Even seven years after its inscription as a WHS, Thimlich Ohinga is still one of the 20 least visited by our members. Only three were there before me, and this …
Els Slots
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Since 1997, I have traveled extensively, focusing on World Heritage Sites (WHS), while working in ICT management. I quit in 2022, and since then, I have been dedicating all my time to WHS (including running this website) and WH travel.
Plans for 2025
- Estonia in August.
- A trip in Europe or the Middle East to get to 992 in September.
- Big Trip to #1,000 (November/December).

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- Rome 5.0
- Ennedi Massif 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Taj Mahal 5.0
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Kathmandu Valley 5.0
- Hampi 5.0
- Sagarmatha National Park 4.5
- Granada 4.5
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- Mountain Railways of India 4.5
- Caral-Supe 4.5
- Meroe 4.5
- Willandra Lakes 4.5
- Bali Subak system 4.5
- Bukhara 4.5
- Petra 4.5
- Calakmul 4.5
- Virunga National Park 4.5
- Sigiriya 4.5
- Grand Canyon 4.5
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.5
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 4.5
- Manu National Park 4.5
- Uluru 4.5
- Nasca Lines 4.5
- Ngorongoro 4.5
- Ilulissat Icefjord 4.5
- Florence 4.5
- Kakadu National Park 4.5
- Prague 4.0
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments 4.0
- Ping Yao 4.0
- Potala Palace 4.0
- Sukhothai 4.0
- Serengeti 4.0
- Meteora 4.0
- Wadi Rum 4.0
- Loire Valley 4.0
- Baalbek 4.0
- Yakushima 4.0
- Mana Pools 4.0
- Viñales Valley 4.0
- Great Zimbabwe 4.0
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 4.0
- Elvas 4.0
- Ambohimanga 4.0
- Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos 4.0
- Arequipa 4.0
- Chavin 4.0
- Rainforests of the Atsinanana 4.0
- Chan Chan 4.0
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang 4.0
- Hué 4.0
- Ajanta Caves 4.0
- Pattadakal 4.0
- Selimiye Mosque 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Gunung Mulu 4.0
- Chola Temples 4.0
- Mahabalipuram 4.0
- Takht-e Soleyman 4.0
- Lalibela 4.0
- Aksum 4.0
- Rock Islands 4.0
- Galapagos Islands 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Arab-Norman Palermo 4.0
- Assisi 4.0
- Aachen Cathedral 4.0
- Vatnajökull National Park 4.0
- Serra da Capivara 4.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.0
- Brazilian Atlantic Islands 4.0
- São Luis 4.0
- Lake Baikal 4.0
- West Norwegian Fjords 4.0
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex 4.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.0
- Mesa Verde 4.0
- Lakes of Ounianga 4.0
- Okavango Delta 4.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 4.0
- Surtsey 4.0
- Stone Town of Zanzibar 4.0
- Victoria Falls 4.0
- Upper Svaneti 4.0
- Borobudur 4.0
- Palenque 4.0
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban 4.0
- Orkhon Valley 4.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 4.0
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.0
- Imperial Palace 4.0
- Fujian Tulou 4.0
- Sceilg Mhichíl 4.0
- Pompei 4.0
- Ravenna 4.0
- The trulli of Alberobello 4.0
- Ancient Kyoto 4.0
- Ancient Nara 4.0
- Hani Rice Terraces 4.0
- Western Tien-Shan 4.0
- Ahwar of Southern Iraq 4.0
- Haeinsa Temple 4.0
- Djoudj 4.0
- Nubian Monuments 4.0
- Gros Morne National Park 4.0
- Vilnius 4.0
- Val di Noto 4.0
- Kaziranga National Park 4.0
- Cliff of Bandiagara 4.0
- Djenné 4.0
- Ancient Thebes 4.0
- Sun Temple, Konarak 4.0
- Namib Sand Sea 4.0
- Dougga/Thugga 4.0
- Acropolis 4.0
- Epidaurus 4.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 4.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 4.0
- Medina of Fez 4.0
- Ogasawara Islands 4.0
- Churches of Moldavia 4.0
- Beijing Central Axis 4.0
- Chitwan National Park 4.0
- Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi 4.0
- Tikal National Park 4.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.0
- Wulingyuan 4.0
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 4.0
- Teide National Park 4.0
- Los Glaciares 4.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 4.0
- Iguazu National Park 4.0
- Dazu Rock Carvings 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 4.0
- Gebel Barkal 4.0
- Churches of Peace 4.0
- St. Petersburg 4.0
- Gulf of California 4.0
- Sangha Trinational 4.0
- Nemrut Dag 4.0
- Pantanal 4.0
- Puebla 4.0
- Chichen-Itza 4.0
- Samarkand 4.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 4.0
- Taxila 4.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 4.0
- Chaco Culture 4.0
- Haghpat and Sanahin 4.0
- Hattusha 4.0
- Giant's Causeway 4.0
- Mostar 4.0
- Altamira Cave 4.0
- Cordoba 4.0
- Dubrovnik 4.0
- Kunya-Urgench 4.0
- Ancient Merv 4.0
- Ouro Preto 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Seville 4.0
- Rila Monastery 4.0
- Wadi Al-Hitan 4.0
- Churches of Chiloé 4.0
- Toledo 4.0
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 4.0
- Kandy 4.0
- Bagan 4.0
- Peninsula Valdes 4.0
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 4.0
- Mogao Caves 4.0
- Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha 4.0
- Split 3.5
- Khami Ruins 3.5
- Andrefana Dry Forests 3.5
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios 3.5
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 3.5
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo 3.5
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 3.5
- Kutna Hora 3.5
- Butrint 3.5
- Pitons of Reunion 3.5
- Aphrodisias 3.5
- Ohrid Region 3.5
- Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng 3.5
- Tallinn 3.5
- Fasil Ghebbi 3.5
- Simien National Park 3.5
- Preah Vihear Temple 3.5
- Sambor Prei Kuk 3.5
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 3.5
- Discovery Coast 3.5
- Salvador de Bahia 3.5
- Fontainebleau 3.5
- Auschwitz Birkenau 3.5
- Lyon 3.5
- Xochicalco 3.5
- Heritage of Mercury 3.5
- Classical Weimar 3.5
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 3.5
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3.5
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 3.5
- Vall de Boi 3.5
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 3.5
- Delos 3.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.5
- Studley Royal Park 3.5
- Mystras 3.5
- Olympia 3.5
- Island of Patmos 3.5
- Prambanan 3.5
- Rhodes 3.5
- Mont-Saint-Michel 3.5
- Anjar 3.5
- Matera 3.5
- Aranjuez 3.5
- Saint-Emilion 3.5
- Siena 3.5
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 3.5
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 3.5
- Villa Romana del Casale 3.5
- Mistaken Point 3.5
- Shirakami-Sanchi 3.5
- Fagus Factory 3.5
- Tiwanaku 3.5
- Monastery of Batalha 3.5
- Nikko 3.5
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 3.5
- Huascaran National Park 3.5
- Tasmanian Wilderness 3.5
- Timbuktu 3.5
- Québec 3.5
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites 3.5
- Teotihuacan 3.5
- Uxmal 3.5
- Kairouan 3.5
- Volubilis 3.5
- Amphitheater of El Jem 3.5
- Carthage 3.5
- Kinderdijk 3.5
- Quirigua 3.5
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 3.5
- Copán 3.5
- Vat Phou 3.5
- Urnes Stave Church 3.5
- Hoi An 3.5
- Vigan 3.5
- Baroque Churches 3.5
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 3.5
- Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino 3.5
- Humayun's Tomb 3.5
- Um er-Rasas 3.5
- El Pinacate 3.5
- Sintra 3.5
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka 3.5
- Sanchi 3.5
- Paquimé 3.5
- Ellora Caves 3.5
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 3.5
- Churches and Convents of Goa 3.5
- Quanzhou 3.5
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries 3.5
- Stone Spheres of the Diquís 3.5
- Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves 3.5
- Willemstad 3.5
- Gulf of Porto 3.5
- Thingvellir 3.5
- Ani 3.5
- Vézère Valley 3.5
- Santa Cruz de Mompox 3.5
- Falun Great Copper Mountain 3.5
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 3.5
- Tierradentro 3.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3.5
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya 3.5
- San Agustín 3.5
- Quebrada de Humahuaca 3.5
- St. George, Bermuda 3.5
- The Sundarbans 3.5
- Mount Etna 3.5
- Brugge 3.5
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 3.5
- Bolgar 3.5
- Trinity Sergius Lavra 3.5
- Mount Taishan 3.5
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 3.5
- Causses and Cévennes 3.5
- Golestan Palace 3.5
- Soltaniyeh 3.5
- Curonian Spit 3.5
- Bauhaus Sites 3.5
- Sheki 3.5
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 3.5
- Plain of Jars 3.5
- Białowieża Forest 3.5
- Royal Joseon Tombs 3.5
- Sangay National Park 3.5
- Tsodilo 3.5
- Robben Island 3.5
- Cape Floral Region 3.5
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 3.5
- Trang An 3.5
- Vatican City 3.5
- Historic Cairo 3.5
- Fatehpur Sikri 3.5
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 3.5
- Agrigento 3.5
- Bursa and Cumalikizik 3.5
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 3.5
- Costiera Amalfitana 3.5
- Nessebar 3.5
- Syracuse 3.5
- Rock Art of Alta 3.5
- Verona 3.5
- Visby 3.5
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 3.5
- Gelati Monastery 3.5
- Mtskheta 3.5
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus 3.5
- Malbork Castle 3.5
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 3.5
- Torun 3.5
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.5
- Land of Frankincense 3.5
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 3.5
- Dacian Fortresses 3.5
- Villages with Fortified Churches 3.5
- Wooden Churches of Maramures 3.5
- Westminster 3.5
- Tower of London 3.5
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 3.5
- Segovia 3.5
- Lamu Old Town 3.5
- Divrigi 3.5
- Göbekli Tepe 3.5
- Ephesus 3.5
- Anuradhapura 3.5
- Polonnaruva 3.5
- Ayutthaya 3.5
- Hatra 3.5
- Samarra 3.5
- Quito 3.5
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 3.5
- Berat and Gjirokastra 3.5
- Edinburgh 3.5
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu 3.5
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 3.5
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3.5
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana 3.5
- Studenica Monastery 3.5
- Paramaribo 3.5
- Quseir Amra 3.5
- Pearling 3.5
- Hiraizumi 3.5
- Byblos 3.5
- El Fuerte de Samaipata 3.5
- Potosi 3.5
- Lima 3.5
- Luang Prabang 3.5
- My Son 3.5
- Qadisha Valley 3.5
- Qutb Minar 3.5
- Tyre 3.5
- Old Havana 3.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.5
- Gusuku of Ryukyu 3.5
- Longobards in Italy 3.5
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 3.5
- Guanajuato 3.5
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles 3.5
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 3.5
- Mapungubwe 3.5
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 3.5
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 3.5
- Aquileia 3.5
- L'viv 3.5
- Bassari Country 3.5
- Saloum Delta 3.5
- Ancient Ksour 3.5
- Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple 3.5
- Sundarbans National Park 3.5
- Rani-ki-Vav 3.5
- Elephanta Caves 3.5
- Amami-Oshima Island 3.5
- Lençóis Maranhenses National Park 3.5
- Mount Wuyi 3.5
- Sewell Mining Town 3.5
- Cueva de las Manos 3.5
- Los Alerces National Park 3.5
- Everglades 3.5
- Yin Xu 3.5
- Pico Island 3.5
- Kilimanjaro National Park 3.5
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 3.5
- Itchan Kala 3.5
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 3.5
- Takht-i-Bahi 3.5
- Monastery of Geghard 3.5
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 3.5
- Moenjodaro 3.5
- Bourges Cathedral 3.5
- Vienna 3.5
- Makli, Thatta 3.5
- Medina of Tétouan 3.5
- Angra do Heroismo 3.5
- Bom Jesus do Congonhas 3.5
- Diamantina 3.5
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.5
- Iguacu 3.5
- Hegra 3.5
- Zagori Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Cesky Krumlov 3.5
- Great Wall 3.5
- Huanglong 3.5
- Jiuzhaigou Valley 3.5
- Plitvice Lakes 3.5
- Longmen Grottoes 3.5
- Gordion 3.5
- Yogyakarta 3.5
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 3.5
- Old Town of Lijiang 3.5
- Tak'alik Ab'aj 3.5
- Rwenzori Mountains 3.5
- Laponian Area 3.5
- South China Karst 3.5
- Temple of Heaven 3.5
- Summer Palace 3.5
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá 3.5
- Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor 3.5
- Yungang Grottoes 3.5
- León Cathedral 3.5
- Forts and Castles Gold Coast 3.0
- Twyfelfontein 3.0
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 3.0
- Røros 3.0
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 3.0
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP 3.0
- Vredefort Dome 3.0
- Rjukan / Notodden 3.0
- Tabriz Bazaar 3.0
- Tombs of Buganda Kings 3.0
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 3.0
- Gammelstad 3.0
- Corfu 3.0
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.0
- Medici Villas and Gardens 3.0
- Ruins of León Viejo 3.0
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Pyu Ancient Cities 3.0
- Garajonay 3.0
- Corvey 3.0
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 3.0
- Southern Öland 3.0
- Le Havre 3.0
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- Fujisan 3.0
- Albi 3.0
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 3.0
- Kotor 3.0
- Durmitor National Park 3.0
- Stari Ras and Sopocani 3.0
- Salzburg 3.0
- Rio de Janeiro 3.0
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine 3.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 3.0
- Bordeaux 3.0
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 3.0
- Sucre 3.0
- Sydney Opera House 3.0
- Australian Convict Sites 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Ferrara 3.0
- Birka and Hovgarden 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- Gobustan Rock Art 3.0
- Mir Castle 3.0
- Kernavė 3.0
- Baekje Historic Areas 3.0
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.0
- Antequera Dolmens Site 3.0
- Caves and Ice Age Art 3.0
- Fossil Hominid Sites 3.0
- Walled City of Baku 3.0
- Nesvizh 3.0
- Santiago de Compostela 3.0
- Forth Bridge 3.0
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 3.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 3.0
- San Cristobal de La Laguna 3.0
- Stevns Klint 3.0
- Morelia 3.0
- Crespi d'Adda 3.0
- Genoa 3.0
- University of Coimbra 3.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 3.0
- Canal du Midi 3.0
- Arles 3.0
- Graz 3.0
- Semmering Railway 3.0
- Rhaetian Railway 3.0
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 3.0
- Gwynedd Castles 3.0
- Ironbridge Gorge 3.0
- West Lake 3.0
- Thang Long 3.0
- Qal'at al-Bahrain 3.0
- Engelsberg Ironworks 3.0
- Reichenau 3.0
- Namhansanseong 3.0
- Xidi and Hongcun 3.0
- Huangshan 3.0
- Shakhrisyabz 3.0
- Colonia del Sacramento 3.0
- Schönbrunn 3.0
- Stecci 3.0
- Brasilia 3.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 3.0
- Kaiping Diaolou 3.0
- Mountain Resort, Chengde 3.0
- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries 3.0
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 3.0
- Three parallel rivers of Yunnan 3.0
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 3.0
- Paphos 3.0
- Holy Trinity Column 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 3.0
- Wadden Sea 3.0
- Petäjävesi Old Church 3.0
- Fortifications of Vauban 3.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.0
- Versailles 3.0
- Messel Pit 3.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Quedlinburg 3.0
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.0
- Trier 3.0
- Asante Traditional Buildings 3.0
- Brú na Bóinne 3.0
- Isole Eolie 3.0
- Naples 3.0
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.0
- San Gimignano 3.0
- Himeji-jo 3.0
- Horyu-ji Area 3.0
- Itsukushima Shrine 3.0
- Kii Mountain Range 3.0
- City of Luxembourg 3.0
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- San Miguel de Allende 3.0
- Van Nellefabriek 3.0
- Bryggen 3.0
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 3.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- El Escurial 3.0
- Mérida 3.0
- Salamanca 3.0
- Stonehenge and Avebury 3.0
- Monticello 3.0
- Taos Pueblo 3.0
- Belfries 3.0
- Chartres Cathedral 3.0
- Strasbourg 3.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 3.0
- Bamberg 3.0
- Potsdam 3.0
- Speyer Cathedral 3.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3.0
- Völklingen Ironworks 3.0
- Zollverein 3.0
- Agra Fort 3.0
- Jantar Mantar 3.0
- Castel del Monte 3.0
- Dolomites 3.0
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 3.0
- Urbino 3.0
- Riga 3.0
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Guimarães 3.0
- Monastery of Alcobaça 3.0
- Oporto 3.0
- Gyeongju 3.0
- Hahoe and Yangdong 3.0
- Jeju 3.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 3.0
- Monastery of Horezu 3.0
- Novodevichy Convent 3.0
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 3.0
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 3.0
- Bardejov Town 3.0
- Banska Stiavnica 3.0
- Asturian Monuments 3.0
- Donana National Park 3.0
- Tower of Hercules 3.0
- Old Town of Galle 3.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 3.0
- Abbey of St Gall 3.0
- Nisa 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- Derwent Valley Mills 3.0
- New Lanark 3.0
- Carlsbad Caverns 3.0
- Imperial Tombs 3.0
- Aflaj irrigation system 3.0
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn 3.0
- Al Ain 3.0
- Ivrea 3.0
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 3.0
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 3.0
- Archaeological site of Philippi 3.0
- Litomysl Castle 3.0
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 3.0
- Major Town Houses 3.0
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 3.0
- Kulangsu 3.0
- Medina Azahara 3.0
- Naumburg Cathedral 3.0
- Hortobágy 3.0
- Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines 3.0
- Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies 3.0
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3.0
- Paraty and Ilha Grande 3.0
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 3.0
- Sviyazhsk 3.0
- Coffee Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Cartagena 3.0
- Bom Jesus do Monte 3.0
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 3.0
- Pirin National Park 3.0
- Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur 3.0
- Flemish Béguinages 3.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.0
- Jomon Prehistoric Sites 3.0
- Cordouan Lighthouse 3.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 3.0
- Sulaiman-Too 3.0
- Serra de Tramuntana 3.0
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda 3.0
- Hospicio Cabañas 3.0
- Tequila 3.0
- Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco 3.0
- Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 3.0
- Joya de Ceren 3.0
- Antigua Guatemala 3.0
- Belize Barrier Reef 3.0
- El Tajin 3.0
- Medina of Sousse 3.0
- Kerkuane 3.0
- Miguasha National Park 3.0
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs 3.0
- L'Anse aux Meadows 3.0
- Old Town Lunenburg 3.0
- Red Bay Basque Whaling Station 3.0
- Thessalonika 3.0
- Burgundy 3.0
- Olinda 3.0
- Pampulha 3.0
- Atlantic Forest South-East 3.0
- Rabat 3.0
- Mazagan 3.0
- Ban Chiang 3.0
- Kaeng Krachan Forest 3.0
- Kinabalu Park 3.0
- Pergamon 3.0
- Safranbolu 3.0
- Xanthos-Letoon 3.0
- Matobo Hills 3.0
- Koh Ker 3.0
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes 3.0
- Talayotic Menorca 3.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 3.0
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 3.0
- Memorial Sites of Genocide 3.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 3.0
- Cahokia Mounds 3.0
- Poverty Point 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Fort and Shalamar Gardens 3.0
- Rohtas Fort 3.0
- Blue and John Crow Mountains 3.0
- Santo Domingo 3.0
- Fray Bentos 3.0
- Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works 3.0
- Roșia Montană 3.0
- Grand Canal 3.0
- Tusi Sites 3.0
- Tanbaly 3.0
- Saryarka 3.0
- Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu 3.0
- Via Appia 3.0
- Niah Caves 3.0
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 3.0
- Shiretoko 3.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.0
- Champaner-Pavagadh 3.0
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary 3.0
- Nalanda 3.0
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex 3.0
- Western Ghats 3.0
- Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas 3.0
- Banc d'Arguin 3.0
- Island of Gorée 3.0
- Kunta Kinteh Island 3.0
- Stone Circles of Senegambia 3.0
- Cidade Velha 3.0
- Umm Al-Jimāl 3.0
- Babylon 3.0
- Khinalig 3.0
- Gedi 3.0
- Mount Kenya 3.0
- Kenya Lake System 3.0
- 17th Century Port Royal 3.0
- Luther Memorials 2.5
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 2.5
- Tlacotalpan 2.5
- Medina of Essaouira 2.5
- Skocjan Caves 2.5
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.5
- Mammoth Cave 2.5
- Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands 2.5
- Liangzhu Archaeological Site 2.5
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun 2.5
- Morne Trois Pitons 2.5
- Bagerhat 2.5
- Wartburg Castle 2.5
- Guanacaste 2.5
- Poblet Monastery 2.5
- Lake District 2.5
- Würzburg Residence 2.5
- Pannonhalma 2.5
- Cuenca 2.5
- Çatalhöyük 2.5
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.5
- Tugendhat Villa 2.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 2.5
- Medina of Tunis 2.5
- Trebic 2.5
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 2.5
- Cienfuegos 2.5
- Camagüey 2.5
- Meknes 2.5
- Trogir 2.5
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 2.5
- Historic Jeddah 2.5
- Keoladeo National Park 2.5
- Kuldiga 2.5
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 2.5
- Nice 2.5
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2.5
- Kazan Kremlin 2.5
- Vizcaya Bridge 2.5
- Boyana Church 2.5
- Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan 2.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.5
- Macao 2.5
- Thimlich Ohinga 2.5
- Valletta 2.5
- Si Thep 2.5
- Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia 2.5
- Zacatecas 2.5
- San Antonio Missions 2.5
- Bellinzone 2.5
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 2.5
- Phu Phrabat 2.5
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 2.5
- Tarraco 2.5
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 2.5
- Niokolo-Koba National Park 2.5
- Valparaiso 2.5
- Qalhat 2.5
- Migratory Bird Sanctuaries China 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- Canterbury 2.5
- Pienza 2.5
- Mount Athos 2.5
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.5
- Erbil Citadel 2.5
- Mycenae and Tiryns 2.5
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 2.5
- Avila 2.5
- Reims 2.5
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region 2.5
- Lushan National Park 2.5
- Muskauer Park 2.5
- Independence Hall 2.5
- Rock Carvings in Tanum 2.5
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 2.5
- Ibiza 2.5
- Warsaw 2.5
- Vézelay 2.5
- Cologne Cathedral 2.5
- Arslantepe Mound 2.5
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.5
- Maritime Greenwich 2.5
- Nancy 2.5
- Champagne 2.5
- Tomioka Silk Mill 2.5
- Mijikenda Kaya Forests 2.5
- Lübeck 2.5
- Church of Atlántida 2.5
- Zamość 2.5
- Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius 2.0
- Gorham's Cave Complex 2.0
- Grimeton Radio Station 2.0
- Drottningholm 2.0
- Telc 2.0
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 2.0
- Holasovice 2.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 2.0
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe 2.0
- Colonies of Benevolence 2.0
- Chinchorro Culture 2.0
- Island of Saint-Louis 2.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 2.0
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales 2.0
- Las Medulas 2.0
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2.0
- China Danxia 2.0
- Mount Sanqingshan 2.0
- San Marino and Mount Titano 2.0
- Laurisilva of Madeira 2.0
- Caves of Yagul and Mitla 2.0
- Orange 2.0
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 2.0
- Cuzco 2.0
- Vegaøyan 2.0
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 2.0
- Lumbini 2.0
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 2.0
- Rideau Canal 2.0
- Dacian Limes 2.0
- Alcala de Henares 2.0
- Genbaku Dome 2.0
- Fort Jesus 2.0
- Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos 2.0
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats 2.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.0
- Provins 2.0
- São Francisco Square 2.0
- Sammallahdenmäki 2.0
- Risco Caido 2.0
- Sado Island Gold Mines 2.0
- ShUM Sites 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Old Rauma 2.0
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.0
- Okinoshima Island 2.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 2.0
- Saltaire 2.0
- Kronborg Castle 2.0
- Troy 2.0
- As-Salt 2.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 2.0
- Choirokoitia 2.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 2.0
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge 2.0
- Modernist Kaunas 2.0
- Monte San Giorgio 2.0
- Peking Man Site 2.0
- Querétaro 2.0
- Žatec – Landscape of Hops 2.0
- Campeche 2.0
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai 2.0
- Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens 2.0
- Central Highlands 2.0
- Úbeda and Baeza 2.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 2.0
- Palmeral of Elche 2.0
- Blenheim Palace 2.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 2.0
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 2.0
- Margravial Opera House 2.0
- Caceres 2.0
- Cold winter deserts of Turan 2.0
- Burgos Cathedral 2.0
- Ichkeul National Park 2.0
- Vlkolinec 2.0
- Sighisoara 2.0
- Danube Delta 2.0
- Moidams 2.0
- Bahla Fort 2.0
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 2.0
- Hopewell 2.0
- Evora 2.0
- Camino Real 2.0
- Le Morne 2.0
- Aapravasi Ghat 2.0
- Hedeby and Danevirke 2.0
- Val d'Orcia 2.0
- Royal Palace at Caserta 2.0
- Madara Rider 2.0
- Modena 2.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2.0
- Al Zubarah 2.0
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 2.0
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 2.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 2.0
- Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art 2.0
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2.0
- Tokaji Wine Region 2.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 2.0
- Hollókö 2.0
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 2.0
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.0
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.0
- Amiens Cathedral 2.0
- Par force hunting landscape 2.0
- The Four Lifts 2.0
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 2.0
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 2.0
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba 2.0
- Kew Gardens 2.0
- ESMA Site Museum 2.0
- Mafra 2.0
- Valongo Wharf 1.5
- Centennial Hall 1.5
- Sangiran Early Man Site 1.5
- Neolithic Orkney 1.5
- Chengjiang Fossil Site 1.5
- Srebarna Nature Reserve 1.5
- Grand Pré 1.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 1.5
- Sítio Roberto Burle Marx 1.5
- Bahá’i Holy Places 1.5
- Ahmadabad 1.5
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 1.5
- Danube Limes 1.5
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 1.5
- Stari Grad Plain 1.5
- Evaporitic Karst and Caves 1.5
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.5
- Gaya Tumuli 1.5
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 1.5
- Bridgetown 1.5
- Kladruby nad Labem 1.5
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 1.5
- Regensburg 1.5
- Djerba 1.5
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine 1.5
- Santiniketan 1.5
- Old City of Berne 1.5
- Chaîne des Puys 1.5
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 1.5
- Stoclet House 1.0
- Karlskrona 1.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 1.0
- Lenggong Valley 1.0
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 1.0
- Lower German Limes 1.0
- Beemster Polder 1.0
- Alto Douro 1.0
- Schokland 1.0
- Atapuerca 1.0
- Hyrcanian Forests 1.0
- Dilmun Burial Mounds 1.0
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 1.0
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses 1.0
- Royal Exhibition Building 1.0
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 1.0
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst 1.0
- Turaif Quarter 1.0
- The Prosecco Hills 1.0
- Sian Ka'an 1.0
Tentative Sites
- Dzongs
- Sarajevo
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt
- Jerash Archaeological City
- Yapese Disk Money Regional Sites
- Moulay Idriss Zerhoun
- Benguela Current
- Etosha Pan
- Ram Janaki Temple
- City of Granada and its natural environment
- Svalbard Archipelago
- Serra da Capivara National Park
- Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento
- The Historical City of Masouleh
- Varanasi
- The Archeological complex of Banteay Chhmar
- Iznik
- Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization
- Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization
- Sultan Bayezid II Complex
- Aalto Works
- Wooden Monasteries of Konbaung Period
- Ancient City of Kaunos
- La Haute Ville d’Antananarivo
- Ancien site industriel de Mantasoa
- Mughal and Colonial Temples of Bangladesh
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers
- Hejaz Railway
- Chaukhandi Tombs, Karachi
- Port of Banbhore
- Uch Sharif monuments
- Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam
- Grand Trunk Road sites
- Tombs of Jahangir, Asif Khan and Akbari Sarai
- Modern Architecture of Montevideo
- Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins NPs
- Fell and Pali Aike Caves
- Fishriver Canyon
- Naletale Cluster of Dzimbabwes
- China-Egypt hydrological sites
- Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta
- Le noyau historique de la ville d'Alba Julia
- Triolet French Drugstore
- Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites
- Sümela Monastery
- Valle Calchaquí
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Hikone-Jo
- Sun Temple, Modhera
- Ekamra Kshetra
- The Qutb Shahi Monuments of Hyderabad
- Tarrafal Concentration Camp
- Wazir Khans Mosque, Lahore
- Gorge of Samaria National Park
- Enclos paroissiaux du Finistère
- Baghdad Rusafa
- Old City of Mosul
- The mausoleum of Nakhichevan
- Garni and the ‘Basalt Organ’ Columnar Joint
- Tatev Monastery and Vorotan Gorge
- National Museum of Qatar
- Cultural Landscape of Mahasthan and Karatoya River
- Sharjah: the Gate to Trucial States
- Harran and Sanliurfa
- Chobe Linyanti System
- Old Dongola
- The Royal Sites of Ireland
- Centre historique d'Irkoutsk
- The Medieval Town of Tansen
- Lalish Temple
- Dana Biosphere Reserve
- Torfajökull Volcanic System / Fjallabak Reserve
- Mývatn and Laxá
- The Turf House Tradition
- Archaeological Sites of the Ancient Shu State
- Ngwenya Mines
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- Ancient cities of Upper Myanmar
- Corcovado and Isla del Cano
- Bishop's Basilica and Mosaics of Philippopolis
- Silk Roads Sites in Kyrgyzstan
- Lake Tana Island Monasteries and Wetland
- Amazonia Theaters
- Ver-o-Peso
- Khor Dubai
- Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble
- The Ancient City of Nineveh
- Uplistsikhe Cave Town
- The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia
- Surakhany, Atashgyakh
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles
- Les citadelles mosanes
- Hôpital Notre-Dame à La Rose - Lessines
- Delhi - A Heritage City
- L'amphitheatre de Durres
- Casablanca
- Centre ancien de Sarlat
- Sites of the Busan Wartime Capital
- Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise
- Amedy city
- Andaman Sea Nature Reserves of Thailand
- Alvaro Siza's Architecture
- Vila Viçosa
- Old Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Sungai Buloh Leprosarium
- Derawar and the Desert Forts of Cholistan
- Paysage culturel d'Azougui
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco)
- Bouches de Bonifacio
- Les « coules » de Petite Valachie
- Plantations in West Curacao
- Les sites à fossiles néandertaliens de Wallonie
- Saar Heritage Park
- Barbar Temple
- Manama
- Archaeo-astronomical Site Kokino
- Pobiti Kamani Natural Monument
- Kaboud Mosque
- The Danube Limes (Croatia)
- Fortifications at Komárno
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- Le palais de Princes Eveques de Liège
- Medieval Settlement of Kirtipur
- The Bachkovo Monastery
- La Rambla de la Cité de Montevideo
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum
- Cara Sucia / El Imposible
- Chalchuapa
- Ciudad Vieja / La Bermuda
- The Historical Port City of Izmir
- Ancient Greek Theatres
- The Cultural Landscape of Civita di Bagnoregio
- Tet el Bad
- Baquedano Street
- San Pedro de Atacama
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Reviews by Els Slots


Kenya Lake System (Inscribed)
Kenya Lake System
It’s a miracle that this WHS is not In Danger, or that this issue is not being discussed. Since approximately 2015, the Kenyan Lake System has experienced severe flooding. The …

Lamu Old Town (Inscribed)
Lamu Old Town
I stayed for two nights in a renovated traditional house along one of the narrow alleyways of the Old Town of Lamu. I enjoyed being woken up by the call …

Gedi (Inscribed)
Gedi
The Historic Town and Archaeological Site of Gedi gained World Heritage status last year – this is the first review since. Known as the Gedi Ruins, they are quite a …

Mount Kenya (Inscribed)
Mount Kenya
I have always wondered how a site that has been ticked by 63 members so far has only had one, tiny review dating back to 2006. I would guess that …

Mijikenda Kaya Forests (Inscribed)
Mijikenda Kaya Forests
The Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests along the East Coast of Kenya comprise former fortified settlements (kayas) in an undisturbed forest setting, which still fulfill a sacred role in the belief …

National Museum of Qatar (On tentative list)
National Museum of Qatar
I have a strong fascination for National Museums and every time I visit a “new” country, I try to take one in. What I am interested in is how countries …

Tatev Monastery and Vorotan G… (Nominated)
Tatev Monastery and Vorotan Gorge
Seeing Tatev pop up as a potential WH candidate for 2028, I had to dive deeply into my memory for an opinion. Fortunately, I still have my diaries in …

Garni and the ‘Basalt Organ’ … (On tentative list)
Garni and the ‘Basalt Organ’ Columnar Joint
I visited this recent addition to Armenia's Tentative List in March 2005. It's actually surprising that it took them so long to put it forward, since Garni is one of …

Colchic Rainforests and Wetla… (Inscribed)
Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands
The Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands, being a distinct Floral WHS, never appealed to me much. Still, it was a shoo-in in 2021 as IUCN easily confirmed its global significance (“one …

The mausoleum of Nakhichevan (On tentative list)
The mausoleum of Nakhichevan
This TWHS is a good excuse to visit the Azeri exclave of Nakhichevan. Its peculiar geographical location may also improve its chances of ever getting nominated to a WHS, as …

Divrigi (Inscribed)
Divrigi
I am happy to be the first to review the Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği after restorations ended in May 2024. The complex lies uphill above the Old Town; …

The Ancient City of Nineveh (On tentative list)
The Ancient City of Nineveh
Nineveh is yet another classic name on the list of Iraqi TWHS. Although it was present as a trade colony at the time of Ancient Mesopotamian civilizations early on, Nineveh’s …

Hatra (Inscribed)
Hatra
Hatra is one of the stars of the National Museum in Baghdad: it produced those funny statues of men with curly hair and a surprised expression, raising one hand as …

Khinalig (Inscribed)
Khinalig
Khinalig isn’t visited much by our community – it is too remote to feature on a first itinerary of Azerbaijan. A direct drive from Baku takes 4 hours; so it …

Samarra (Inscribed)
Samarra
Although best known for its Spiral Minaret, Samarra is much more. It’s the archaeological site of a city that was the short-lived capital of the Abbasids. They built it as …

Workers' Assembly Halls (Nominated)
Workers' Assembly Halls
The Workers' Assembly Halls, a nomination led by Denmark, is one of the more prominent upcoming serial transnational initiatives. It is aiming for inscription in 2027. They represent the international …

Ahwar of Southern Iraq (Inscribed)
Ahwar of Southern Iraq
This should have been split into two WHS: one for the sites of the Ancient Sumerian civilization, one for the “New” Marshes. ICOMOS and IUCN suggested to do so and …

Wadi Al-Salam Cemetery in Naj… (On tentative list)
Wadi Al-Salam Cemetery in Najaf
Najaf in Southern Iraq is the holiest city for Shia Islam as it holds the Tomb of Ali – “the” Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed and with whom the …

Babylon (Inscribed)
Babylon
I made it to Babylon in April 2025. There’s a lot to explain here – we’re missing a Solivagant-style PhD review, so I have tried my best to cover …