Mdina, nicknamed the silent city and it's easy to see why when you are there. Explore the maze of narrow streets and alleyways and often you are the only person …
Andrew_Kerr
Member since August 2024
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I wouldn't say I let UNESCO listings dictate where I go but whenever I have decided to go somewhere I check to see what is nearby. UNESCO sites, tentative sites and former tentative sites are usually worth a visit.
My most impressive site: Old City of Havana or Valley of the Kings
Recent Visits
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30Nov. 17, 2024Dorset and East Devon Coast, Euphrasian Basilica in Porec, Vilnius
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940Aug. 4, 2024Acropolis, Amphitheater of El Jem, Ancient Thebes, Belem, Belfries ...
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01Jan. 1, 2020Trakai Historical National Park
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About Andrew_Kerr
- First name
- Andrew_Kerr
- Member since
- August 2024
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- Tentative Sites
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- Reviews
- 45
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World Heritage Sites
- Ancient Thebes 5.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 5.0
- Gwynedd Castles 5.0
- Villages with Fortified Churches 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Rhodes 5.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 5.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 5.0
- Vatican City 5.0
- Old Havana 5.0
- Brugge 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- Verona 5.0
- Strasbourg 5.0
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 5.0
- Stonehenge 5.0
- Riga 5.0
- Mont-Saint-Michel 5.0
- Kotor 5.0
- Yosemite National Park 5.0
- Mostar 5.0
- Canterbury 5.0
- Edinburgh 4.5
- Mystras 4.5
- Santiago de Compostela 4.5
- City of Bath 4.5
- Oporto 4.5
- Acropolis 4.5
- Budapest 4.5
- Florence 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Westminster 4.5
- Granada 4.0
- Corfu 4.0
- Sintra 4.0
- Dubrovnik 4.0
- Amphitheater of El Jem 4.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 4.0
- Maritime Greenwich 4.0
- Naples 4.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 4.0
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 4.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.0
- Epidaurus 4.0
- Tallinn 4.0
- Vienna 4.0
- Tower of London 4.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 4.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 4.0
- Salzburg 4.0
- Pompei 4.0
- Poblet Monastery 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- Modena 4.0
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 3.5
- Lake District 3.5
- Thessalonika 3.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 3.5
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 3.5
- Kairouan 3.5
- Ironbridge Gorge 3.5
- Pergamon 3.5
- Medina of Sousse 3.5
- Vilnius 3.5
- Belem 3.5
- Studenica Monastery 3.5
- Statue of Liberty 3.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.5
- Sighisoara 3.5
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3.5
- Guimarães 3.5
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 3.0
- Kew Gardens 3.0
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 3.0
- Flemish Béguinages 3.0
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana 3.0
- Wartburg Castle 3.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.0
- Mycenae and Tiryns 3.0
- City of Luxembourg 3.0
- Bom Jesus do Monte 3.0
- Forth Bridge 3.0
- Belfries 3.0
- Blenheim Palace 3.0
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 2.5
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales 2.5
- Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos 2.5
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- Saltaire 2.5
- Derwent Valley Mills 2.0
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 2.0
Tentative Sites
- Central Park
- Ellis Island
- D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944
- Gorge of Samaria National Park
- Archaeological site of Ancient Messene
- Fortified Manasija Monastery
- The historic urban site of Počitelj
- Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malt
- Historical-town planning ensemble of Ston
- Rouen
- Mdina (Citta Vecchia)
- Arsenal de Rochefort
- City of Motovun
- The historic town of Korcula
- Kyiv: St. Cyril's and St. Andrew's Churches
- Smederevo Fortress
- Rocks of Belogradchik
- The Bodrum Castle
- City of York
- Le Portail du Monastère de Ripoll
- Jerusalem
- Ancient Greek Theatres
- Trakai Historical National Park
- Evidence of Italo-Greek Culture
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Reviews by Andrew_Kerr


Duomo di Milano (Removed from tentat…)
Duomo di Milano
There's an old adage that goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and for me Milan Cathedral has one of the most beautiful west fronts of any cathedral …

Place des Vosges de Paris (Removed from tentat…)
Place des Vosges de Paris
Stunning 17th century square in the Marais district of Paris. When it was completed in 1612 (as the Place Royale) it instantly became one of THE places to live in …

Eltz Castle (Removed from tentat…)
Eltz Castle
Berg Eltz is a spectacular medieval castle overlooking the Moselle valley and midway between Koblenz and Trier.I visited the castle as a detour on a wine tour of the Moselle …

Death Valley National Park (Removed from tentat…)
Death Valley National Park
America has a wealth of diverse national parks that cover everything from forests, mountains, canyons, lakes, rivers and of course, deserts.In Death Valley they have the hottest desert in America, …

Ancient Thebes (Inscribed)
Ancient Thebes
I'm no historian but history is one the things in life that interests me greatly and there are fewer places anywhere that can boast the riches of history that is …

Shakespeare's Stratford (Removed from tentat…)
Shakespeare's Stratford
Stratford Upon Avon is just a stones throw from where I live and a town that I visit regularly. Like many tourist towns in the UK, Stratford's heyday is in …

Sighisoara (Inscribed)
Sighisoara
Sighisoara is one of those medieval towns that has you head scratching about it's inclusion as a WHS where many more impressive medieval towns fail. I can think of many …

Cambridge Colleges and Backs (Removed from tentat…)
Cambridge Colleges and Backs
It sounds like a great idea, include the area where you can see the famous university buildings from a public place, except it's actually very limited in terms of what …

Riga (Inscribed)
Riga
I visited Riga in December 2023. It was a magical place. When I was there it was snowing and an absolute joy to wander the narrow, cobbled streets of the …

SS Great Britain (Removed from tentat…)
SS Great Britain
From 1845 to 1853, the SS Great Britain was the largest passenger ship in the world, it was designed by the extraordinary engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it was the first …

Villages with Fortified Churc… (Inscribed)
Villages with Fortified Churches
Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania, to give it it's full title. And, to be specific we are talking about 7 villages that make up the UNESCO WHS listing. They …

The historic urban site of Po… (On tentative list)
The historic urban site of Počitelj
After visiting Mostar on my way back to Croatia I stopped to see Počitelj. I enjoyed the site but following Mostar it was a bit like having a digestive biscuit …

Auschwitz Birkenau (Inscribed)
Auschwitz Birkenau
When I went to Krakow for the first time I deliberately chose not to go to Auschwitz, I know what happened there and it's truly horrific, I didn't feel that …

Studenica Monastery (Inscribed)
Studenica Monastery
Studenica Monastery is one of the WHS that means much more to the people of the nation where it resides than it does to outsiders. I went there with my …

Trakai Historical National Pa… (On tentative list)
Trakai Historical National Park
In October 2024 I was lucky that my planned balloon flight over Vilnius was changed at the last minute for a flight over Lake Trakai and the castle. I say …

Historical-town planning ense… (On tentative list)
Historical-town planning ensemble of Ston
I came across Ston by accident really. I was holidaying in the area and searched the WHS list and tentative list for any interesting sites nearby and so I "discovered" …

City of Motovun (On tentative list)
City of Motovun
If you're staying on the Istrian coast then an excursion to Motovun (30-40 minutes away) makes for an enjoyable couple of hours. My suggestion would be look for a few …

Rocks of Belogradchik (On tentative list)
Rocks of Belogradchik
A great place to spend a couple of hours. The rocks are unique and the way that they have been used to build a fort around them and utilise the …

Vilnius (Inscribed)
Vilnius
I feel kind of bad rating Vilnius only 3.5 stars because I really liked it but had to accept that it was very similar to countless other central European cities …