San Sebastian Basilica Minore might be the only "all" steel church in the world (in my research, I haven't seen a church that is of its architectural type). There is …
Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
Philippines \ Member since May 2012
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Cultural heritage worker and tourism consultant from the Philippines. Largely based in Paoay, Ilocos Norte which has its own UNESCO World Heritage Site (Paoay church - Baroque Churches of the Philippines). Writes for BusinessMirror & Asia Times, and teaches university courses on global tourism and world cultures. A member of ICOMOS.
Interests: Cultural Tourism, Cultural Thematic Studies, Heritage Site Management, Textile Collection & Curation, Philippine Gastronomy.
Email: bjeg2000@gmail.com | Instagram: theberntraveler
My most impressive site: Hampi, Venice, Bauhaus, Namib Sand Sea, Angkor, Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
My proposal for a new site: Galleon Trade Route, San Sebastian Basilica Minore - Manila, Old Bangkok, South African Mission Stations
Recent Visits
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10July 12, 2025FRIM Selangor
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30June 10, 2025Fujian Tulou, Kulangsu, Quanzhou
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10Oct. 22, 2024Vatican City
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About Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
- Member since
- May 2012
- Country of Origin
- Philippines
Visits
- Rank
- #273
- WHS
- 204
- Tentative Sites
- 81
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 61
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World Heritage Sites
- Taj Mahal 5.0
- Namib Sand Sea 5.0
- Gunung Mulu 5.0
- Rani-ki-Vav 5.0
- Anuradhapura 5.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 5.0
- Hampi 5.0
- Polonnaruva 5.0
- Sigiriya 5.0
- Bauhaus Sites 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 5.0
- Sanchi 5.0
- Ujung Kulon National Park 5.0
- Twyfelfontein 5.0
- Quanzhou 4.5
- Persepolis 4.5
- Borobudur 4.5
- Ellora Caves 4.5
- Aachen Cathedral 4.5
- Gyeongju 4.5
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.5
- Plain of Jars 4.5
- Verona 4.5
- Pattadakal 4.5
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 4.5
- Preah Vihear Temple 4.5
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 4.5
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- Baroque Churches 4.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 4.5
- Bagan 4.5
- Chola Temples 4.5
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.5
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 4.0
- Sambor Prei Kuk 4.0
- Yazd 4.0
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 4.0
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka 4.0
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 4.0
- Richtersveld 4.0
- Würzburg Residence 4.0
- Mapungubwe 4.0
- Dolomites 4.0
- Hahoe and Yangdong 4.0
- Via Appia 4.0
- Tchogha Zanbil 4.0
- Phu Phrabat 4.0
- Ayutthaya 4.0
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 4.0
- Prague 4.0
- Mahabalipuram 4.0
- Medina of Fez 4.0
- Meknes 4.0
- Cape Floral Region 4.0
- Tropical Rainforest Sumatra 4.0
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 4.0
- Rome 4.0
- Great Himalayan National Park 4.0
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 4.0
- Trang An 4.0
- Shushtar 4.0
- Naumburg Cathedral 4.0
- Wartburg Castle 4.0
- Okavango Delta 4.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 4.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.0
- Vatican City 4.0
- Central Highlands 4.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 4.0
- Jantar Mantar 4.0
- Hoi An 4.0
- Qutb Minar 4.0
- Villa d'Este 4.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 4.0
- Bamberg 4.0
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River 4.0
- Fujian Tulou 3.5
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP 3.5
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Fossil Hominid Sites 3.5
- Mazagan 3.5
- Royal Joseon Tombs 3.5
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.5
- Rabat 3.5
- Volubilis 3.5
- Medina of Essaouira 3.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 3.5
- Haeinsa Temple 3.5
- Western Ghats 3.5
- Champaner-Pavagadh 3.5
- Vigan 3.5
- Ahmadabad 3.5
- Mountain Railways of India 3.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 3.5
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang 3.5
- Tabriz Bazaar 3.5
- Masjed-e Jâme' 3.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.5
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 3.5
- Golestan Palace 3.5
- My Son 3.5
- Masada 3.5
- Speyer Cathedral 3.5
- Messel Pit 3.5
- Prambanan 3.5
- Sukhothai 3.5
- Hué 3.5
- Kinderdijk 3.5
- Agra Fort 3.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.5
- Vat Phou 3.5
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles 3.5
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.5
- Holasovice 3.5
- Kutna Hora 3.5
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.5
- Kulangsu 3.0
- Susa 3.0
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 3.0
- The Persian Qanat 3.0
- Robben Island 3.0
- Churches and Convents of Goa 3.0
- Keoladeo National Park 3.0
- White City of Tel-Aviv 3.0
- Old Town of Galle 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Bali Subak system 3.0
- Elephanta Caves 3.0
- Kandy 3.0
- West Lake 3.0
- Fatehpur Sikri 3.0
- Classical Weimar 3.0
- Grand Canal 3.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 3.0
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- Regensburg 3.0
- Macao 3.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.0
- Salzburg 3.0
- Trans-Iranian Railway 3.0
- Ban Chiang 3.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 3.0
- Luang Prabang 3.0
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Yogyakarta 3.0
- Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto 3.0
- Koh Ker 3.0
- Medina of Tétouan 3.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Lower German Limes 3.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 3.0
- Al Ain 3.0
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 3.0
- Persian Garden 3.0
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 2.5
- Pasargadae 2.5
- Gaya Tumuli 2.5
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 2.5
- Persian Caravanserai 2.5
- Si Thep 2.5
- Pyu Ancient Cities 2.5
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains 2.5
- Baekje Historic Areas 2.5
- Kaeng Krachan Forest 2.5
- Bisotun 2.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.5
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 2.5
- Lenggong Valley 2.5
- Wadden Sea 2.5
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.5
- Van Nellefabriek 2.5
- Humayun's Tomb 2.5
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.5
- Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites 2.5
- Luther Memorials 2.5
- Namhansanseong 2.5
- ShUM Sites 2.5
- Old City of Acre 2.5
- Kinabalu Park 2.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.5
- Hyrcanian Forests 2.5
- Sinharaja Forest 2.5
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 2.0
- Thang Long 2.0
- Mount Carmel Caves 2.0
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai 2.0
- Vredefort Dome 2.0
- Bahá’i Holy Places 2.0
- Danube Limes 2.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2.0
- Sangiran Early Man Site 2.0
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.5
Tentative Sites
- The Historical Village of Abyaneh
- Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab
- Silk Road Sites in India
- The Persian House in Central plateau of Iran
- Long-lived trees of Iran
- Etosha Pan
- Welwitschia Plains
- Caesarea
- Iconic Saree Weaving Clusters of India
- Industrial Heritage of textile
- Andaman Sea Nature Reserves of Thailand
- Aire du Dragonnier Ajgal
- Casablanca
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang
- The Archeological complex of Banteay Chhmar
- Olympic Park Munich
- Nuragic monuments of Sardinia
- Sulcis Iglesiente
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- Sites of Saytagrah, India's non-violent freedom mo
- Aihole-Badami- Pattadakal
- Mayon Volcano Cultural Landscape
- Fishriver Canyon
- Mountain Railways of India (Extension)
- The Historical-Cultural Axis of Fin, Sialk, Kashan
- Tape Sialk
- Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension)
- Persepolis and other relevant buildings
- Apo Reef Natural Park
- Brandberg National Monument
- Old Town of Jakarta
- Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park
- Benguela Current
- Monastery of St. Amenaprkich
- Chocolate Hills Natural Monument
- Coron Island Natural Biotic Area
- Succulent Karoo (Namibia)
- Delhi - A Heritage City
- Shush
- Arasbaran
- The Historical City of Maybod
- El Nido-Taytay Protected Area
- The Zandiyeh Ensemble
- University of Tehran
- Kerman
- Tehrans Modern Architectural Heritage
- Mattanchery Palace
- Walled City of Manila
- The Collection of Historical Bridges
- Alpine and pre-alpine meadows
- Kaboud Mosque
- Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge
- Semarang Old Town
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Italy)
- Corregidor Island and Fortifications of Manila Bay
- Taq-e Bostan
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