Cuzco 3.5

Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 3.5

Etruscan Necropolises 3.5

Fortified City of Carcassonne 3.5

Giant's Causeway 3.5

Ha Long Bay 3.5

Haeinsa Temple 3.5

Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.5

Humayun's Tomb 3.5

Hwaseong Fortress 3.5

Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3.5

Kotor 3.5

Loire Valley 3.5

Luang Prabang 3.5

Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 3.5

Mont-Saint-Michel 3.5

Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 3.5

Neolithic Orkney 3.5

Nikko 3.5

Old City of Jerusalem 3.5

Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 3.5

Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5

Plitvice Lakes 3.5

Pont du Gard 3.5

Prambanan 3.5

Pyrénées - Mont Perdu 3.5

Quito 3.5

Rietveld Schröderhuis 3.5

Riga 3.5

Sanchi 3.5

Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 3.5

Sintra 3.5

Southern Öland 3.5

Statue of Liberty 3.5

Summer Palace 3.5

Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 3.5

Sydney Opera House 3.5

The trulli of Alberobello 3.5

Trinity Sergius Lavra 3.5

Ujung Kulon National Park 3.5

University of Coimbra 3.5

Vall de Boi 3.5

Valletta 3.5

Vatican City 3.5

Villa Romana del Casale 3.5

West Norwegian Fjords 3.5

Westminster 3.5

Works of Antoni Gaudí 3.5

Al Ain 3

Altamira Cave 3

Amsterdam Canal Ring 3

Ancient Merv 3

Aquileia 3

Arequipa 3

Atapuerca 3

Avila 3

Bamberg 3

Bellinzone 3

Bordeaux 3

Brugge 3

Brú na Bóinne 3

Castel del Monte 3

Chaîne des Puys 3

Cilento and Vallo di Diano 3

Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3

Costiera Amalfitana 3

Curonian Spit 3

Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 3

Dolomites 3

Dorset and East Devon Coast 3

Epidaurus 3

Falun Great Copper Mountain 3

Grand Place, Brussels 3

Gwynedd Castles 3

Hahoe and Yangdong 3

Hallstatt-Dachstein 3

High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 3

Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 3

Himeji-jo 3

Historic Cairo 3

Jeju 3

Kinderdijk 3

Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3

Lake District 3

Laponian Area 3

Las Medulas 3

Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 3

Lumbini 3

Major Town Houses 3

Mantua and Sabbioneta 3

Mazagan 3

Medina of Essaouira 3

Megalithic Temples of Malta 3

Monastery of Batalha 3

Mostar 3

Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3

Mycenae and Tiryns 3

Novgorod 3

Ohrid Region 3

Oporto 3

Plantin-Moretus Museum 3

Poblet Monastery 3

Provins 3

Rabat 3

Reims 3

Rock Carvings in Tanum 3

Saint Catherine Area 3

San Marino and Mount Titano 3

Santa Maria de Guadelupe 3

Santa Maria delle Grazie 3

Santiago de Compostela 3

Saryarka 3

Segovia 3

Selimiye Mosque 3

Split 3

Stonehenge 3

Strasbourg 3

Tallinn 3

Telc 3

Toledo 3

Tower of Hercules 3

Trier 3

Tropical Rainforest Sumatra 3

Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3

Vallée de Mai 3

Versailles 3

Visby 3

Volubilis 3

Vézère Valley 3

Wachau Cultural Landscape 3

Wadi Rum 3

Wet Tropics of Queensland 3

Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 3

Yuso and Suso Monasteries 3

Agra Fort 2.5

Albi 2.5

Alcala de Henares 2.5

Alto Douro 2.5

Amiens Cathedral 2.5

Angra do Heroismo 2.5

Antequera Dolmens Site 2.5

Archaeological Site of Delphi 2.5

Asturian Monuments 2.5

Auschwitz Birkenau 2.5

Avignon 2.5

Baekje Historic Areas 2.5

Belfries 2.5

Benedictine Convent of St. John 2.5

Bethlehem 2.5

Bourges Cathedral 2.5

Canterbury 2.5

Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2.5

Champagne 2.5

Chartres Cathedral 2.5

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 2.5

Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 2.5

Churches of Peace 2.5

City of Bath 2.5

City of Luxembourg 2.5

Cologne Cathedral 2.5

Convent of Christ in Tomar 2.5

Drottningholm 2.5

Durmitor National Park 2.5

Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 2.5

Ferrara 2.5

Flemish Béguinages 2.5

Forth Bridge 2.5

Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 2.5

Frontiers of the Roman Empire 2.5

Fujisan 2.5

Gammelstad 2.5

Garajonay 2.5

Gondwana Rainforests 2.5

Greater Blue Mountains 2.5

Grimeton Radio Station 2.5

Guimarães 2.5

Gyeongju 2.5

Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 2.5

Ironbridge Gorge 2.5

Jantar Mantar 2.5

Jelling 2.5

Jodrell Bank Observatory 2.5

Jongmyo Shrine 2.5

Keoladeo National Park 2.5

Khajuraho Group of Monuments 2.5

Kladruby nad Labem 2.5

Kronborg Castle 2.5

Kunya-Urgench 2.5

Kutna Hora 2.5

La Lonja de la Seda 2.5

Laurisilva of Madeira 2.5

Litomysl Castle 2.5

Longobards in Italy 2.5

Luther Memorials 2.5

Lyon 2.5

Lübeck 2.5

Macao 2.5

Mahabodhi Temple Complex 2.5

Matera 2.5

Maulbronn Monastery 2.5

Medici Villas and Gardens 2.5

Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 2.5

Medina of Tétouan 2.5

Meknes 2.5

Mystras 2.5

Mérida 2.5

Naples 2.5

Old City of Berne 2.5

Olympia 2.5

Orange 2.5

Palmeral of Elche 2.5

Panamá 2.5

Paphos 2.5

Pattadakal 2.5

Pienza 2.5

Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 2.5

Pilgrimage Church of Wies 2.5

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 2.5

Potsdam 2.5

Primeval Beech Forests 2.5

Qhapaq Ñan 2.5

Qutb Minar 2.5

Red Fort 2.5

Reichenau 2.5

Risco Caido 2.5

Rock Art of Alta 2.5

Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 2.5

Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka 2.5

Roman Walls of Lugo 2.5

Roskilde Cathedral 2.5

Royal Exhibition Building 2.5

Royal Palace at Caserta 2.5

Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 2.5

Salamanca 2.5

San Gimignano 2.5

Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 2.5

Schönbrunn 2.5

Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies 2.5

Sian Ka'an 2.5

Silk Roads 2.5

Singapore Botanic Gardens 2.5

Skocjan Caves 2.5

Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 2.5

Syracuse 2.5

Tarraco 2.5

The Prosecco Hills 2.5

Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.5

Trogir 2.5

Urbino 2.5

Val d'Orcia 2.5

Val di Noto 2.5

Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 2.5

Vilnius 2.5

Wadden Sea 2.5

Wartburg Castle 2.5

Western Tien-Shan 2.5

Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 2.5

Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 2.5

Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 2

Abbey of St Gall 2

Ancient Nara 2

Arles 2

Australian Convict Sites 2

Australian Fossil Mammal Sites 2

Bardejov Town 2

Bauhaus Sites 2

Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 2

Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2

Blenheim Palace 2

Burgundy 2

Caceres 2

Campeche 2

Caves and Ice Age Art 2

Chief Roi Mata's Domain 2

Churches and Convents of Goa 2

Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 2

Classical Weimar 2

Coa Valley and Siega Verde 2

Cuenca 2

Derwent Valley Mills 2

Durham Castle and Cathedral 2

El Escurial 2

Elephanta Caves 2

Elvas 2

Engelsberg Ironworks 2

Evora 2

Fagus Factory 2

Fatehpur Sikri 2

Fertö/Neusiedlersee 2

Fontainebleau 2

Fortifications of Vauban 2

Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2

Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2

Genbaku Dome 2

Genoa 2

Gorham's Cave Complex 2

Hedeby and Danevirke 2

Heritage of Mercury 2

Holy Trinity Column 2

Horyu-ji Area 2

Imperial Tombs 2

Independence Hall 2

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 2

Karlskrona 2

Kernavë 2

Lima 2

Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 2

Margravial Opera House 2

Messel Pit 2

Modena 2

Monastery of Alcobaça 2

Mount Etna 2

Muskauer Park 2

Namhansanseong 2

Nancy 2

Naumburg Cathedral 2

Nisa 2

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 2

Novodevichy Convent 2

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2

Pyu Ancient Cities 2

Quedlinburg 2

Rammelsberg and Goslar 2

Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 2

Rhaetian Railway 2

Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2

Royal Joseon Tombs 2

Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 2

Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 2

Saint-Emilion 2

Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga 2

Schokland 2

Semmering Railway 2

Shakhrisyabz 2

Skogskyrkogarden 2

Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 2

Speyer Cathedral 2

Stevns Klint 2

Stralsund and Wismar 2

Su Nuraxi di Barumini 2

Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 2

Thang Long 2

The Four Lifts 2

Tower of London 2

Trebic 2

Um er-Rasas 2

Venetian Works of Defence 2

Vicenza 2

Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai 2

Vizcaya Bridge 2

Vézelay 2

Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 2

Würzburg Residence 2

Zollverein 2

Úbeda and Baeza 2

Aranjuez 1.5

Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 1.5

Birka and Hovgarden 1.5

Botanical Garden, Padua 1.5

Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 1.5

Causses and Cévennes 1.5

Choirokoitia 1.5

Christiansfeld 1.5

Corvey 1.5

Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 1.5

Defence Line of Amsterdam 1.5

Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 1.5

Kew Gardens 1.5

Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 1.5

Maritime Greenwich 1.5

Medina Azahara 1.5

Monte San Giorgio 1.5

Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 1.5

New Lanark 1.5

Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 1.5

Quseir Amra 1.5

Regensburg 1.5

Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin 1.5

Salzburg 1.5

San Cristobal de La Laguna 1.5

Stari Grad Plain 1.5

Studley Royal Park 1.5

Villa d'Este 1.5

Völklingen Ironworks 1.5

Water Management System of Augsburg 1.5

Beemster Polder 1

Canal du Midi 1

Centennial Hall 1

Crespi d'Adda 1

Graz 1

Holasovice 1

La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 1

Le Havre 1

Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 1

Mining Sites of Wallonia 1

Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 1

Saltaire 1

Sangiran Early Man Site 1

Stoclet House 1

Struve Geodetic Arc 1

Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver Mine 1

The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 1

Tugendhat Villa 1

Van Nellefabriek 1

Battir 0.5

Ivrea 0.5

Liverpool 0.5

Par force hunting landscape 0.5

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Top 50 Missing Sites

Amritsar
Bagan
City of Herat
Dilwara Temples at Mt Abu
Drift Passes of Rangiroa, French Polynesia
Dzongs of Bhutan
Mecca, Kaaba
Mount Rushmore
Naica Cave: Cave of the Crystals
Neuschwanstein Castle
Panama Canal
Pharaonic Temples of Kom Ombo and Edfu
Scrovegni's Chapel
Shwedagon Pagoda
Sumbrungu Painted Houses
The Sacred Complex of Babylon
Torres del Paine National Park
Ur
Varanasi
Wooden Monasteries of Konbaung Period: Ohn Don, Sala, Pakhangyi, Pakhannge, Legaing, Sagu, Shwe Kyau

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Delhi - A Heritage City (T)

Rouen : ensemble urbain à pans de bois, cathédrale, église Saint-Ouen, église Saint Maclou (T)

Residence Ensemble Schwerin - Cultural Landscape of Romantic Historicism (T)

La Rioja and Rioja Alavesa Vine and Wine Cultural Landscape (T)

Ayeyawady River Corridor (T)

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