Jarek Pokrzywnicki

Poland \ Member since December 2010

#19 737 192 53

My most impressive site: Rome, Machu Picchu, Canaima, Los Glaciares, Ha Long Bay, Komodo, Tikal, Kathmandu Valley

My proposal for a new site: Defensive network along Danube river in Serbia (Bac, Golubac, Smederevo, Petrovaradin), Toro Muerto - Peru, Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia), Pierrefonds castle (France), Svalbard archipelago (Norway), Tetovo, North Macedonia - former Turkish monuments (painted mosque, Arabati Baba Tekke, Isa Beg hammam), Debre Damo monastery, Danakil Depression (Ethiopia)

Recent Visits
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    July 5, 2025
    Mecklenburg: Green Belt, Schwerin Residence Ensemble
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    June 22, 2025
    Europe short trip: European Paper Mills, Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town of …
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    Feb. 23, 2025
    Bale Mountains National Park, Gedeo Cultural landscape, Konso, Lower Valley of the Awash, Lower Valley …
Top 10 Missing
  1. Angkor 4.72
  2. Galapagos Islands 4.62
  3. Victoria Falls 4.47
  4. Florence 4.45
  5. Bagan 4.44
  6. Ancient Kyoto 4.44
  7. Serengeti 4.41
  8. Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 4.41
  9. Granada 4.38
  10. Pompei 4.38
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About

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December 2010
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Poland
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#19
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737
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192
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Reviews by Jarek Pokrzywnicki

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Margravial Opera House by Els Slots

Margravial Opera House (Inscribed)

Margravial Opera House

Currently (August 2013) the situation is similar to remarks already mentioned - the auditorium is closed for reconstruction (although you can see a glipse of how it looks like as …

Mtskheta by Els Slots

Mtskheta (Inscribed)

Mtskheta

Site visited just recently (July 2013). Mtskheta lies just outside Tbilisi city limits and is easily accessible by local marszrutka (from Didube bus station, quite frequent buses, approximately every 20-30 …

Uplistsikhe Cave Town by Walter

Uplistsikhe Cave Town (On tentative list)

Uplistsikhe Cave Town

Site visited just recently (July 2013). Easy accesible from Gori bus station by local marszrutka (small bus), last bus stop is just besides the bridge in Uplistsikhe village, from where …

Rio de Janeiro by Jarek Pokrzywnicki

Rio de Janeiro (Inscribed)

Rio de Janeiro

Just visited (March 2013). I have some mixed feelings connected with Rio's nomination. First of all it is one of those places that don't need UNESCO status to be visited. …

Atlantic Forest South-East by Jarek Pokrzywnicki

Atlantic Forest South-East (Inscribed)

Atlantic Forest South-East

Just visited a part of rainforest (March 2013). As the site consist of several reserves, National Parks or ecological stations and mostly due to bad weather I decided to stick …

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Paraty and Ilha Grande (Inscribed)

Paraty and Ilha Grande

Just visited the site (March 2013). Unesco status or not it is certainly one of those places in Brazil that you just have to see anyway. Paraty is easly located …

The town of Melnik and the Rozhen Monastery by Jarek Pokrzywnicki

The town of Melnik and the Ro… (On tentative list)

The town of Melnik and the Rozhen Monastery

I was visiting the place in August 2011. Melnik is considered to be the smallest town in whole Bulgaria and it may be true. It is very small, according to …

Site of Xanadu by Jarek Pokrzywnicki

Site of Xanadu (Inscribed)

Site of Xanadu

Just returned from the site (February 2013). It is not very wise to go there in winter (temperatures are currently around -16 C and it is extremely windy). But in …

Peking Man Site by Jarek Pokrzywnicki

Peking Man Site (Inscribed)

Peking Man Site

I am not sure about the 917 bus. It probaly goes the same (or similar way as bus No 836 which I was proposed to get to Zhoukoudian - initially …

Hani Rice Terraces by Els Slots

Hani Rice Terraces (Inscribed)

Hani Rice Terraces

WOW, one of must in China. I am sure that one day it will be part of World Heritage, no doubts about this.

The places are easy to see from …

Three parallel rivers of Yunnan by Jarek Pokrzywnicki

Three parallel rivers of Yunn… (Inscribed)

Three parallel rivers of Yunnan

Visited November, 2012. It is not an easy site to visit. It is not easy to mark precisely what was really inscribed as three parallel rivers. There are no good …

Chengjiang Fossil Site by Jarek Pokrzywnicki

Chengjiang Fossil Site (Inscribed)

Chengjiang Fossil Site

Thanks Thomas, your review was extremaly helpful to reach the site from Kunming. Currently (November-December 2012) the situation changed a bit as there is an entry fee to visit the …

Pitons of Reunion by Jarek Pokrzywnicki

Pitons of Reunion (Inscribed)

Pitons of Reunion

Non argueably one of world's wonders. Tropical forests, cirques, volcano, steep mountains, canyoons, watarfalls, everything can be found there.

Reunion National Park covers relatively big area almost entire interior (except …

Le Morne by Els Slots

Le Morne (Inscribed)

Le Morne

Officially the peak can be visited within an organised tour (trek) through the recognised guide Yan de Maroussem of Yanature. He is the only person that has permition from land …

Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans by Luis Filipe Gaspar

Residence of Bukovinian & Dal… (Inscribed)

Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans

I have visited the site just recently (July 2012). The whole residence is located at the end of University Street. Access to the place for non-students is possible with an …

Smederevo Fortress by Roman Bruehwiler

Smederevo Fortress (On tentative list)

Smederevo Fortress

Visited the site in August 2011, one of the most spectacular fortresses in this part of Europe. The whole area is currently a park with free access. The only place …

Baquedano Street by Els Slots

Baquedano Street (On tentative list)

Baquedano Street

Visited the site in 2006, it is a main historical street in the town, full of old houses, track of former tram, all beautifully restored. It preserved its original charm, …

Coffee Cultural Landscape by Els Slots

Coffee Cultural Landscape (Inscribed)

Coffee Cultural Landscape

First of all - it is not easy to distinguish what exactly was inscribed as Coffee Cultural Landscape - particular coffee farms, land area, towns and villages. All available maps …

Tierradentro by Jarek Pokrzywnicki

Tierradentro (Inscribed)

Tierradentro

Visited Tierradentro just recently (November, 2011). Visiting all 5 places (Segovia, El Duande, El Tablon, San Andres and Aguacate) requires at least full day on foot or riding a horse …

Hacienda Chuao by Jarek Pokrzywnicki

Hacienda Chuao (On tentative list)

Hacienda Chuao

Beautifully situated and relatively easy to reach (provided you are in Puerto Colombia in Henri Pitier NP). The village itself is relatively modern with only a few old colonial buildings …

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