Alikander99

Member since May 2022

#364 150 25 5

I love to travel and ithat's probably because of my family. I was justr a few months old when I took my first plane to scotland and just two years later I went to Vietnam. I had the luck of having well off grandparents set head on on travelling the world with their family. So I've been travelling ever since I can remember and well before that. 

By the time I was 18 I started building upon my already long list of family trips with a set of my own. Starting slow, I've been gaining my footing, especially in regards to solo travel. 

I'm a history geek, an all out foodie, and in general curious of many topics. I think that's why I like the WHL so much. I love learning about obscure facts and the list largely satisfies my hunger for knowledge. I also sync with the fundamental idea behind the list: that there are places humanity at large should attempt to protect.

So for the last few years I've been using this web to make my trips, follow the hijinks of the committee, and in general talk about heritage with other people.

 

 

My most impressive site: Chola temples, Petra, Taj Mahal

My proposal for a new site: David gareja, armenia. Schwedagon pagoda

Recent Visits
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    May 17, 2025
    Ancient Kyoto, Ancient Nara, Fujisan, Himeji-jo, Horyu-ji Area ...
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    Feb. 25, 2025
    Medina Azahara
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    Sept. 22, 2024
    Bukhara, Itchan Kala, Samarkand, Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor, Tajik National Park ...

About Alikander99

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May 2022
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#364
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Reviews by Alikander99

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Seville by Nan

Seville (Inscribed)

Seville

I visited this world heritage site on March of 2025. Well technically I had already been, but it was so long ago I barely had memories about it and I …

Medina Azahara by Els Slots

Medina Azahara (Inscribed)

Medina Azahara

Well, unfortunately I missed the short window to visit the salon rico, so I won't be adding much new to the fray. 

  This is a rather polarizing site, with …

Aranjuez by Alikander99

Aranjuez (Inscribed)

Aranjuez

Well, after a decade or so I've finally gone back to Aranjuez! here are my thoughts.

First off I think it's interesting noting that aranjuez was proposed fairly late …

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Plasencia - Monfragüe - Truji… (On tentative list)

Plasencia - Monfragüe - Trujillo : Paysage méditer

I guess I should do justice to the city my father lives in and write a review for this site, even if i doubt it will ever be inscribed.

Itchan Kala by Alikander99

Itchan Kala (Inscribed)

Itchan Kala

Itchan Kala was perhaps the site in uzbekistan that surprised me the most. I honestly didn't expect to like it as much as I did. This was because of two …

Tarraco by Alikander99

Tarraco (Inscribed)

Tarraco

Tarraco is messy proposal with a lot of parts to it, just like the equally hispano roman city of Merida. Over the course of two days I visited the amphitheatre, …

Bukhara by Alikander99

Bukhara (Inscribed)

Bukhara

Bukhara is the middle child of uzbekistan's whs cities. Less monumental and lively than Samarkand, but more so than khiva. Less cohesive than khiva, but more so than Samarkand.

Fatehpur Sikri by Alikander99

Fatehpur Sikri (Inscribed)

Fatehpur Sikri

Fatehpur Sikri is a rather interesting site as it reflects mughal ambition as if carved in stone and left for us to wonder.

The city was in many ways …

Samarkand by Alikander99

Samarkand (Inscribed)

Samarkand

Samarkand is one of those cities which could easily be in the list a couple of times had they wanted to. And in a way it might have fit the …

Agra Fort by Alikander99

Agra Fort (Inscribed)

Agra Fort

I agree with the general sentiment that the red fort and agra Fort are virtually indistinguishable. No doubt helped by the fact that both have significant historical overlap in their …

Graz by Els Slots

Graz (Inscribed)

Graz

I agree here with Clyde. Throughout the 10h that I spent in graz I failed to see the sketchy ouv the site presents: "Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg reflects artistic …

Humayun's Tomb by Alikander99

Humayun's Tomb (Inscribed)

Humayun's Tomb

I'm torn with this review. On one hand humayun's tomb has a privileged place in mughal history as the first of the monumental musoleums that would end with the iconic …

Jantar Mantar by Alikander99

Jantar Mantar (Inscribed)

Jantar Mantar

I agree with the general sentiment that jantar Mantar is a confusing nomination.

Foremost, it's Right in the middle of jaipur old city. So it's hardly justifiable to make …

Mdina (Citta Vecchia) by Alikander99

Mdina (Citta Vecchia) (On tentative list)

Mdina (Citta Vecchia)

I'm gonna go against the current and actually discourage inscription. I know this IS a very popular tentative site and it's indeed a really nice fortified city. My issue is …

Syracuse by Els Slots

Syracuse (Inscribed)

Syracuse

I just realised no one here has actually gone to the neapolis archaelogical park, which is one of the 3 main components of the site so...i'll give my impression.

Mining Historical Heritage by Can SARICA

Mining Historical Heritage (On tentative list)

Mining Historical Heritage

Ok, first things first, this nomination is a disaster, it tries to get 21 mines spread throughout the country (and history) into just one site. It's almost as bad as …

La Lonja de la Seda by Alikander99

La Lonja de la Seda (Inscribed)

La Lonja de la Seda

La lonja de la seda is a peculiar WHS, especially for Spain, where single monument WHS are a rarity. There is good reason for this. The rest of valencia, though …

Bulwarked Frontier Fortifications by Hubert

Bulwarked Frontier Fortificat… (On tentative list)

Bulwarked Frontier Fortifications

Even though many of the citadels in the list were built in the spanish empire, Spain itself has no citadels in the world heritage list. I guess this fact doesn't …

Modernist Kaunas by Alikander99

Modernist Kaunas (Inscribed)

Modernist Kaunas

Due to its impending proposal and my budding interest on modern architecture I added Kaunas to my baltic ittinerary. Now, I want to make clear that I'm not an architect …

The Maritime Heritage of Dragør Old Town and Harbo by Astraftis

The Maritime Heritage of Drag… (On tentative list)

The Maritime Heritage of Dragør Old Town and Harbo

Dragør is a quaint town around 10km south of copenhagen in the island of Amager (which locals pronounce ama). it's actually just a few km away from the airport, so …

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