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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.

Malta Last Update 29.10.20 500 WHS Visited 612 Reviews 500 WHS Rated 195 TWHS Visited

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Ponds in the Bay of Oristano and the Sinis Peninsula island of Mal di Ventre (T)

Clyde Malta - 09-Nov-20

I visited the coastal ponds in the Bay of Oristano in March 2017. I drove to different vantage points as close as possible to the scattered salt works and ponds mentioned in the nomination dossier to be able to spot a variety of birds and in terms of birdlife I wasn't disappointed. Some highlights were the Sardinian Warbler and Purple Gallinule, together with the flocks of flamingoes, egrets and spoonbills.

That said, even though all the ponds mentioned in the nomination dossier are considered to be Ramsar wetlands of international importance, the comparison made with the inscribed Donana NP in Spain or the tentative WHS of Camargue in France is quite far fetched both in terms of size and bird numbers

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Old Synagogue and Mikveh in Erfurt (T)

Clyde Malta - 25-Sep-20

I visited this tentative WHS in August 2020 as a convenient stopover during my road trips to Poland. Perhaps due to the recent unexpected positive experience I had while visiting the synagogue in Zamosc, combined with the lack of hospitality shown by the old synagogue reception staff in Erfurt, I really did not enjoy my visit and sincerely hope this tentative WHS never makes it on the list as in my opinion it lacks any tangible OUV.

That said, at least I got some value out of the 8 euro entrance fee from the Erfurt treasure permanently displayed inside since 2009. The treasure was discovered in 1998 buried underneath the wall of a cellar entrance most likely during the pogrom of 1349. This is probably the main reason why the site is heavily guarded and photography inside is strictly not allowed. Bags (even very small ones) have to be left in free lockers at the reception. The old synagogue is closed on Mondays and entrance is free every first Tuesday of the month. The highlight of the Erfurt treasure for me was the intricate early fourteenth century Ashkenazi wedding ring

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Paper Mill in Duszniki-Zdrój (T)

Clyde Malta - 19-Sep-20

I visited this tentative WHS in August 2020. The 17th century paper mill in Duszniki-Zdroj is only 1.5hrs away from the Church of Peace WHS in Swidnica or the Centennial Hall WHS in Wroclaw.

This paper mill environment is very similar to the Derwent Mills WHS in the UK even though the two-lane road leading to the town is much closer to the mill. If you visit by car, there is free parking a couple of metres before the mill proper next to a huge Chopin graffiti. The mill seems to be quite popular especially among Poles and already at 9am I wasn't the only one waiting to go in. From November to April it is open every day except Mondays, while during the rest of the year it is open every day. The paper-making demonstrations usually only start at 10am.

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Zamosc

Clyde Malta - 15-Sep-20

I visited this WHS in August 2020 after a never ending drive due to roadworks and deviations. It will always have a special place in my memory as by visiting it I completed Poland's WHS and reached my 500th WHS milestone.

Zamosc is quite a small WHS and its main square can be compared to Telc's in Czechia or to Bardejov's in Slovakia. While the latter lacked any outstanding element, the former was more complete with excellent varietes of townhouse facades all around the square. Only a few 'Armenian' town houses next to the town hall (photo) are on par with Telc's townhouses. On the other hand, the old town of Zamosc has a unique layout and an outstanding implementation of the theory of the “ideal town” based on a plan of a human figure. The Zamoyski Palace was the head, the Zamoyski Academy and the Collegiate Church were the lungs, the Town Hall was arranged at the heart, and Grodzka Street formed the backbone running from the Palace to Bastion VII

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Warsaw

Clyde Malta - 14-Sep-20

I visited this WHS in August 2020. The near total reconstruction of the Historic Centre of Warsaw is really outstanding and unlike other WHS such as Regensburg in Germany or Torun in Poland itself, the quality of the reconstruction is so high and on such a large but meticulous scale that it wouldn't be unheard of to think that most of the old city centre is from Medieval times.

Warsaw was deliberately annihilated in 1944 as a repression of the Polish resistance to the German occupation. The capital city was reduced to ruins with the intention of obliterating the centuries old tradition of Polish statehood. The rebuilding of the historic city, 85% of which was destroyed, was the result of the determination of the inhabitants and the support of the whole nation. The reconstruction of the old city centre in its historic urban and architectural form was the manifestation of the care and attention taken to assure the survival of one of the most important testimonial of Polish culture

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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

Seville 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

Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest 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

Warsaw 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

Donana National Park 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

Krzemionki prehistoric striped flint mining region 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

Mafra Palace, Convent and Royal Hunting Park 2.5

Mahabodhi Temple Complex 2.5

Malbork Castle 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 Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 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

Zamosc 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

Bom Jesus do Monte 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

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

Torun 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

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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