David Berlanda

Italy \ Member since February 2006

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My most impressive site: Historic Centre of Rome

My proposal for a new site: Historic Centre and Norman Monuments of Palermo with the Cathedrals of Monreale and Cefal

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About David Berlanda

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February 2006
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Italy
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Reviews by David Berlanda

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Santa Maria delle Grazie by David Berlanda

Santa Maria delle Grazie (Inscribed)

Santa Maria delle Grazie

I have been many times in Milan and visited the stunning Gothic and Renaissance complex of Santa Maria delle Grazie built from 1463 to 1490 by Guiniforte Solari, reworked by …

Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay by David Berlanda

Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (Inscribed)

Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay

In our trip to France we have visited the Cistercian abbey of Fontenay, founded by St. Bernard in 1119 and built in the small valley of the Engrevies. The church …

Saint-Emilion by David Berlanda

Saint-Emilion (Inscribed)

Saint-Emilion

In our trip to France we have been to the beautiful village of Saint-Émilion, the biggest of the jurisdiction, that is 7846 ha big, includes eight communes and is situated …

Vézelay by David Berlanda

Vézelay (Inscribed)

Vézelay

In our trip to France we have been to the beautiful village of Vézelay , famous from the 11th century because of the belief that the Benedictine abbey on the …

Bourges Cathedral by David Berlanda

Bourges Cathedral (Inscribed)

Bourges Cathedral

In our trip to France we have been to the town of Bourges to visit the impressive Cathedral of St. Stephen, a stunning Gothic masterpiece. In the 3rd century there …

Fortified City of Carcassonne by David Berlanda

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Fortified City of Carcassonne

In our trip to France we have visited the stunning town of Carcassonne, that was a pre-Roman town, a Roman colony and then was conquered by Visigoths, Saracens, and Franks …

Saint-Savin sur Gartempe by David Berlanda

Saint-Savin sur Gartempe (Inscribed)

Saint-Savin sur Gartempe

In our trip to France we have visited the church in Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe, that was part of an abbey, a Romanesque masterpiece with simply lines and only a tower as façade; …

Vézère Valley by David Berlanda

Vézère Valley (Inscribed)

Vézère Valley

In our trip to France we have visited four prehistoric sites but I was very disappointed by the fact that most of them were accessible only on booking or were …

Orange by David Berlanda

Orange (Inscribed)

Orange

In our trip to France we have been in the town of Orange, situated on the river Rhone. There you can admire the best preserved and one of the largest …

Canal du Midi by David Berlanda

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Canal du Midi

In our trip to France we have seen the Canal du Midi, built between 1667 and 1694, that is 240 km long (360 km with his four lateral canals) and …

Pont du Gard by David Berlanda

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Pont du Gard

In our trip to France we have seen the Roman Pont du Gard, a part of the aqueduct that brought water by a 50 km long canal to the castellum …

Arles by David Berlanda

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Arles

In our trip to France we have visited the beautiful town of Arles. The most important monument is the amphitheatre, with two storeys and Doric arcades, very well preserved because …

Wachau Cultural Landscape by David Berlanda

Wachau Cultural Landscape (Inscribed)

Wachau Cultural Landscape

In the Wachau valley we have been only at the Göttweig abbey, founded in 1074 by the Augustinians on a hill on the right Danube bank. Across the entrance portal, …

Schönbrunn by David Berlanda

Schönbrunn (Inscribed)

Schönbrunn

I have been once to the Schönbrunn castle, summer residence of the Habsburg emperors from the 18th century to 1918, a Rococo masterpiece projected by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach …

Auschwitz Birkenau by David Berlanda

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Auschwitz Birkenau

In our trip to Poland we have seen, near the town of Oświęcim and the village of Brzezinka, the concentration and extermination camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau, the largest in …

Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines by David Berlanda

Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal S… (Inscribed)

Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines

In our trip to Poland we have visited the Wieliczka salt mine, the most ancient in Europe, exploited since the 13th century (it has never been closed) and constructed on …

Pannonhalma by David Berlanda

Pannonhalma (Inscribed)

Pannonhalma

In our trip to Hungary we have visited the abbey of Pannonhalma, founded for converting the Hungarians in 996 by the Benedictines supported by the first king of Hungary, Géza, …

Hallstatt-Dachstein by David Berlanda

Hallstatt-Dachstein (Inscribed)

Hallstatt-Dachstein

I have been once in Halstatt, a beautiful town situated on an artificial promontory (Mülbach), resulting from the dumping of mining debris, and on the strip between the mount Salzberg …

Benedictine Convent of St. John by David Berlanda

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Benedictine Convent of St. John

I have been once to the female Benedictine convent in Müstair, situated in a small village in a valley of the Canton of the Grisons. It was found by the …

Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska by David Berlanda

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Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska

In our trip to Poland we have visited Lipnica Murowana and its wooden Gothic cemetery church of St. Leonard, constructed in 15th century outside the walls and reconstructed many times, …

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