Allan & Lucia

Member since February 2016 \ Inactive

#583 70 10

We're a Scottish/Chilean couple based in Edinburgh. We have a passion for history, arts, culture, languages and food. As you can imagine with interests like that, travelling and visiting WHS came naturally.

 

My most impressive site: Kyoto

My proposal for a new site: San Pedro de Atacama

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    Jan. 1, 2020
    La Moneda Palace, Monte Verde Archaeological Site, San Francisco Church and Convent, San Pedro de …
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    Jan. 1, 2020
    Mediterranean Wind Mills, Roman Ways. Itineraries of the Roman Empire
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    Jan. 1, 2020
    Pombaline Lisbon
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About Allan & Lucia

First name
Allan &
Member since
February 2016
Country of Origin
None
Visits
Rank
#583
WHS
70
Tentative Sites
10
Website Participation
Reviews
7
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Reviews by Allan & Lucia

Churches of Chiloé by Luis Filipe Gaspar

Churches of Chiloé (Inscribed)

Churches of Chiloé

We visited the site in 2015. Many of the churches are quite spread out, and if you really want to see the best of what this site can offer, you’ll …

Valparaiso by Argo

Valparaiso (Inscribed)

Valparaiso

Valpariso is Chile’s second city, and represents a small snapshot of the glory days of pre-Panama canal Pacific trade. Once one of the wealthiest cities in South America, there’s a …

Qhapaq Ñan by Els Slots

Qhapaq Ñan (Inscribed)

Qhapaq Ñan

While the sites are nowhere as impressive as their counterparts in Peru and Bolivia, I did want to give a quick review to some of the Chilean elements to this …

San Pedro de Atacama by Roman Bruehwiler

San Pedro de Atacama (On tentative list)

San Pedro de Atacama

In December 2018, we took a small break from visiting the in-laws in Santiago to spend a few days travelling around San Pedro and the Atacama desert. Flying to Calama …

San Francisco Church and Convent by Stanislaw Warwas

San Francisco Church and Conv… (On tentative list)

San Francisco Church and Convent

The Museo de Colonia de San Francisco is an externally unassuming building right in the heart of downtown Santiago. Its significance lies not in its design (there are no shortage …

Frontiers of the Roman Empire by Allan & Lucia

Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Inscribed)

Frontiers of the Roman Empire

Of all the WHS on the list, I’ve been to Hadrian’s Wall the most. Growing up, it was the closest, and as such, I’ve visited most of the best preserved …

New Lanark by Allan & Lucia

New Lanark (Inscribed)

New Lanark

We visited New Lanark on drizzly day in April. I’m not sure if it’s necessarily the best sort of conditions to visit a very grey Scottish mill town, but never …