Wojciech Fedoruk Profile

Travelling is my biggest passion. I try to spend every day of my vacation time (unfortunately, limited to 26 days a year) travelling. I travel mostly with my family and sometimes solo. I love going to remote places and always plan visiting as many WH sites as possible. Although sometimes they are not rewarding, in most cases visiting WHS gives me much better understanding of the region I visit.

I find this site very helpful in planning my trips to more difficult WHS and want to share my reviews especially on rarely visited ones.

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Ziwa National Monument (T)

Wojciech Fedoruk Poland - 29-Apr-24

Site visited in April 2024. Ziwa is not a place often visited by tourists – when we came the last entry in the visitors' book was from 12 days ago, and there were only a dozen or so entries from 2024. The place is located a bit off the tourist trails, although you can get here from Harare in about 4.5 - 5 hours (the last 30-40 minutes on a dirt road, 4x4 is at least recommended, if not mandatory).

Despite the relative inaccessibility of the place, when I got there I was surprised to find a museum of decent quality and a competent guide who showed us around the complex. As the State Party describes, Ziwa is a late Iron Age agricultural settlement dating to the 15th century (there is also evidence of its inhabitance much earlier), which remained occupied until around 1800 AD. Ziwa was characterized by terraces reinforced with stone walls, significantly increasing the potential of agriculture in the mountainous terrain. The stone was also used to fence houses, the central point of which was a stone pen for farm animals. People lived in huts made of clay and reeds. According to the guide, there were 10,000 people at the peak in Ziwa

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Fasil Ghebbi

Wojciech Fedoruk Poland - 26-Jan-24

Gondar is the third permanent capital of the Ethiopian Empire (the first was Aksum, the second was Lalibela, after which there was a period in which the capitals changed very often). Finally, Emperor Fasilides, who reigned from 1632 to 1667, moved the capital to the high-lying Gondar and built the first palace there, still named after him today. Subsequent rulers had no less ambitions, each of them added their own palace next to it, of which there are four in the complex of Fasil Ghebbi. In addition, there is a library, a steam sauna and cages of Ethiopian lions, animals that were the symbol of emperors.

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Aksum

Wojciech Fedoruk Poland - 25-Jan-24

Site visited in January 2024. Aksum is well covered by the previous reviewers, but since 8 years have passed since the latest review, I decided to add a new one.

Aksum is treated as the true cradle of Ethiopia, both in terms of state and religious power. State, because it was the first great kingdom in these areas, stretching from today's eastern Sudan to the footholds on the Arabian Peninsula. Religious, because Aksum in the 4th century adopted Christianity, which is still the dominant religion in Ethiopia. Aksum is home to the most important church in Ethiopia - the Church of Our Lady of Zion. In fact, there are two churches of this name - the old one, from the 17th century, and the new one, built on the orders of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1965. The old one is located within the monastery, so only men can enter it. The new one is available for women and men

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The Cultural Heritage of Yeha (T)

Wojciech Fedoruk Poland - 25-Jan-24

Yeha is the remainings of the most ancient kingdom of present Ethiopia, which dates back to the 8th century BC. The Kingdom of Yeha maintained active contacts with Yemen and used the Sabaic language. In Yeha there is the oldest building still standing in Sub-Saharan Africa - the Great Temple once dedicated to Almaqah, the god of the moon (see photo). The temple was destroyed in the 6th century AD, when Christianity already reigned supreme in these areas, which, as we know, until recently did not like competition and actively suppressed it. The Christians did not turn the entire temple into a church, but partially demolished it to build their own place of worship nearby

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Sacred Landscapes of Tigray (T)

Wojciech Fedoruk Poland - 24-Jan-24

Of the places proposed by the state party, I visited only one, although probably the most spectacular - Abuna Yemata Guh, part of the Gheralta Sacred Landscape.

The Eastern Churches were fond of building temples in difficult places, but Abuna Yemata Guh was probably the most inaccessible of those I had ever seen (a few hours later I visited Debre Damo, which is even more inaccessible). To get there, you have to climb an almost vertical rock wall. Fortunately, local residents make money by helping visitors and in this case they offered harnesses, rope support and personal assistance in the most difficult parts. Without this help from our family, only I would be able to climb, but I wouldn't feel good without any protection. This is definitely not a place for people afraid of heights, you walk along a narrow ledge where you can't even put two feet next to you, and a false move ends with you falling several meters lower

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Old City of Jerusalem 4.5

Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.5

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Phong Nha - Ke Bang 4.5

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Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 4.5

St. Petersburg 4.5

Teotihuacan 4.5

Tropical Rainforest Sumatra 4.5

Vienna 4.5

Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 4.5

Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 4.5

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Costiera Amalfitana 4

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Hatra 4

Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town 4

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Venice and its Lagoon 4

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Zamość 4

Abbey of St Gall 3.5

Agadez 3.5

Agrigento 3.5

Aksum 3.5

Altamira Cave 3.5

Anuradhapura 3.5

Armenian Monastic Ensembles 3.5

Assisi 3.5

Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn 3.5

Belem 3.5

Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 3.5

Bordeaux 3.5

Brú na Bóinne 3.5

Burgundy 3.5

Caral-Supe 3.5

Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin 3.5

Cerrado Protected Areas 3.5

Cesky Krumlov 3.5

Chavin 3.5

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 3.5

Chichen-Itza 3.5

Churches and Convents of Goa 3.5

Cilento and Vallo di Diano 3.5

City of Bath 3.5

Cologne Cathedral 3.5

Crespi d'Adda 3.5

Cuzco 3.5

Dolomites 3.5

Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 3.5

Edinburgh 3.5

Eisinga Planetarium 3.5

El Tajin 3.5

Etruscan Necropolises 3.5

Fagus Factory 3.5

Fasil Ghebbi 3.5

Ferapontov Monastery 3.5

Forth Bridge 3.5

Fortifications of Vauban 3.5

Fray Bentos 3.5

Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.5

Gusuku of Ryukyu 3.5

Gwynedd Castles 3.5

Himeji-jo 3.5

Himā Cultural area 3.5

Itsukushima Shrine 3.5

Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine 3.5

Joggins Fossil Cliffs 3.5

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 3.5

Kazan Kremlin 3.5

Konso 3.5

Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines 3.5

Las Medulas 3.5

Luther Memorials 3.5

Lyon 3.5

Matera 3.5

Medina of Fez 3.5

Megalithic Temples of Malta 3.5

Monastery of Alcobaça 3.5

Monastery of Batalha 3.5

Monastery of Geghard 3.5

Muskauer Park 3.5

Mérida 3.5

Naples 3.5

Old Town of Galle 3.5

Oporto 3.5

Orange 3.5

Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 3.5

Pampulha 3.5

Plantin-Moretus Museum 3.5

Qhapaq Ñan 3.5

Querétaro 3.5

Riga 3.5

Rila Monastery 3.5

Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 3.5

Royal Palace at Caserta 3.5

Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara 3.5

Saint-Emilion 3.5

Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 3.5

Salamanca 3.5

Salzburg 3.5

Schönbrunn 3.5

Segovia 3.5

Sigiriya 3.5

Sintra 3.5

Solovetsky Islands 3.5

Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 3.5

Stonehenge 3.5

Studley Royal Park 3.5

Sviyazhsk 3.5

Syracuse 3.5

Talayotic Menorca 3.5

Teide National Park 3.5

Torun 3.5

Tower of London 3.5

University of Coimbra 3.5

Urbino 3.5

Valletta 3.5

Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.5

Visby 3.5

Volubilis 3.5

Völklingen Ironworks 3.5

Wadi Al-Hitan 3.5

Wadi Rum 3.5

Wartburg Castle 3.5

Western Tien-Shan 3.5

Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 3.5

Aasivissuit - Nipisat 3

Ahwar of Southern Iraq 3

Ambohimanga 3

Ancient Jericho 3

Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites 3

Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 3

Arab-Norman Palermo 3

Archaeological Site of Aigai 3

Arequipa 3

Asturian Monuments 3

Babylon 3

Bahla Fort 3

Bamberg 3

Bellinzone 3

Benedictine Convent of St. John 3

Biblical Tells 3

Bolgar 3

Botanical Garden, Padua 3

Boyana Church 3

Caceres 3

Canal du Midi 3

Canterbury 3

Castel del Monte 3

Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 3

Central University City Campus of the UNAM 3

Chan Chan 3

Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3

Chaîne des Puys 3

Church of Atlántida 3

Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture 3

City of Luxembourg 3

Classical Weimar 3

Corfu 3

Discovery Coast 3

Divrigi 3

Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens 3

Dorset and East Devon Coast 3

Drottningholm 3

Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 3

El Escurial 3

Elephanta Caves 3

Elvas 3

Evora 3

Ferrara 3

Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 3

Garajonay 3

Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 3

Gedeo Cultural landscape 3

Genoa 3

Great Spa Towns of Europe 3

Grimeton Radio Station 3

Guanajuato 3

Harar Jugol 3

Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 3

Horyu-ji Area 3

Huascaran National Park 3

Hué 3

Ironbridge Gorge 3

Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba 3

Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus 3

Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3

Kew Gardens 3

Kronborg Castle 3

Kutna Hora 3

Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 3

L'viv 3

Laurisilva of Madeira 3

Le Havre 3

Luis Barragán House and Studio 3

Lübeck 3

Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 3

Manu National Park 3

Masjed-e Jâme' 3

Medina of Tétouan 3

Meknes 3

Mount Athos 3

Mtskheta 3

Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 3

Naumburg Cathedral 3

Neolithic Orkney 3

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New Lanark 3

Novgorod 3

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Paraty and Ilha Grande 3

Pasargadae 3

Persian Garden 3

Pienza 3

Pilgrimage Church of Wies 3

Poblet Monastery 3

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 3

Popocatepetl monasteries 3

Quseir Amra 3

Rabat 3

Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 3

Reichenau 3

Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans 3

Rhaetian Railway 3

Rio Abiseo National Park 3

Rio de Janeiro 3

Risco Caido 3

Rock Carvings in Tanum 3

Roskilde Cathedral 3

Route of Santiago de Compostela 3

Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 3

Safranbolu 3

Samarra 3

San Marino and Mount Titano 3

San Miguel de Allende 3

Santa Maria delle Grazie 3

Selimiye Mosque 3

Shahr-i Sokhta 3

Sheki 3

Soltaniyeh 3

Spissky Hrad and Levoca 3

Stone Town of Zanzibar 3

Su Nuraxi di Barumini 3

Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine 3

Tarraco 3

Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 3

Tequila 3

The Persian Qanat 3

Thessalonika 3

Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 3

Toledo 3

Trier 3

Trinity Sergius Lavra 3

Um er-Rasas 3

Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3

Vall de Boi 3

Venetian Works of Defence 3

Verona 3

Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai 3

Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3

Villa Romana del Casale 3

Villa d'Este 3

Virgin Komi Forests 3

Vizcaya Bridge 3

Vézelay 3

Wadden Sea 3

Walled City of Baku 3

White City of Tel-Aviv 3

Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia 3

Yaroslavl 3

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Aranjuez 2.5

Archaeological site of Philippi 2.5

Asmara 2.5

Avila 2.5

Bahá’i Holy Places 2.5

Bardejov Town 2.5

Bauhaus Sites 2.5

Belfries 2.5

Bisotun 2.5

Burgos Cathedral 2.5

Camino Real 2.5

Central Highlands 2.5

Champagne 2.5

Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 2.5

Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 2.5

Colonia del Sacramento 2.5

Congonhas 2.5

Cuenca 2.5

Derbent 2.5

Diamantina 2.5

Durham Castle and Cathedral 2.5

Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda 2.5

Gonbad-e Qâbus 2.5

Grand Place, Brussels 2.5

Guimarães 2.5

Hattusha 2.5

Heritage of Mercury 2.5

Hollókö 2.5

Ibiza 2.5

Incense Route of the Negev 2.5

Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 2.5

Kilimanjaro National Park 2.5

Kladruby nad Labem 2.5

Kondoa 2.5

Land of Frankincense 2.5

Litomysl Castle 2.5

Longobards in Italy 2.5

Lower Valley of the Awash 2.5

Madara Rider 2.5

Maison Carrée of Nîmes 2.5

Mantua and Sabbioneta 2.5

Maymand 2.5

Mazagan 2.5

Medina of Essaouira 2.5

Medina of Marrakesh 2.5

Mexico City and Xochimilco 2.5

Mir Castle 2.5

Modena 2.5

Morelia 2.5

My Son 2.5

Necropolis of Bet She'arim 2.5

Nessebar 2.5

Oaxaca and Monte Alban 2.5

Odesa 2.5

Pannonhalma 2.5

Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 2.5

Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 2.5

Puebla 2.5

Québec 2.5

Regensburg 2.5

Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 2.5

Roman Walls of Lugo 2.5

Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.5

Salvador de Bahia 2.5

Santa Maria de Guadalupe 2.5

Santiago de Compostela 2.5

Sassanid Archaeological Landscape 2.5

Serra de Tramuntana 2.5

Singapore Botanic Gardens 2.5

Southern Öland 2.5

Stralsund and Wismar 2.5

Susa 2.5

Tabriz Bazaar 2.5

Takht-e Soleyman 2.5

Telc 2.5

Thang Long 2.5

Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 2.5

Tlacotalpan 2.5

Tokaji Wine Region 2.5

Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.5

Trebic 2.5

Tugendhat Villa 2.5

Val d'Orcia 2.5

Val di Noto 2.5

Valongo Wharf 2.5

Viking Age Ring Fortresses 2.5

Vlkolinec 2.5

Zacatecas 2.5

Zagori Cultural Landscape 2.5

Aflaj irrigation system 2

Al-Ahsa Oasis 2

Ashur 2

Banska Stiavnica 2

Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2

Bethlehem 2

Bom Jesus do Monte 2

Campeche 2

Caves and Ice Age Art 2

Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex 2

Coa Valley and Siega Verde 2

Colonies of Benevolence 2

Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 2

Corvey 2

Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 2

Falun Great Copper Mountain 2

Flemish Béguinages 2

Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2

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Historic Jeddah 2

Holy Trinity Column 2

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Hyrcanian Forests 2

Kandy 2

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Lima 2

Maulbronn Monastery 2

Melaka and George Town 2

Messel Pit 2

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 2

Old Town Lunenburg 2

Pirin National Park 2

Rideau Canal 2

Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 2

Saint Catherine Area 2

Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 2

Sian Ka'an 2

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Alcala de Henares 1.5

As-Salt 1.5

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 1.5

Caves of Yagul and Mitla 1.5

Centennial Hall 1.5

Cidade Velha 1.5

Engelsberg Ironworks 1.5

Erbil Citadel 1.5

Fertö/Neusiedlersee 1.5

Genbaku Dome 1.5

Gobustan Rock Art 1.5

Grand Pré 1.5

Hedeby and Danevirke 1.5

Holasovice 1.5

Hospicio Cabañas 1.5

Ivrea 1.5

Jelling 1.5

Karlskrona 1.5

Mafra 1.5

Major Town Houses 1.5

Miguasha National Park 1.5

Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 1.5

Mining Sites of Wallonia 1.5

Monte San Giorgio 1.5

Nice 1.5

Old City of Acre 1.5

Primeval Beech Forests 1.5

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Mount Carmel Caves 1

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Trans-Iranian Railway 1

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Birka and Hovgarden 0.5

Christiansfeld 0.5

Lenggong Valley 0.5

Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 0.5

Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 0.5

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 0.5

Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 0.5

Srebarna Nature Reserve 0.5

Stoclet House 0.5

Struve Geodetic Arc 0.5

The Prosecco Hills 0.5

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