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Hubert
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My most impressive site: Old City of Jerusalem, Bauhaus
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About Hubert
- Member since
- October 2011
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
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- #94
- WHS
- 386
- Tentative Sites
- 90
Website Participation
- Reviews
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Rome 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Ancient Kyoto 4.5
- Teotihuacan 4.5
- Pompei 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Florence 4.5
- Bauhaus Sites 4.5
- Kraków 4.5
- Sintra 4.5
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.5
- Vatican City 4.5
- Dubrovnik 4.5
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.5
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.5
- Prague 4.0
- Dolomites 4.0
- Toledo 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Aachen Cathedral 4.0
- Cesky Krumlov 4.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.0
- Plitvice Lakes 4.0
- Maritime Greenwich 4.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 4.0
- Meteora 4.0
- Granada 4.0
- Rila Monastery 4.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 4.0
- Versailles 4.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 4.0
- Villa Romana del Casale 4.0
- Ancient Nara 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.0
- Vienna 4.0
- Mount Etna 4.0
- Loire Valley 4.0
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 4.0
- Tugendhat Villa 4.0
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 4.0
- Neolithic Orkney 4.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.0
- Arab-Norman Palermo 3.5
- Westminster 3.5
- Masada 3.5
- Verona 3.5
- Segovia 3.5
- Aquileia 3.5
- Fagus Factory 3.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.5
- Selimiye Mosque 3.5
- Ferrara 3.5
- Ravenna 3.5
- Naples 3.5
- Laurisilva of Madeira 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Matera 3.5
- Brugge 3.5
- Costiera Amalfitana 3.5
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3.5
- Zollverein 3.5
- Classical Weimar 3.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.5
- Lyon 3.5
- Siena 3.5
- The trulli of Alberobello 3.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.5
- Monastery of Batalha 3.5
- Monastery of Alcobaça 3.5
- Oporto 3.5
- Vilnius 3.5
- Elvas 3.5
- Wartburg Castle 3.5
- Val di Noto 3.5
- Arles 3.5
- Syracuse 3.5
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.5
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 3.5
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 3.5
- Riga 3.5
- Hattusha 3.5
- Acropolis 3.5
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 3.5
- Bursa and Cumalikizik 3.5
- Nikko 3.5
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 3.5
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 3.5
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 3.5
- Edinburgh 3.5
- Cordoba 3.5
- Ephesus 3.5
- Seville 3.5
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 3.5
- Teide National Park 3.5
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu 3.5
- Budapest 3.5
- Zagori Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Mont-Saint-Michel 3.5
- Las Medulas 3.5
- City of Bath 3.5
- Stonehenge 3.5
- Forth Bridge 3.0
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 3.0
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 3.0
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Trier 3.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.0
- Bamberg 3.0
- Völklingen Ironworks 3.0
- Fortifications of Vauban 3.0
- Isole Eolie 3.0
- Salamanca 3.0
- Cuenca 3.0
- Major Town Houses 3.0
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 3.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 3.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 3.0
- Margravial Opera House 3.0
- Guimarães 3.0
- Alto Douro 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- Corfu 3.0
- Fontainebleau 3.0
- Strasbourg 3.0
- Cartagena 3.0
- Mystras 3.0
- Gwynedd Castles 3.0
- Vizcaya Bridge 3.0
- Kew Gardens 3.0
- Santiago de Compostela 3.0
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 3.0
- Assisi 3.0
- Asturian Monuments 3.0
- Castel del Monte 3.0
- Altamira Cave 3.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 3.0
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 3.0
- Split 3.0
- Old Rauma 3.0
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 3.0
- Graz 3.0
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 3.0
- San Gimignano 3.0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.0
- Agrigento 3.0
- Aphrodisias 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- Cordouan Lighthouse 3.0
- Curonian Spit 3.0
- Bordeaux 3.0
- City of Luxembourg 3.0
- Medina of Tétouan 3.0
- Holy Trinity Column 3.0
- Salzburg 3.0
- Kinderdijk 3.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 3.0
- Vézère Valley 3.0
- Pergamon 3.0
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 3.0
- Telc 3.0
- Saint-Emilion 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Safranbolu 3.0
- Banska Stiavnica 3.0
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst 3.0
- Skocjan Caves 3.0
- Albi 3.0
- Kii Mountain Range 3.0
- Horyu-ji Area 3.0
- Canal du Midi 3.0
- Vall de Boi 3.0
- Himeji-jo 3.0
- San Marino and Mount Titano 2.5
- Flemish Béguinages 2.5
- Québec 2.5
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2.5
- Trogir 2.5
- Kutna Hora 2.5
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 2.5
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 2.5
- Causses and Cévennes 2.5
- Champagne 2.5
- Chartres Cathedral 2.5
- Amiens Cathedral 2.5
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 2.5
- Le Havre 2.5
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 2.5
- Ironbridge Gorge 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- Tower of London 2.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 2.5
- Urbino 2.5
- Longobards in Italy 2.5
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 2.5
- Val d'Orcia 2.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 2.5
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 2.5
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.5
- Van Nellefabriek 2.5
- Bryggen 2.5
- Churches of Peace 2.5
- Centennial Hall 2.5
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 2.5
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 2.5
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 2.5
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 2.5
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 2.5
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 2.5
- Antequera Dolmens Site 2.5
- Poblet Monastery 2.5
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 2.5
- Heritage of Mercury 2.5
- Statue of Liberty 2.5
- Cologne Cathedral 2.5
- Regensburg 2.5
- Speyer Cathedral 2.5
- Lübeck 2.5
- Caves and Ice Age Art 2.5
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 2.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.5
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 2.5
- Würzburg Residence 2.5
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 2.5
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2.5
- University of Coimbra 2.5
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 2.5
- Naumburg Cathedral 2.5
- Stevns Klint 2.5
- Wadden Sea 2.5
- Boyana Church 2.5
- Nessebar 2.5
- Pirin National Park 2.5
- Zamość 2.5
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 2.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 2.5
- El Escurial 2.5
- Mérida 2.5
- Lake District 2.5
- Fujisan 2.5
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2.5
- ShUM Sites 2.5
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 2.5
- The Prosecco Hills 2.5
- Petäjävesi Old Church 2.5
- Tallinn 2.5
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 2.5
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 2.5
- The Four Lifts 2.5
- Canterbury 2.5
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries 2.5
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 2.5
- Thessalonika 2.5
- Troy 2.5
- Çatalhöyük 2.5
- Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia 2.5
- Gordion 2.5
- Via Appia 2.5
- Evaporitic Karst and Caves 2.5
- Úbeda and Baeza 2.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 2.0
- Pienza 2.0
- Crespi d'Adda 2.0
- Burgundy 2.0
- San Cristobal de La Laguna 2.0
- Burgos Cathedral 2.0
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 2.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 2.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 2.0
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe 2.0
- Tower of Hercules 2.0
- Gorham's Cave Complex 2.0
- Schönbrunn 2.0
- Bellinzone 2.0
- Ivrea 2.0
- Messel Pit 2.0
- Bourges Cathedral 2.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 2.0
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 2.0
- Derwent Valley Mills 2.0
- Archaeological site of Philippi 2.0
- Reims 2.0
- Orange 2.0
- Muskauer Park 2.0
- Alcala de Henares 2.0
- Modernist Kaunas 2.0
- Tomioka Silk Mill 2.0
- Chaîne des Puys 2.0
- Provins 2.0
- Medina Azahara 2.0
- Evora 2.0
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 2.0
- Avila 2.0
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.0
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.0
- Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines 2.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 2.0
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 2.0
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes 2.0
- Xanthos-Letoon 2.0
- Old City of Berne 2.0
- Hedeby and Danevirke 2.0
- Bom Jesus do Monte 2.0
- Caceres 2.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 2.0
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales 2.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.0
- Kernavė 2.0
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 2.0
- Medici Villas and Gardens 2.0
- Palmeral of Elche 2.0
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 2.0
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 2.0
- Kladruby nad Labem 2.0
- New Lanark 2.0
- Royal Palace at Caserta 2.0
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 2.0
- Sammallahdenmäki 2.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.0
- Belfries 2.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.0
- Semmering Railway 2.0
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 2.0
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 1.5
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 1.5
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.5
- Pannonhalma 1.5
- Vézelay 1.5
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 1.5
- Donana National Park 1.5
- Tarraco 1.5
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun 1.5
- Vlkolinec 1.5
- Bardejov Town 1.5
- Abbey of St Gall 1.5
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 1.5
- Aranjuez 1.5
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 1.5
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine 1.5
- Trebic 1.5
- Colonies of Benevolence 1.5
- Danube Limes 1.5
- Genoa 1.5
- Litomysl Castle 1.5
- Modena 1.5
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 1.5
- The Flow Country 1.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 1.5
- Atapuerca 1.5
- Blenheim Palace 1.5
- Studley Royal Park 1.5
- Monte San Giorgio 1.5
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 1.5
- Nancy 1.5
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses 1.5
- Jelling 1.5
- Kronborg Castle 1.5
- Luther Memorials 1.5
- Žatec – Landscape of Hops 1.5
- Reichenau 1.5
- Quedlinburg 1.5
- Srebarna Nature Reserve 1.5
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 1.5
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 1.5
- Stoclet House 1.5
- Saltaire 1.0
- Madara Rider 1.0
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 1.0
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 1.0
- Hollókö 1.0
- Corvey 1.0
- Beemster Polder 1.0
- Mafra 1.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 1.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 1.0
- Holasovice 1.0
- Schokland 1.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 1.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 1.0
- Lower German Limes 1.0
- Par force hunting landscape 0.5
- Tokaji Wine Region 0.5
- Hortobágy 0.5
Tentative Sites
- Sardis
- Sultan Bayezid II Complex
- The wider area of Mount Olympus
- Seljuk Caravanserais from Denizli to Dogubeyazit
- Levadas of Madeira Island
- Íznik
- City of York
- The Marble Basin of Carrara
- Rade de Marseille
- Olympic Park Munich
- Mountain Hotel and Television Transmitter Ještěd
- Enclos paroissiaux du Finistère
- Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf (EXT)
- Aalto Works
- The Ringed Seal Archipelagos of Lake Saimaa
- Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization
- Carnac
- Francke Foundation Buildings
- La Camargue
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- Le palais de Princes Eveques de Liège
- Hangar Y
- Kosice
- The historic town of Korcula
- Priorat-Montsant-Siurana
- Historical-town planning ensemble of Ston
- Amalienborg and its district
- Bishop's Basilica and Late-Antique Mosaics of Phil
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers
- Álvaro Siza's Architecture
- Bussaco cultural landscape
- Domaine de Fontainebleau
- Orvieto
- Renaissance Houses at Slavonice
- Le chemin de fer de Cerdagne
- Alpine and pre-alpine meadow and marsh landscapes
- The Spa at Luhacovice
- Jaén Cathedral
- Central Park
- Italica
- Franja Partisan Hospital
- The late ancient tomb of Silistra
- Pobiti Kamani Natural Monument
- Aguas Livres Aqueduct
- Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture
- Bulwarked Frontier Fortifications
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town of Steyr
- The Jewish Cemetery of Altona Königstrasse
- Plovdiv
- Pombaline Lisbon
- Großglockner High Alpine Road
- Cathédrale de Saint-Denis
- Ripa Pannonica in Hungary
- Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte
- The Silver Route
- Ensemble de grottes à concrétions Sud de la France
- The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia
- Arsenal de Rochefort
- Centre ancien de Sarlat
- The Fortress of Terezín
- Greek Archaeological ensemble in Empúries
- Le noyau historique médiéval de Gand
- Le champ de bataille de Waterloo
- Le Panorama de la Bataille de Waterloo
- Les sites à fossiles néandertaliens de Wallonie
- El Ferrol of the Illustration Historical Heritage
- The Ribeira Sacra, Lugo and Orense
- Valle Salado de Añana
- La Rioja and Rioja Alavesa Vine and Wine Cultural
- Group of Mozarabic buildings on Iberian Peninsula
- Citadel of Alessandria
- Early Medieval Benedictine settlements
- The Television Tower Stuttgart
- Pretzien Weir
- European Paper Mills
- European Paper Mills
- Archaeological site of Laodikeia
- St. Nicholas Church
- Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization
- Anatolian Seljuks Madrasahs
- Ancient City of Aspendos
- Archaeological Site of Assos
- Basilica Therma (Sarıkaya Roma Hamamı)
- The Historical Port City of Izmir
- Mothia and Lilibeo Island
- European Paper Mills
- Odunpazari Historical Urban Site
- Extension of Prague WHS
- Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise
- Ancienne chocolaterie Menier à Noisiel
- Trakai Historical National Park
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles
- D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944
- The royal necropolis of the Thracian city of Seuth
- Vila Viçosa
- Bulwarked Fortresses of the Raia
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Creation of the Co-Principality of Andorra
- Fishpond Network in the Trebon Basin
- Leuven
- Volterra
- Metz Royale et Impériale
- The Palaces of King Ludwig II
- Montagne Sainte-Victoire et sites cezaniens
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Reviews by Hubert

Rock Art of the Mediterranean… (Inscribed)
Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin

Archaeological site of Laodik… (On tentative list)
Archaeological site of Laodikeia
If you like taking photos of white columns against a blue sky, Laodikeia is the place to go.Laodikeia is located on a flat hill and offers panoramic views of the …

Sardis (Nominated)
Sardis
Ancient Sardis is best known for Croesus, the last king of Lydia, and his legendary wealth. Already in ancient times, Lydia was associated with immense wealth. Whether King Croesus was …

Mudejar Architecture of Aragon (Inscribed)
Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
It is funny that the last review of this WHS is my own from 2014 about Zaragoza. And now, ten years later, after having completed this serial WHS, I can …

Palmeral of Elche (Inscribed)
Palmeral of Elche
The visit to this WHS left me with mixed impressions and I was unsure how to rate this WHS. The Palmeral has an impressive size, with the core zone covering …

The Television Tower Stuttgart (On tentative list)
The Television Tower Stuttgart
An ugly television tower as a world heritage site? Or an innovative work of engineering representing the second half of the 20th century? Basically, a bit of both and I'm …

Olympic Park Munich (On tentative list)
Olympic Park Munich
Finally, the Munich Olympic Park has been added to the German Tentative List. This was long overdue. In my opinion, it is the only German site still missing from the …

Corfu (Inscribed)
Corfu
Most of the previous reviewers visited Corfu as a day trip from Albania or arrived directly by plane. This is reasonable, as the Old Town of Corfu is a remote …

Amsterdam Canal Ring (Inscribed)
Amsterdam Canal Ring
The Netherlands should be praised for limiting its Amsterdam nomination to the most beautiful part of the city, the Canal Ring. It is great fun to walk along the canals …

The Palaces of King Ludwig II (Nominated)
The Palaces of King Ludwig II
It seems I'm going to be the party pooper here with my "thumbs down". But now that Palaces of King Ludwig II have been nominated for decision in 2025, one …

Thessalonika (Inscribed)
Thessalonika
The city of Thessaloniki is not nice. The Byzantine churches are.Most of the churches in the lower town are squeezed between ugly modern buildings. I liked the upper town better. …

The wider area of Mount Olymp… (Nominated)
The wider area of Mount Olympus
I would have loved to start this review with the words: I climbed the Seat of the Gods! But that wouldn’t be entirely true. The truth ist that I did …

Zagori Cultural Landscape (Inscribed)
Zagori Cultural Landscape
Zagori is a World Heritage Site just the way I like it: a beautiful landscape, vernacular architecture, great hiking opportunities and not crowded with tourists.The inscription in 2023 was controversial. …

Archaeological Site of Aigai (Inscribed)
Archaeological Site of Aigai
I wrote this review to provide a brief overview of what visitors can currently expect from Aigai (September 2023). Most importantly, the palace site is still closed for construction works, …

Fortifications of Vauban (Inscribed)
Fortifications of Vauban
Vauban completed! In June 2023, on my trip to Lombardy and Piedmont, I took the opportunity for a day trip to the French Alps to visit my last two Vauban …

Residences of the Royal House… (Inscribed)
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
Oh dear! Italy and its serial World Heritage Sites: 14 Savoy Residences, 9 Sacri Monti, 25 Palladio sites, 14 Medici Villas, 7 Longobards locations… Not to mention all the prehistoric …

Aalto Works (Nominated)
Aalto Works
Alvar Aalto was kind enough to build his most important works in Finland close to World Heritage Sites or along the route between two inscribed sites. Very prescient of him. …

The Prosecco Hills (Inscribed)
The Prosecco Hills
Oh no, not another vineyard. That was my first thought when the Prosecco Hills were inscribed on the World Heritage list in 2019. Not really an enthusiastic reaction. But is …

The Architectural Work of Le … (Inscribed)
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
"I’m struggling to understand how an original Le Corbusier building could be in that state of disrepair" was the comment from meltwaterfalls when I posted this photo of the Cité …

Danube Limes (Inscribed)
Danube Limes
To sum it up right at the beginning: There is not much to see at the Danube Limes. Most of the remains are hidden under fields and meadows or have …