Philipp Peterer Profile

Since 2008 visiting WHS is my primary obsession. I started with about 40 sites I had seen without particular knowledge of their world heritage status and managed to boost this number since. It helped that I started to work for the national airline in 2010 and I had a few years where I could travel intensely. In 2012 I had my personal record year, visiting 60 sites. Between December 2010 and March 2013 I was able to visit 1 or more sites every single month. In March 2013 my son was born, so currently I’m reduced to a much slower pace and the occasional weekend escape on my own.

I really like the diversity of the list. I favor medieval related sites, industrial sites and Greek/Roman remains, if they are clearly visible. On the rear end are modern architecture and fossil sites. The true spirit of our common hobby reveals itself to me each time I visit a place I would have never dreamed of if it wasn’t for the list and turns out to be amazing, such as Sceilg Mhichíl, the Wadi Al Hitan or the Ajanta Caves.

Switzerland Last Update 13.05.19 498 WHS Visited 37 Reviews 498 WHS Rated 140 TWHS Visited

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Mujib Nature Reserve (T)

Philipp Peterer Switzerland - 08-May-19

I did not know what to expect when I haded for the Mujib Nature Reserve and ended up having a lot of fun.

The reserve is located just at the street along the dead sea, around 45 mins by car from the Baptism Site WHS. There is a car park and a visitor center called "adventure center".

The adventure turned out to be my first canyoning experience. th only way to explore the site is to walk up the gorge inside the river. Along with the entrance fee I had to rent a life vest and a waterproof bag for my camera. It was not cheap (31 JOD), but worth it

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Atlantic Forest South-East

Philipp Peterer Switzerland - 24-Apr-19

Like Jarek, I chose Peruíbe for my visit. It is probably the most convenient location to visit and took around 3 hours by rental car from Guarulhos airport. If you arrive at Congonhas it’s even closer, as you don’t have to pass through the center of São Paulo.

I spent the night in Guaraú, a village close to Peruíbe within the core zone. Guaraú beach is nice with some beautiful views over the park. I saw a lot of different birds early at the beach and only around 3 other people. As it’s not a overdeveloped touristy beach, it is still very much enjoyable. The nearby island also seems very nice from the pictures I saw, but with my limited research I didn’t find a way to get there. Instead I drove to the Paradise Waterfall.

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Aphrodisias

Philipp Peterer Switzerland - 24-Apr-19

Aphrodisias is a rather pleasant detour from Pamukkale to Ephesus. I assume getting there by public transport is a hassle, so go there by rental. The site is easily found. Go for Aphrodisias Museum in Google Maps. It’s around 300m off the main road. Free parking is available and to my surprise the parking lot had quite a lot of cars parked. The site itself includes the museum (no extra fee), where the most precious pieces of marble are in exposition. The archeological remains are nice, but not the best I’ve seen so far. Even though founded as a Greek city, most buildings are Roman. Highlights are the stadium (see Solivagants picture) and the temple of Aphrodite, that was later turned into a church.

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Rio de Janeiro

Philipp Peterer Switzerland - 24-Apr-19

Rio is one of these WHS I visually absolutely enjoy, but it is not really clear to me where the UOV lies. However, I enjoyed my visit and was happy that I could combine visiting a new WHS and completing my minor travel goal to visit all New 7 Wonders. The other reviews covered the most important points, so I will concentrate on how to get to the parts of the WHS I visited.

In general I walked a lot. There are “walk Rio” sign posts all around the city and it’s sufficiently marked where to go to get to the next stop. I never felt unsafe and hat no problem using my big camera and my mobile phone in public. After covering Valango Wharf and 2 TWHS on foot in down town, I took the metro to Copacabana. I got off at Cantagalo station and walked the few minutes to the beach. Copacabana is by far the part of the town, where I saw most foreigners and it doesn’t feel like a WHS at all. I still enjoyed walking in the warm water and moved towards the Sugar Loaf for around 1km. I left the beach at the Hilton and walked to the funicular station of the Sugar Loaf. Takes around 45mins and you will cross a tunnel on the way

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El Ferrol of the Illustration Historical Heritage (T)

Philipp Peterer Switzerland - 19-Feb-19

Ferrol was once the most important Arsenal in Europe. Since the 17th century, it is the capital of the northern branch of the Spanish Navy. There is no defence structure within the town, only outside, at the narrowest part of the Riba (San Felipe and Palma). The main feature is clearly the harbour with its barracks. Unfortunately, it is still an active Army zone and entry is not possible. The only buildings that are accessible and within the harbour are the Naval Museum and the Ship Construction Museum.

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Name: Philipp Peterer
Country: Switzerland
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Proposal: Ancient Salamis (Northern Cyprus)

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Ajanta Caves 5

Angkor 5

Baalbek 5

Elephanta Caves 5

Ellora Caves 5

Fatehpur Sikri 5

Granada 5

Komodo National Park 5

Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 5

Loire Valley 5

Machu Picchu 5

Meteora 5

Mont-Saint-Michel 5

Palenque 5

Petra 5

Rome 5

Sceilg Mhichíl 5

Segovia 5

Sintra 5

Summer Palace 5

Venice and its Lagoon 5

Aggtelek and Slovak Karst 4.5

Auschwitz Birkenau 4.5

Brugge 4.5

Bryggen 4.5

Cesky Krumlov 4.5

Chavin 4.5

Chichen-Itza 4.5

Costiera Amalfitana 4.5

Cracow 4.5

Cuzco 4.5

Dong Phayayen 4.5

Florence 4.5

Grand Canyon 4.5

Great Wall 4.5

Gwynedd Castles 4.5

Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.5

Huascaran National Park 4.5

Imperial Palace 4.5

Kremlin and Red Square 4.5

Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 4.5

Mount Etna 4.5

Nasca Lines 4.5

Oporto 4.5

Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.5

Plitvice Lakes 4.5

Pompei 4.5

Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 4.5

Prague 4.5

Pyramids (Memphis) 4.5

Rila Monastery 4.5

Salamanca 4.5

Siena 4.5

Sigiriya 4.5

Taj Mahal 4.5

Teotihuacan 4.5

The trulli of Alberobello 4.5

Vatican City 4.5

Versailles 4.5

Wadi Al-Hitan 4.5

Wadi Rum 4.5

Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.5

Yosemite National Park 4.5

Yungang Grottoes 4.5

Abbey of St Gall 4

Agrigento 4

Altamira Cave 4

Amiens Cathedral 4

Amsterdam Canal Ring 4

Archaeological Site of Delphi 4

Assisi 4

Avignon 4

Avila 4

Bali Subak system 4

Bamberg 4

Belem 4

Blenheim Palace 4

Budapest 4

Byblos 4

Cape Floral Region 4

Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin 4

Chan Chan 4

Churches of Peace 4

City of Bath 4

City of Luxembourg 4

Convent of Christ in Tomar 4

Cordoba 4

Cuenca 4

Dacian Fortresses 4

Danube Delta 4

Dougga/Thugga 4

Edinburgh 4

Elvas 4

Ephesus 4

Etruscan Necropolises 4

Everglades 4

Evora 4

Falun Great Copper Mountain 4

Fontainebleau 4

Fortified City of Carcassonne 4

Gamzigrad-Romuliana 4

Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 4

Golden Temple of Dambulla 4

Guanajuato 4

Guimarães 4

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4

Heritage of Mercury 4

Humayun's Tomb 4

Independence Hall 4

Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 4

Isole Eolie 4

Istanbul 4

Kiev 4

Kinabalu Park 4

La Fortaleza 4

Las Medulas 4

Le Morne 4

Luang Prabang 4

Masada 4

Mostar 4

Mountain Resort, Chengde 4

Mycenae and Tiryns 4

Mystras 4

Naples 4

Old City of Jerusalem 4

Paphos 4

Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4

Plantin-Moretus Museum 4

Polonnaruva 4

Potsdam 4

Preah Vihear Temple 4

Qhapaq Ñan 4

Quedlinburg 4

Qutb Minar 4

Rammelsberg and Goslar 4

Reims 4

Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 4

Rhodes 4

Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka 4

Salzburg 4

San Marino and Mount Titano 4

San Miguel de Allende 4

Sanchi 4

Santa Maria delle Grazie 4

Seville 4

Skocjan Caves 4

Spissky Hrad and Levoca 4

Split 4

Studenica Monastery 4

Studley Royal Park 4

Sukhothai 4

Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 4

Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 4

Syracuse 4

Teide National Park 4

Telc 4

The Four Lifts 4

Toledo 4

Trier 4

Trinity Sergius Lavra 4

Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4

Vall de Boi 4

Vienna 4

Villa Romana del Casale 4

Vilnius 4

Wachau Cultural Landscape 4

Warsaw 4

Wartburg Castle 4

Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 4

Xochicalco 4

Aachen Cathedral 3.5

Albi 3.5

Alto Douro 3.5

Amphitheater of El Jem 3.5

Anjar 3.5

Antequera Dolmens Site 3.5

Arab-Norman Palermo 3.5

Aranjuez 3.5

Archaeological Site of Aigai 3.5

Atlantic Forest South-East 3.5

Ayutthaya 3.5

Bardejov Town 3.5

Benedictine Convent of St. John 3.5

Biblical Tells 3.5

Bourges Cathedral 3.5

Brimstone Hill Fortress 3.5

Burgos Cathedral 3.5

Caceres 3.5

Camino Real 3.5

Canterbury 3.5

Caral-Supe 3.5

Castel del Monte 3.5

Chartres Cathedral 3.5

Cilento and Vallo di Diano 3.5

Curonian Spit 3.5

Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 3.5

Dolomites 3.5

Donana National Park 3.5

El Escurial 3.5

Epidaurus 3.5

Ferrara 3.5

Garajonay 3.5

Giant's Causeway 3.5

Grand Place, Brussels 3.5

Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.5

Incense Route of the Negev 3.5

Jantar Mantar 3.5

Kandy 3.5

Keoladeo National Park 3.5

Kew Gardens 3.5

Kinderdijk 3.5

Kronborg Castle 3.5

La Lonja de la Seda 3.5

Lima 3.5

Liverpool 3.5

Luis Barragán House and Studio 3.5

Lyon 3.5

Lübeck 3.5

Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.5

Matera 3.5

Maulbronn Monastery 3.5

Mazagan 3.5

Medici Villas and Gardens 3.5

Medina of Tétouan 3.5

Megalithic Temples of Malta 3.5

Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 3.5

Monastery of Alcobaça 3.5

Monastery of Batalha 3.5

Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 3.5

Muskauer Park 3.5

Necropolis of Bet She'arim 3.5

Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 3.5

Novodevichy Convent 3.5

Oaxaca and Monte Alban 3.5

Old City of Acre 3.5

Old City of Berne 3.5

Olympia 3.5

Orange 3.5

Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 3.5

Pilgrimage Church of Wies 3.5

Poblet Monastery 3.5

Pont du Gard 3.5

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 3.5

Popocatepetl monasteries 3.5

Provins 3.5

Pyrénées - Mont Perdu 3.5

Querétaro 3.5

Ravenna 3.5

Rhaetian Railway 3.5

Rio de Janeiro 3.5

Robben Island 3.5

Route of Santiago de Compostela 3.5

Royal Palace at Caserta 3.5

San Gimignano 3.5

Santa Maria de Guadelupe 3.5

Santiago de Compostela 3.5

Schönbrunn 3.5

Sighisoara 3.5

Sinharaja Forest 3.5

Stari Ras and Sopocani 3.5

Statue of Liberty 3.5

Stevns Klint 3.5

Stonehenge 3.5

Strasbourg 3.5

Su Nuraxi di Barumini 3.5

Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver Mine 3.5

Tarraco 3.5

Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 3.5

Temple of Heaven 3.5

Tower of London 3.5

Trebic 3.5

Trogir 3.5

Tyre 3.5

University of Coimbra 3.5

Urbino 3.5

Val di Noto 3.5

Valletta 3.5

Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 3.5

Verona 3.5

Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3.5

Villa d'Este 3.5

Villages with Fortified Churches 3.5

Vizcaya Bridge 3.5

Volubilis 3.5

Vézère Valley 3.5

Völklingen Ironworks 3.5

West Norwegian Fjords 3.5

Westminster 3.5

White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 3.5

Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 3.5

Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 3.5

Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 3.5

Würzburg Residence 3.5

Yuso and Suso Monasteries 3.5

Acropolis 3

Agra Fort 3

Anuradhapura 3

Aphrodisias 3

Arequipa 3

Arles 3

Asturian Monuments 3

Bahá’i Holy Places 3

Ban Chiang 3

Belfries 3

Bellinzone 3

Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 3

Bethlehem 3

Bordeaux 3

Botanical Garden, Padua 3

Boyana Church 3

Brú na Bóinne 3

Campeche 3

Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 3

Centennial Hall 3

Chaîne des Puys 3

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 3

Choirokoitia 3

Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 3

Classical Weimar 3

Cologne Cathedral 3

Crespi d'Adda 3

Defence Line of Amsterdam 3

Derwent Valley Mills 3

Dorset and East Devon Coast 3

Durham Castle and Cathedral 3

Fortress of Suomenlinna 3

Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 3

Gorham's Cave Complex 3

Graz 3

Hallstatt-Dachstein 3

Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town 3

High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 3

Historic Cairo 3

Ibiza 3

Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 3

Le Havre 3

Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 3

Litomysl Castle 3

Longobards in Italy 3

Macao 3

Margravial Opera House 3

Meknes 3

Melaka and George Town 3

Mexico City and Xochimilco 3

Modena 3

Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3

Mérida 3

Nessebar 3

Old Rauma 3

Old Town of Galle 3

Palau de la Musica Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau 3

Pannonhalma 3

Pearling 3

Pienza 3

Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 3

Pitons Management Area 3

Qadisha Valley 3

Qal'at al-Bahrain 3

Quseir Amra 3

Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 3

Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 3

Saint-Emilion 3

Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 3

Saltaire 3

Selimiye Mosque 3

Semmering Railway 3

Serra de Tramuntana 3

Singapore Botanic Gardens 3

Skogskyrkogarden 3

Stralsund and Wismar 3

Thessalonika 3

Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 3

Tower of Hercules 3

Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 3

Um er-Rasas 3

Venetian Works of Defence 3

Vicenza 3

Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai 3

Vredefort Dome 3

Wadden Sea 3

Zollverein 3

Alcala de Henares 2.5

Aquileia 2.5

Burgundy 2.5

Causses and Cévennes 2.5

Central Highlands 2.5

Central University City Campus of the UNAM 2.5

Champagne 2.5

Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 2.5

Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 2.5

Drottningholm 2.5

Engelsberg Ironworks 2.5

Fortifications of Vauban 2.5

Genoa 2.5

Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 2.5

Imperial Tombs 2.5

Ironbridge Gorge 2.5

Kairouan 2.5

Kutna Hora 2.5

Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 2.5

Maritime Greenwich 2.5

Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 2.5

Medina of Fez 2.5

Medina of Marrakesh 2.5

Medina of Sousse 2.5

Medina of Tunis 2.5

Monastery of Horezu 2.5

Morelia 2.5

Nancy 2.5

Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 2.5

Palmeral of Elche 2.5

Peking Man Site 2.5

Petäjävesi Old Church 2.5

Puebla 2.5

Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos 2.5

Red Fort 2.5

Regensburg 2.5

Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 2.5

Roman Walls of Lugo 2.5

Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.5

Site of Carthage 2.5

Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 2.5

Stećci 2.5

Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 2.5

Vézelay 2.5

Úbeda and Baeza 2.5

Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2

Birka and Hovgarden 2

Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2

Coa Valley and Siega Verde 2

Fagus Factory 2

Fertö/Neusiedlersee 2

Fossil Hominid Sites 2

Frontiers of the Roman Empire 2

Holasovice 2

Hollókö 2

Holy Trinity Column 2

Ichkeul National Park 2

Ivrea 2

Kerkuane 2

Lake District 2

Land of Frankincense 2

Medina Azahara 2

Mount Carmel Caves 2

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 2

Primeval Beech Forests 2

Reichenau 2

Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin 2

Roskilde Cathedral 2

Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 2

San Cristobal de La Laguna 2

Speyer Cathedral 2

The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 2

Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 2

Tokaji Wine Region 2

Tugendhat Villa 2

Val d'Orcia 2

Aflaj irrigation system 1.5

Atapuerca 1.5

Bahla Fort 1.5

Bauhaus Sites 1.5

Bridgetown 1.5

Canal du Midi 1.5

Caves and Ice Age Art 1.5

Corvey 1.5

Flemish Béguinages 1.5

Hedeby and Danevirke 1.5

Luther Memorials 1.5

Major Town Houses 1.5

Mining Sites of Wallonia 1.5

Monte San Giorgio 1.5

Rietveld Schröderhuis 1.5

Stari Grad Plain 1.5

Van Nellefabriek 1.5

Aapravasi Ghat 1

Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 1

Al Zubarah 1

Christiansfeld 1

Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 1

Jelling 1

Kernavë 1

La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 1

Messel Pit 1

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 1

Sammallahdenmäki 1

Schokland 1

Srebarna Nature Reserve 1

White City of Tel-Aviv 1

Battir 0.5

Beemster Polder 0.5

Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 0.5

Hortobágy 0.5

Lenggong Valley 0.5

Madara Rider 0.5

Par force hunting landscape 0.5

Stoclet House 0.5

Struve Geodetic Arc 0.5

Valongo Wharf 0.5

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