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Svein Elias
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I never travelled - until i was in my forties. Then I met Randi who had a wide experience with travelling. Since 2006 we have been travelling together, and since 2010 we have been "hunting" WHS'.

Through the last decade I've learnt to really appreciate the feeling of visiting new places, the curiosity and the excitement seeing different habits and cultures. Seeing nature's grand places with its unique animal life gives me great satisfaction. Historic places is another great experience, it makes you learn history along the way.

Seeing odd places which few people have visited before, preferably combined with the above, is the top of my list. Maybe it's kind of naive, but anyway...

Norway Last Update 18.04.25 714 WHS Visited 33 Reviews 714 WHS Rated 209 TWHS Visited

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Salines de Pedra de Lume (T)

Svein Elias Norway - 05-Jan-25

Salines de Pedra de Lume (T)

Sal Island, part of Cape Verde’s Barlavento group, was discovered by the Portuguese in 1460 but remained uninhabited until the late 18th century due to extreme drought. The island’s salt industry began in the late 1700s at Pedra de Lume, a volcanic crater 39 meters above sea level and 1.5 km from the sea. This crater, once connected to the ocean, holds over 50 million tons of natural salt formed through seawater evaporation.

The salt industry flourished in the 19th and 20th centuries, exporting up to 30,000 tons annually. However, economic disparities between workers and management were prominent. While the industry declined after Brazil banned foreign salt imports in 1887, it experienced a revival in the 20th century under the French company Salins du Cabo Verde.

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Turaif Quarter

Svein Elias Norway - 30-Oct-24

Turaif Quarter

We, Philipp and his son plus Randi and me, visited this site october. We had a rental and intended to see all the Saudia Arabia WHS’ plus most of the TWHS’ in an extended week. We met up late night in Riyadh airport, picked up the car and stayed overnight in a nearby hotel. The following morning, we headed for At-Turaif.

The parking is inconvenient a bit off the entrance. We parked in a parking garage which was convenient to avoid an overheated car, but we still had to walk to the site in the burning sun. I don’t remember exactly the temperature at that moment, but coming from norther Europe hitting 35-40 degrees Celsius is tough.

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Northern Martinique

Svein Elias Norway - 22-Oct-24

Northern Martinique

During our easter holiday this year we visited some islands in the Lesser Antilles. The French Island of Martinique was one of them and naturally we visited this new WHS. We arrived at Fort-de-France, the islands main city, by ferry from Castries St Lucia, a ferry trip of 1 ½ hour. After a bus ride to the airport for picking up the rental car we were on our way to our next WHS.

The buffer zone of this site covers a major part of the northern part of the island, but the core zone is divided into two smaller areas

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Tomioka Silk Mill

Svein Elias Norway - 18-Jun-24

Tomioka Silk Mill

It’s satisfying being positively surprised by a site, like we did on one of this lesser-known sub site of Tomioka Silk Mill!

According to our Japan quest of July 2023 we were going to visit Tomioka round halfway in our Honshu train crossing from northeast to southwest. But as the weather forecast didn’t agree, we skipped the site and went for nicer weather further southwest. Thus, this site was visited on our last full day in Japan as a day trip from Tokio. Our Japan Rail Pass took us easily to Takasaki. We considered using the non-JRP railway to Tomioka, but since we were two and we wanted to visit all the four sites we chose a rental car. We were certain that six hours with a car would be sufficient for the task, but … we were so wrong.

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Shiretoko

Svein Elias Norway - 09-Mar-24

Shiretoko

Shiretoko National Park is the northeastern most WHS in Japan. It’s a bit off the beaten track, but a few visitors from this community have managed to tick it off. We managed to visit in late June ‘23.

The nature in the park is wild and unspoilt and animal encounters are common. Somehow, we could connect to this Nordic environment, but then again – it’s far from the nature of northern Europe. On our two-nights visit we had encounters with bears, deer, and foxes. Meeting wild animals in their natural habitat is magnificent.

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Name
Svein Elias
Country
Norway
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23
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    Dougga/Thugga 4
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    Edinburgh 4
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    Ephesus 4
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    Grand Place, Brussels 4
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    Istanbul 4
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    Lalibela 4
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    Meteora 4
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    Mount Etna 4
    Namib Sand Sea 4
    Okavango Delta 4
    Oporto 4
    Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 4
    Ping Yao 4
    Pompei 4
    Prague 4
    Prambanan 4
    Qhapaq Ñan 4
    Qutb Minar 4
    Red Bay Basque Whaling Station 4
    Richtersveld 4
    Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 4
    Sceilg Mhichíl 4
    Selous Game Reserve 4
    Simien National Park 4
    Teotihuacan 4
    Tikal National Park 4
    Toledo 4
    Tsodilo 4
    Vatican City 4
    Vatnajökull National Park 4
    Villages with Fortified Churches 4
    Viñales Valley 4
    Wadi Al-Hitan 4
    Wood Buffalo National Park 4
    Works of Antoni Gaudí 4
    'Uruq Bani Ma'arid 3.5
    Aachen Cathedral 3.5
    Amami-Oshima Island 3.5
    Amphitheater of El Jem 3.5
    Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
    Ancient Nara 3.5
    Anuradhapura 3.5
    Arab-Norman Palermo 3.5
    Assisi 3.5
    Bamberg 3.5
    Bauhaus Sites 3.5
    Brú na Bóinne 3.5
    Butrint 3.5
    Calakmul 3.5
    Camino Real 3.5
    Carlsbad Caverns 3.5
    Chichen-Itza 3.5
    Chola Temples 3.5
    Cienfuegos 3.5
    City of Luxembourg 3.5
    Cordoba 3.5
    Costiera Amalfitana 3.5
    Cuenca 3.5
    Cuzco 3.5
    Dholavira: A Harappan City 3.5
    Eisinga Planetarium 3.5
    El Pinacate 3.5
    El Tajin 3.5
    Epidaurus 3.5
    Etruscan Necropolises 3.5
    Evora 3.5
    Fujisan 3.5
    Garajonay 3.5
    Genoa 3.5
    Granada 3.5
    Graz 3.5
    Great Zimbabwe 3.5
    Hampi 3.5
    Heritage of Mercury 3.5
    Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.5
    Himeji-jo 3.5
    Horyu-ji Area 3.5
    Hué 3.5
    Isole Eolie 3.5
    Jelling 3.5
    Keoladeo National Park 3.5
    Khami Ruins 3.5
    Kinabalu Park 3.5
    Kinderdijk 3.5
    Kotor 3.5
    Kraków 3.5
    Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3.5
    L'Anse aux Meadows 3.5
    Laponian Area 3.5
    Loire Valley 3.5
    Mahabalipuram 3.5
    Malbork Castle 3.5
    Mapungubwe 3.5
    Matera 3.5
    Megalithic Temples of Malta 3.5
    Monastery of Batalha 3.5
    Mont-Saint-Michel 3.5
    Mostar 3.5
    Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 3.5
    My Son 3.5
    Mystras 3.5
    Nasca Lines 3.5
    Neolithic Orkney 3.5
    Northern Martinique 3.5
    Nubian Monuments 3.5
    Ohrid Region 3.5
    Old Havana 3.5
    Olympia 3.5
    Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 3.5
    Palenque 3.5
    Paphos 3.5
    Petäjävesi Old Church 3.5
    Phong Nha - Ke Bang 3.5
    Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5
    Pilgrimage Church of Wies 3.5
    Pitons of Reunion 3.5
    Plain of Jars 3.5
    Pont du Gard 3.5
    Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3.5
    Preah Vihear Temple 3.5
    Quedlinburg 3.5
    Quito 3.5
    Québec 3.5
    Rainforests of the Atsinanana 3.5
    Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.5
    Rani-ki-Vav 3.5
    Reims 3.5
    Rhodes 3.5
    Riga 3.5
    Rock Art of Alta 3.5
    Rock Islands 3.5
    Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara 3.5
    San Gimignano 3.5
    Sangay National Park 3.5
    Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.5
    Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.5
    Segovia 3.5
    Selimiye Mosque 3.5
    Seville 3.5
    Shirakami-Sanchi 3.5
    Shiretoko 3.5
    Siena 3.5
    Sighisoara 3.5
    Skocjan Caves 3.5
    Spissky Hrad and Levoca 3.5
    Split 3.5
    Summer Palace 3.5
    Surtsey 3.5
    Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 3.5
    Tallinn 3.5
    Teide National Park 3.5
    Telc 3.5
    Temple of Heaven 3.5
    Tequila 3.5
    Tiwanaku 3.5
    Trier 3.5
    Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios 3.5
    Tubbataha Reefs 3.5
    Tugendhat Villa 3.5
    Urnes Stave Church 3.5
    Uxmal 3.5
    Vat Phou 3.5
    Versailles 3.5
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    Villa d'Este 3.5
    Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.5
    Wartburg Castle 3.5
    Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 3.5
    Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.5
    Yakushima 3.5
    Zacatecas 3.5
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    Zamość 3.5
    ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape 3.5
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    Agra Fort 3
    Altamira Cave 3
    Amiens Cathedral 3
    Anjar 3
    Archaeological Site of Aigai 3
    Arequipa 3
    Arles 3
    Auschwitz Birkenau 3
    Avignon 3
    Avila 3
    Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains 3
    Bardejov Town 3
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    Belem 3
    Berat and Gjirokastra 3
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    Bryggen 3
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    Byblos 3
    Caceres 3
    Cape Floral Region 3
    Caral-Supe 3
    Castel del Monte 3
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    Central Highlands 3
    Cesky Krumlov 3
    Chaco Culture 3
    Champagne 3
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    Chavin 3
    Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 3
    Churches and Convents of Goa 3
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    City of Bath 3
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    Ferrara 3
    Fontainebleau 3
    Fortified City of Carcassonne 3
    Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda 3
    Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 3
    Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3
    Genbaku Dome 3
    Giant's Causeway 3
    Gordion 3
    Guimarães 3
    Gulf of California 3
    Gusuku of Ryukyu 3
    Gwynedd Castles 3
    Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3
    High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 3
    Hiraizumi 3
    Hoi An 3
    Hospicio Cabañas 3
    Imperial Tombs 3
    Itsukushima Shrine 3
    Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3
    Jodrell Bank Observatory 3
    Joggins Fossil Cliffs 3
    Jomon Prehistoric Sites 3
    Koh Ker 3
    Konso 3
    Kronborg Castle 3
    Kutna Hora 3
    La Lonja de la Seda 3
    Lake District 3
    Land of Frankincense 3
    Le Havre 3
    Le Morne 3
    Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 3
    Litomysl Castle 3
    Longobards in Italy 3
    Lyon 3
    Lübeck 3
    Maison Carrée of Nîmes 3
    Major Town Houses 3
    Mantua and Sabbioneta 3
    Margravial Opera House 3
    Maritime Greenwich 3
    Maulbronn Monastery 3
    Mazagan 3
    Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 3
    Medina of Fez 3
    Medina of Marrakesh 3
    Messel Pit 3
    Modena 3
    Monastery of Alcobaça 3
    Morelia 3
    Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3
    Mycenae and Tiryns 3
    Mérida 3
    Nancy 3
    Nessebar 3
    Nesvizh 3
    Niah Caves 3
    Old Rauma 3
    Old Town Lunenburg 3
    Old Town of Galle 3
    Orange 3
    Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 3
    Pannonhalma 3
    Paquimé 3
    Paris, Banks of the Seine 3
    Pattadakal 3
    Peking Man Site 3
    Pergamon 3
    Phu Phrabat 3
    Pienza 3
    Pirin National Park 3
    Pitons Management Area 3
    Polonnaruva 3
    Potsdam 3
    Poverty Point 3
    Puebla 3
    Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River 3
    Pyramids (Memphis) 3
    Qal'at al-Bahrain 3
    Querétaro 3
    Ravenna 3
    Red Fort 3
    Regensburg 3
    Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 3
    Rideau Canal 3
    Risco Caido 3
    Rjukan / Notodden 3
    Robben Island 3
    Rock Art in the Hail Region 3
    Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 3
    Royal Palace at Caserta 3
    Røros 3
    Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 3
    Salamanca 3
    Salzburg 3
    Sambor Prei Kuk 3
    San Antonio Missions 3
    San Marino and Mount Titano 3
    San Miguel de Allende 3
    Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 3
    Sian Ka'an 3
    Singapore Botanic Gardens 3
    Sinharaja Forest 3
    Sintra 3
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    Stonehenge 3
    Strasbourg 3
    Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 3
    Syracuse 3
    Talayotic Menorca 3
    Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 3
    The Prosecco Hills 3
    Thingvellir 3
    Torun 3
    Trogir 3
    Turaif Quarter 3
    Twyfelfontein 3
    Tyre 3
    Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3
    Urbino 3
    Val di Noto 3
    Valletta 3
    Vegaøyan 3
    Venetian Works of Defence 3
    Verona 3
    Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3
    Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3
    Villa Romana del Casale 3
    Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 3
    Visby 3
    Vizcaya Bridge 3
    Wadden Sea 3
    Warsaw 3
    Westminster 3
    Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 3
    Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 3
    Würzburg Residence 3
    iSimangaliso Wetland Park 3
    Çatalhöyük 3
    Aflaj irrigation system 2.5
    Agrigento 2.5
    Ahmadabad 2.5
    Al Ain 2.5
    Albi 2.5
    Alcala de Henares 2.5
    Antequera Dolmens Site 2.5
    Archaeological site of Philippi 2.5
    Asturian Monuments 2.5
    Ayutthaya 2.5
    Bali Subak system 2.5
    Ban Chiang 2.5
    Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn 2.5
    Beijing Central Axis 2.5
    Belfries 2.5
    Bellinzone 2.5
    Benedictine Convent of St. John 2.5
    Białowieża Forest 2.5
    Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
    Bordeaux 2.5
    Botanical Garden, Padua 2.5
    Bourges Cathedral 2.5
    Burgos Cathedral 2.5
    Burgundy 2.5
    Cahokia Mounds 2.5
    Canal du Midi 2.5
    Carthage 2.5
    Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.5
    Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2.5
    Centennial Hall 2.5
    Central University City Campus of the UNAM 2.5
    Champaner-Pavagadh 2.5
    Chartres Cathedral 2.5
    Choirokoitia 2.5
    Cilento and Vallo di Diano 2.5
    Coa Valley and Siega Verde 2.5
    Corfu 2.5
    Dacian Fortresses 2.5
    Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 2.5
    Derwent Valley Mills 2.5
    Donana National Park 2.5
    Dong Phayayen 2.5
    Durham Castle and Cathedral 2.5
    El Escurial 2.5
    Elephanta Caves 2.5
    Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 2.5
    Fagus Factory 2.5
    Fortifications of Vauban 2.5
    Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.5
    Fossil Hominid Sites 2.5
    Gammelstad 2.5
    Gamzigrad-Romuliana 2.5
    Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.5
    Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2.5
    Gedeo Cultural landscape 2.5
    Grand Canal 2.5
    Grimeton Radio Station 2.5
    Hedeby and Danevirke 2.5
    Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region 2.5
    Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 2.5
    Historic Jeddah 2.5
    Holasovice 2.5
    Independence Hall 2.5
    Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 2.5
    Ironbridge Gorge 2.5
    Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine 2.5
    Kairouan 2.5
    Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 2.5
    Kerkuane 2.5
    Kew Gardens 2.5
    Kii Mountain Range 2.5
    Kondoa 2.5
    Kuldiga 2.5
    Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 2.5
    Las Medulas 2.5
    Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 2.5
    Lima 2.5
    Luang Prabang 2.5
    Luther Memorials 2.5
    Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2.5
    Medina of Sousse 2.5
    Medina of Tunis 2.5
    Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge 2.5
    Melaka and George Town 2.5
    Modernist Kaunas 2.5
    Monastery of Horezu 2.5
    Monticello 2.5
    Mount Athos 2.5
    Mount Hamiguitan 2.5
    Naples 2.5
    Nice 2.5
    Okinoshima Island 2.5
    Palmeral of Elche 2.5
    Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 2.5
    Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 2.5
    Plantin-Moretus Museum 2.5
    Poblet Monastery 2.5
    Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 2.5
    Popocatepetl monasteries 2.5
    Quseir Amra 2.5
    Rabat 2.5
    Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 2.5
    Reichenau 2.5
    Rietveld Schröderhuis 2.5
    Rock Carvings in Tanum 2.5
    Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 2.5
    Roskilde Cathedral 2.5
    Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.5
    Safranbolu 2.5
    Saint-Emilion 2.5
    Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 2.5
    Santiago de Compostela 2.5
    Schönbrunn 2.5
    Semmering Railway 2.5
    ShUM Sites 2.5
    Southern Öland 2.5
    Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 2.5
    Stevns Klint 2.5
    Stralsund and Wismar 2.5
    Struve Geodetic Arc 2.5
    Studenica Monastery 2.5
    Studley Royal Park 2.5
    Su Nuraxi di Barumini 2.5
    Tarraco 2.5
    Thang Long 2.5
    The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 2.5
    The trulli of Alberobello 2.5
    Thessalonika 2.5
    Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 2.5
    Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 2.5
    Tiya 2.5
    Tokaji Wine Region 2.5
    Tomioka Silk Mill 2.5
    Tower of London 2.5
    Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.5
    Trang An 2.5
    Um er-Rasas 2.5
    Umm Al-Jimāl 2.5
    Val d'Orcia 2.5
    Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 2.5
    Vilnius 2.5
    Volubilis 2.5
    Vredefort Dome 2.5
    Vézère Valley 2.5
    Western Ghats 2.5
    Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 2.5
    Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 2.5
    Yuso and Suso Monasteries 2.5
    Úbeda and Baeza 2.5
    Aapravasi Ghat 2
    Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 2
    Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2
    Aranjuez 2
    As-Salt 2
    Atapuerca 2
    Bahla Fort 2
    Banska Stiavnica 2
    Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2
    Brimstone Hill Fortress 2
    Canterbury 2
    Caves and Ice Age Art 2
    Chongoni Rock Art 2
    Cidade Velha 2
    Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 2
    Classical Weimar 2
    Corvey 2
    Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 2
    Dilmun Burial Mounds 2
    Drottningholm 2
    Falun Great Copper Mountain 2
    Fertö/Neusiedlersee 2
    Flemish Béguinages 2
    Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 2
    Gorham's Cave Complex 2
    Grand Pré 2
    Great Spa Towns of Europe 2
    Himā Cultural area 2
    Historic Cairo 2
    Hollókö 2
    Holy Trinity Column 2
    Hortobágy 2
    Ibiza 2
    Ichkeul National Park 2
    Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 2
    Kandy 2
    Karlskrona 2
    Kladruby nad Labem 2
    La Fortaleza and San Juan 2
    Laurisilva of Madeira 2
    Lenggong Valley 2
    Lower Valley of the Omo 2
    Madara Rider 2
    Mafra 2
    Mammoth Cave 2
    Medici Villas and Gardens 2
    Medina Azahara 2
    Medina of Essaouira 2
    Medina of Tétouan 2
    Meknes 2
    Melka Kunture and Balchit 2
    Mir Castle 2
    Monte San Giorgio 2
    Moravian Church Settlements 2
    Muskauer Park 2
    Naumburg Cathedral 2
    Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 2
    Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 2
    Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 2
    Old City of Berne 2
    Par force hunting landscape 2
    Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 2
    Rhaetian Railway 2
    Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 2
    San Cristobal de La Laguna 2
    Sangiran Early Man Site 2
    Serra de Tramuntana 2
    Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 2
    Speyer Cathedral 2
    Stari Grad Plain 2
    Stari Ras and Sopocani 2
    Stone Town of Zanzibar 2
    Taos Pueblo 2
    Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine 2
    The Four Lifts 2
    The Porticoes of Bologna 2
    The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales 2
    Tlacotalpan 2
    Tower of Hercules 2
    Trebic 2
    Troy 2
    University of Coimbra 2
    Van Nellefabriek 2
    Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 2
    Vigan 2
    Vlkolinec 2
    Vézelay 2
    Water Management System of Augsburg 2
    Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia 2
    Xanthos-Letoon 2
    Yogyakarta 2
    Žatec – Landscape of Hops 2
    Al-Ahsa Oasis 1.5
    Antigua Naval Dockyard 1.5
    Aquileia 1.5
    Beemster Polder 1.5
    Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 1.5
    Birka and Hovgarden 1.5
    Bridgetown 1.5
    Campeche 1.5
    Colonies of Benevolence 1.5
    Crespi d'Adda 1.5
    Djerba 1.5
    Engelsberg Ironworks 1.5
    Forth Bridge 1.5
    Ivrea 1.5
    Kernavė 1.5
    La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 1.5
    Miguasha National Park 1.5
    Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 1.5
    Mining Sites of Wallonia 1.5
    Mozu-Furuichi Kofun 1.5
    New Lanark 1.5
    Pearling 1.5
    Plečnik's Ljubljana 1.5
    Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 1.5
    Provins 1.5
    Qalhat 1.5
    Roman Walls of Lugo 1.5
    Route of Santiago de Compostela 1.5
    Saltaire 1.5
    Sammallahdenmäki 1.5
    Santa Maria de Guadalupe 1.5
    Schokland 1.5
    Stoclet House 1.5
    The Flow Country 1.5
    Viking Age Ring Fortresses 1.5
    Dacian Limes 1
    Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines 1
    Primeval Beech Forests 1
    Skogskyrkogarden 1
    Stećci 1
    Zollverein 1
    Blenheim Palace 0.5
    Danube Limes 0.5
    Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 0.5
    Lower German Limes 0.5
    Srebarna Nature Reserve 0.5
    Völklingen Ironworks 0.5
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    6. Archaeological Site of Nikopolis (T)
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    15. Black River Gorges National Park (T)
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    19. Cattolica Monastery in Stilo and Basilian-Byzantine complexes (T)
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    22. Centre historique de Praia (T)
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    26. Cetinje Historic Core (T)
    27. Chirundu Fossil Forest (T)
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    30. Citadel of Alessandria (T)
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    42. Eflatun Pinar: The Hittite Spring Sanctuary (T)
    43. Egyptian Hajj Road (T)
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    45. European Paper Mills (from the era of hand-made paper) (Poland) (T)
    46. Evolution of Temple Architecture - Aihole-Badami- Pattadakal (T)
    47. Extension of the World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Prague" with the important Monuments in its Vicinity (T)
    48. Fishriver Canyon (T)
    49. Fort Shirley (T)
    50. Francke Foundation Buildings (T)
    51. Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube Limes in Bulgaria (T)
    52. Grobiņa archaeological ensemble (T)
    53. Großglockner High Alpine Road / Großglockner Hochalpenstraße (T)
    54. Group of Mozarabic buildings on the Iberian Peninsula (T)
    55. Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve System (T)
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    57. Hejaz Railway (T)
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    59. Hire Benkal, Megalithic Site (T)
    60. Historic Center of the City of Trujillo (T)
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    69. Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization (T)
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    71. L'amphitheatre de Durres (T)
    72. L'ensemble rupestre de Basarabi (T)
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    74. La Rioja and Rioja Alavesa Vine and Wine Cultural Landscape (T)
    75. Lake Maggiore and Lake D'Orta lakelands (T)
    76. Lake Tana Island Monasteries and its Adjacent Wetland Natural and Cultural Heritages (T)
    77. Lake Titicaca (T)
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    80. Le Chateau-fort médieval d'Esztergom (T)
    81. Le complexe hydraulique romain de Zaghouan-Carthage (T)
    82. Le noyau historique de la ville d'Alba Julia (T)
    83. Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles (T)
    84. Le site archéologique de Sbeïtla (T)
    85. Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (France) (T)
    86. Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Italy) (T)
    87. Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco) (T)
    88. Les Mausolées Royaux de Numidie, de la Maurétanie et les monuments funéraires pré-islamiques (Tunisia) (T)
    89. Les passages de Bruxelles / Les Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert (T)
    90. Les Plages du Débarquement, Normandie, 1944 (T)
    91. Leuven/Louvain, batiments universitaires, l'héritage de six siècles au sein du centre historique (T)
    92. Levadas of Madeira Island (T)
    93. Makgadikgadi Pans Landscape (T)
    94. Maltese Catacomb Complexes (T)
    95. Mayon Volcano Cultural Landscape (T)
    96. Mdina (Citta Vecchia) (T)
    97. Médina de Sfax (T)
    98. Memorials to the Heroes of the Great Patriotic War: Brest Fortress and Mamayev Kurgan (Belarus) (T)
    99. Mining Historical Heritage (T)
    100. Minoan Palatial Centres (T)
    101. Monastery of Santa María de La Rábida and the Columbus Memorial Places in Huelva (T)
    102. Morne Diablotin National Park (T)
    103. Mosquée de Tinmel (T)
    104. Mothia and Lilibeo Island: The Phoenician-Punic Civilization in Italy (T)
    105. Moulay Idriss Zerhoun (T)
    106. Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary (Extension) - Pujada Bay (T)
    107. Møns Klint (T)
    108. Mývatn and Laxá (T)
    109. Naletale Cluster of Dzimbabwes (T)
    110. Nasca Aqueducts (T)
    111. Natural and Cultural Landscape of Danube Region (T)
    112. Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain (T)
    113. Negotinske Pivnice (T)
    114. Ngwenya Mines (T)
    115. NOSYnakà (Sahamalaza, Nosy Hara, Nosy Tanikely, Lokobe, Ambodivahibe, Ankarea, Ankivonjy) (T)
    116. Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers- de l'Escaut aux anciens remparts de vers 1250 (T)
    117. Nuragic monuments of Sardinia (T)
    118. Oasis de Gabes (T)
    119. Oasis of Fayoum, hydraulic remains and ancient cultural landscapes (T)
    120. Okavango Delta (T)
    121. Old Town of Bar (T)
    122. Orvieto (T)
    123. Ouballang ra Ngebedech (Ngebedech Terraces) (T)
    124. Parc Naturel de Fogo – Chã das Caldeiras (T)
    125. Patzcuaro, Site of Humanistic Memory and Cultural Confluence (T)
    126. Petrified Forest National Park (T)
    127. Plasencia - Monfragüe - Trujillo : Paysage méditerranéen (T)
    128. Pobiti Kamani Natural Monument (T)
    129. Pombaline Lisbon (T)
    130. Pont sur la gorge du Salgina (T)
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    135. Rijal Almaa Heritage Village in Assir Region (T)
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    137. Rocks of Belogradchik (T)
    138. Roman Ways. Itineraries of the Roman Empire (T)
    139. Royal Seats in Esztergom, Visegrád (T)
    140. Sacred Titicaca Lake (T)
    141. Salento and the Barocco Leccese (T)
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    151. Sites of Saytagrah (T)
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    153. Sultan Bayezid II Complex: A Center of Medical Treatment (T)
    154. Sun Temple, Modhera and its adjoining monuments (T)
    155. Sungai Buloh Leprosarium (T)
    156. Syrian Hajj Road (T)
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    160. Tet el Bad (Stone Coffin) (T)
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    162. The Architectural Works of Alvar Aalto - a Human Dimension to the Modern Movement (T)
    163. The broader region of Mount Olympus (T)
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    166. The cultural landscape of the Benedictine settlements in medieval Italy (T)
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    168. The Hadrianic city of Italica (T)
    169. The Hajj Pilgrimage Routes: The Darb Zubaydah (Saudi)) (T)
    170. The Historic Centre of Sibiu and its Ensemble of Squares (T)
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    174. The Lofoten islands (T)
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    176. The Murge of Altamura (T)
    177. The natural and architectural ensemble of Blidinje (T)
    178. The natural and architectural ensemble of Jajce (T)
    179. The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia (T)
    180. The Rise of Systematic Biology (T)
    181. The Roussensky Lom National Park (T)
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    183. The Sanctuary of Agios Lot, At Deir 'Ain 'Abata (T)
    184. The Scotland District of Barbados (T)
    185. The Tabon Cave Complex and all of Lipuun Point (T)
    186. The Tara National Park with the Drina River Canyon (T)
    187. The Theatre and Aqueducts of the Ancient City of Aspendos (T)
    188. The town of Melnik and the Rozhen Monastery (T)
    189. The Transhumance: The Royal Shepherd's Track (T)
    190. The Turf House Tradition (T)
    191. Thingvellir National Park (T)
    192. Tokaj Wine Region (T)
    193. Torfajökull Volcanic System / Fjallabak Nature Reserve (T)
    194. Trakai Historical National Park (T)
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    196. Trowulan (T)
    197. Via Francigena in Italy (T)
    198. Victoria Lines Fortifications (T)
    199. VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Thingvellir National Park (T)
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    203. Volterra: Historical City and Cultural Landscape (T)
    204. Water Management in Saudi Arabia: The Ancient Dams (T)
    205. Welwitschia Plains (T)
    206. White Sands National Monument (T)
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    Reviewed TWHS

    Top 200 WHS

    1. Isole Eolie
    2. Le Havre
    3. Ferrara
    4. Split
    5. Graz
    6. Berat and Gjirokastra
    7. Salzburg
    8. Warsaw
    9. Edinburgh
    10. City of Bath
    11. Matera
    12. Old City of Jerusalem
    13. Rome
    14. Istanbul
    15. Venice and its Lagoon
    16. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
    17. Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
    18. Polonnaruva
    19. Anuradhapura
    20. Angkor
    21. Rock Art of Alta
    22. Ohrid Region
    23. Plitvice Lakes
    24. Iguazu National Park
    25. Okavango Delta
    26. Victoria Falls
    27. Central Amazon Conservation Complex
    28. Works of Antoni Gaudí
    29. Brú na Bóinne
    30. Megalithic Temples of Malta
    31. Nasca Lines
    32. Stonehenge
    33. Chichen-Itza
    34. Tikal National Park
    35. Mesa Verde
    36. Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District
    37. Zamość
    38. Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
    39. Vlkolinec
    40. San Marino and Mount Titano
    41. Valletta
    42. Urbino
    43. Old Rauma
    44. City of Luxembourg
    45. Riga
    46. Grand Place, Brussels
    47. Val di Noto
    48. Mostar
    49. Messel Pit
    50. Genoa
    51. Litomysl Castle
    52. Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz
    53. Würzburg Residence
    54. Wartburg Castle
    55. Schönbrunn
    56. Potsdam
    57. Versailles
    58. Palmyra
    59. Petra
    60. Durmitor National Park
    61. Dolomites
    62. Mount Kenya
    63. Pirin National Park
    64. Great Himalayan National Park
    65. Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
    66. Machu Picchu
    67. Kilimanjaro National Park
    68. Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
    69. Røros
    70. Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
    71. Tower of London
    72. Malbork Castle
    73. Great Wall
    74. Gwynedd Castles
    75. Regensburg
    76. Spissky Hrad and Levoca
    77. Vilnius
    78. Kotor
    79. Sighisoara
    80. Strasbourg
    81. Bardejov Town
    82. Trogir
    83. Quedlinburg
    84. Gammelstad
    85. Torun
    86. Bamberg
    87. Telc
    88. Rammelsberg and Goslar
    89. Tallinn
    90. San Gimignano
    91. Cesky Krumlov
    92. Budapest
    93. Brugge
    94. Vienna
    95. Kraków
    96. Dubrovnik
    97. Siena
    98. Valparaiso
    99. Visby
    100. Bryggen
    101. Lübeck
    102. Maritime Greenwich
    103. Belize Barrier Reef
    104. Great Barrier Reef
    105. West Norwegian Fjords
    106. Cuzco
    107. Mammoth Cave
    108. Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
    109. Skocjan Caves
    110. Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago
    111. Yosemite National Park
    112. Sinharaja Forest
    113. Redwood
    114. Greater Blue Mountains
    115. Serengeti
    116. Ngorongoro
    117. Yellowstone
    118. Galapagos Islands
    119. Komodo National Park
    120. Site of Xanadu
    121. Van Nellefabriek
    122. Rjukan / Notodden
    123. Grand Canyon
    124. Monticello
    125. Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
    126. Champagne
    127. Muskauer Park
    128. Vegaøyan
    129. Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
    130. Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
    131. Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
    132. Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
    133. Loire Valley
    134. Costiera Amalfitana
    135. Sintra
    136. Thingvellir
    137. Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca
    138. Old Havana
    139. Old Town of Galle
    140. Quito
    141. Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
    142. Madara Rider
    143. Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
    144. Curonian Spit
    145. Kinderdijk
    146. Sydney Opera House
    147. Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
    148. Modena
    149. Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
    150. Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
    151. Studenica Monastery
    152. Reichenau
    153. Pannonhalma
    154. Euphrasian Basilica in Porec
    155. Pilgrimage Church of Wies
    156. Boyana Church
    157. Monastery of Horezu
    158. Urnes Stave Church
    159. Churches of Peace
    160. Rila Monastery
    161. Cologne Cathedral
    162. Speyer Cathedral
    163. Luther Memorials
    164. Belem
    165. Westminster
    166. Mont-Saint-Michel
    167. Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
    168. Vatican City
    169. Meteora
    170. Ravenna
    171. Blue and John Crow Mountains
    172. Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
    173. Mystras
    174. Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs
    175. Taj Mahal
    176. Pyramids (Memphis)
    177. Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple
    178. Kandy
    179. Lumbini
    180. Sigiriya
    181. Kathmandu Valley
    182. Samarkand
    183. Medina of Marrakesh
    184. Syracuse
    185. Gamzigrad-Romuliana
    186. Pompei
    187. Villa Romana del Casale
    188. Butrint
    189. Epidaurus
    190. Archaeological Site of Delphi
    191. Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
    192. Agrigento
    193. Hierapolis-Pamukkale
    194. Acropolis
    195. Olympia
    196. Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont
    197. Saint-Emilion
    198. Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
    199. Viñales Valley
    200. Mount Etna