Argo

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We had always liked travelling, thought we really started collecting WHS in 2006. Then came the children, making the collection more challenging, as our goal is to visit these sites together as a family. Fortunately, living in Europe gives many opportunities of reasonable trips with two young children: we try to cover Europe in the most complete way, leaving long haul trips for later.

Our alias “Argo” relates to the name of the mythological ship which was used by Jason and companions for their trips, including the famous Golden Fleece quest – thus a good name for our own quest of WHS!

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About Argo

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Argo
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Reviews by Argo

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The royal necropolis of the Thracian city of Seuth by Argo

The royal necropolis of the T… (On tentative list)

The royal necropolis of the Thracian city of Seuth

Seuthopolis, one the main cities from Thracian era, now lies under the water of an artificial lake near Kazanlak. But several tombs from Thracian kings and nobles, hidden under earth …

Alexandrovo Thracian Tomb by Argo

Alexandrovo Thracian Tomb (On tentative list)

Alexandrovo Thracian Tomb

The tumulus near Alexandrovo village was only investigated in the early 2000s. The tomb discovered inside is completely painted. While the paintings at Kazanlak WHS show a clear influence from …

Bishop's Basilica and Late-Antique Mosaics of Phil by Argo

Bishop's Basilica and Late-An… (On tentative list)

Bishop's Basilica and Late-Antique Mosaics of Phil

This TWHS is made of three different components, more precisely three mosaics which were covering the floor of three different buildings: two churches (basilicas) and a house. While nothing is …

The late ancient tomb of Silistra by Argo

The late ancient tomb of Sili… (On tentative list)

The late ancient tomb of Silistra

The late roman tomb is Silistra is a small, almost forgotten place (there are few visitors in Silistra, which is, first of all, a border town with Romania), but it …

Hangar Y by Argo

Hangar Y (On tentative list)

Hangar Y

We lived in Paris for 10 years and tried for a long time to find a way to visit this building with rare name. To the best of our knowledge, …

Mesta Livestock trails by Argo

Mesta Livestock trails (On tentative list)

Mesta Livestock trails

Mesta was the organization is charge of managing transhumance of cattle, mainly sheep, in medieval Spain. Mesta trails are the ways that cross central Spain from north to south and …

Vatnajökull National Park by Argo

Vatnajökull National Park (Inscribed)

Vatnajökull National Park

Having read that Iceland would propose this site for 2019, I crossed check the detailed map of the nomination file (that can be downloaded from the National Park website) with …

Church of Panagia Aggeloktisti by Argo

Church of Panagia Aggeloktisti (On tentative list)

Church of Panagia Aggeloktisti

This small church is located in the centre of Kiti village, a ten minute drive from Larnaka international airport. Access is free, providing the church is open – so it …

Agioi Varnavas and Ilarion at Peristerona by Argo

Agioi Varnavas and Ilarion at… (On tentative list)

Agioi Varnavas and Ilarion at Peristerona

Peristerona village is approximately 40 minutes west of Nicosia, on one of the roads to Trodoos mountains. The church of the Saints Barnabas and Ilarion was built at the tenth …

Hala Sultan Tekke and the Larnaka Salt Lake Comple by Argo

Hala Sultan Tekke and the Lar… (On tentative list)

Hala Sultan Tekke and the Larnaka Salt Lake Comple

Salt Lake of Larnaka is located immediately at the south of the city, and even closer to the international airport, with the mosque on its shore. According to tradition, the …

The Murge of Altamura by Argo

The Murge of Altamura (On tentative list)

The Murge of Altamura

I read the recent (and so far only) review of this TWHS and noticed our own experience of this place was exactly complementary to what was reported, so I would …

Cattolica Monastery in Stilo and Basilian-Byzantin by Argo

Cattolica Monastery in Stilo … (On tentative list)

Cattolica Monastery in Stilo and Basilian-Byzantin

This serial tentative site is made of 7 buildings spread along Calabria peninsula. We visited 6 of them during our tour in Southern Italy in April 2017, from North (we …

Modernist Kaunas by Argo

Modernist Kaunas (Inscribed)

Modernist Kaunas

Lithuania gained independence after World War One, however Vilnius was soon after given to Poland. Kaunas was then designated as the new capital of Lithuania. As a consequence, many buildings …

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