Three separate World Heritage sites in one region with a total of thirty individual sites - much ado just about wooden churches? At least these were my thoughts before we …
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
- Austria
Visits
- Rank
- #95
- WHS
- 396
- Tentative Sites
- 91
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 and Avebury 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
- Levadas of Madeira Island
- Seljuk Caravanserais from Denizli to Dogubeyazit
- City of York
- Iznik
- The Marble Basin of Carrara
- Mountain-top Hotel Television Transmitter Ještěd
- Olympic Park Munich
- Aalto Works
- The Ringed Seal Archipelagos of Lake Saimaa
- Enclos paroissiaux du Finistère
- Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf (EXT)
- Sultan Bayezid II Complex
- Rade de Marseille
- Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization
- The wider area of Mount Olympus
- La Camargue
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- Le palais de Princes Eveques de Liège
- Hangar Y
- Kosice
- The historic town of Korcula
- Priorat-Montsant-Siurana
- Ston
- Amalienborg and its district
- Bishop's Basilica and Mosaics of Philippopolis
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers
- Alvaro Siza's Architecture
- Bussaco cultural landscape
- Domaine de Fontainebleau
- Orvieto
- Renaissance Houses at Slavonice
- Le chemin de fer de Cerdagne
- Alpine and pre-alpine meadows
- The Spa at Luhacovice
- Jaen 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
- The Ancient Plovdiv
- Pombaline Lisbon
- 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
- Extension of Prague WHS
- 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
- Valle Salado de Añana
- La Rioja and Rioja Alavesa Vine and Wine CL
- 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
- The Historical Port City of Izmir
- Mothia Island and Lilibeo
- European Paper Mills
- Empuries Greek Archaeological ensemble
- Odunpazari Historical Urban Site
- 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 Seuthopolis
- Vila Viçosa
- Bulwarked Fortresses of the Raia
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Fishpond Network in the Trebon Basin
- Leuven
- Volterra
- Metz Royale et Impériale
- Montagne Sainte-Victoire et sites cezaniens
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Reviews by Hubert
Wooden Churches of Southern M… (Inscribed)
Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska
Wooden Churches of the Slovak… (Inscribed)
Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians
The eight wooden churches of this WHS are spread over a wide area, almost across the whole territory of the Slovak Carpathians. We visited seven of them in August 2014, …
Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpat… (Inscribed)
Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region
The tserkvas in the Polish Carpathians were definitely our favourites among the three wooden church WHS and one of the highlights of our trip through Lesser Poland and Slovakia in …
Centennial Hall (Inscribed)
Centennial Hall
It has been reported that the workers were so scared by the revolutionary construction technique of this building that they refused to remove the casing of the concrete pillars, they …
Churches of Peace (Inscribed)
Churches of Peace
It is hard to say which of these churches is more beautiful, both are extraordinary buildings, and despite many similarities they show distinctive differences, most notably in the interior decoration. …
Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal S… (Inscribed)
Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
The Wieliczka Salt Mine is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Krakow area. We visited the mine on a weekday in August 2014. We arrived just in …
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (Inscribed)
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
As I talked about visiting this WHS, I expected that my Polish friends would kindly reject my suggestion and that I would have to drive alone from Krakow to Kalwaria …
Auschwitz Birkenau (Inscribed)
Auschwitz Birkenau
We visited Auschwitz and Birkenau in August 2014. We arrived at Auschwitz early in the morning, because we felt that it is better to visit the camp individually than with …
Kraków (Inscribed)
Kraków
I agree with other reviewers that Krakow is a great city, a perfect destination for a weekend trip or even for a few days more - plenty of remarkable sights, …
Banska Stiavnica (Inscribed)
Banska Stiavnica
What I like most about the World Heritage List is that it draws my attention to places I would otherwise never add to my itinerary, and Banska Stiavnica is one …
Vlkolinec (Inscribed)
Vlkolinec
Vlkolínec is one of three world heritage sites in Central Europe that are dedicated to traditional vernacular architecture. The other two are Holasovice/Czech Republic and Hollókö/Hungary. I have visited the …
Rome (Inscribed)
Rome
Rome is one of my favourite cities, it has an incredible number of historical monuments and despite the crowds of tourists, it is an enchanting and exciting capital. I have …
Via Appia (Inscribed)
Via Appia
The Via Appia was the first and one of the most important road systems built by the ancient Romans. I'm not sure whether Italy will ever submit this tentative site …
Vatican City (Inscribed)
Vatican City
In November 2013, we spent five days in Rome and we scheduled one day for a re-visit of the Vatican City, namely the St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museums. …
Holasovice (Inscribed)
Holasovice
In October 2013, we spent a long weekend in Ceský Krumlov, we travelled by car and thus it was easy to visit also the nearby Holasovice. Just like the previous …
Cesky Krumlov (Inscribed)
Cesky Krumlov
We visited South Bohemia in October 2013, and spent two days in the charming town of Ceský Krumlov. I must admit that I have a preference for medieval towns but …
Francke Foundation Buildings (Nominated)
Francke Foundation Buildings
The Francke Foundations are on the German tentative list since 1999 and a candidate for inscription in 2016. In 1698, the theologian August Hermann Francke founded a school for poor …
Naumburg Cathedral (Inscribed)
Naumburg Cathedral
Naumburg has been nominated for inclusion in the World Heritage List in 2015. Initially, only the Naumburg Cathedral was registered in the tentative list, but a few years ago the …
Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus … (Inscribed)
Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District
I have visited Hamburg several times and a stroll through the Speicherstadt and the Kontorhaus district was always a must. The Chilehaus is an iconic building of Brick Expressionism, an …
Priorat-Montsant-Siurana (On tentative list)
Priorat-Montsant-Siurana
The cultural landscape of Priorat-Montsant-Siurana was registered on the T-list in March 2014, right in time to include it in the itinerary for our Catalonia trip in May 2014. The …