I've been to Neuf-Brisach (Neubreisach) in Alsace a few times (on my way to nearby beautiful and touristic Colmar). It is a small town near the German border with monstrous …
Assif
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My most impressive site: Pompeii
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World Heritage Sites
- Vatican City 5.0
- Vienna 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Pompei 5.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 5.0
- Acropolis 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Siena 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Versailles 4.5
- Brú na Bóinne 4.5
- Budapest 4.5
- Brugge 4.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4.5
- Granada 4.5
- Cordoba 4.5
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.5
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.5
- Salzburg 4.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 4.0
- Paphos 4.0
- Dubrovnik 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Split 4.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.0
- Kinderdijk 3.5
- Quebrada de Humahuaca 3.5
- Everglades 3.5
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 3.5
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 3.5
- Tugendhat Villa 3.5
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 3.5
- Masada 3.5
- Wadden Sea 3.5
- Bauhaus Sites 3.5
- Riga 3.5
- Naples 3.5
- Strasbourg 3.5
- Verona 3.5
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 3.5
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.5
- Potsdam 3.0
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 3.0
- Wartburg Castle 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Schönbrunn 3.0
- Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin 3.0
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 3.0
- Biblical Tells 3.0
- Costiera Amalfitana 3.0
- Speyer Cathedral 3.0
- Zagori Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 3.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.0
- Kotor 3.0
- Mostar 3.0
- Churches of Peace 3.0
- Cesky Krumlov 3.0
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 3.0
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.0
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Lübeck 3.0
- Bamberg 3.0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 2.5
- Major Town Houses 2.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 2.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 2.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.5
- Centennial Hall 2.5
- Primeval Beech Forests 2.5
- ShUM Sites 2.5
- Quedlinburg 2.5
- L'viv 2.5
- Würzburg Residence 2.5
- Kew Gardens 2.5
- Thessalonika 2.5
- Telc 2.5
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 2.5
- Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans 2.5
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 2.5
- Classical Weimar 2.5
- Medici Villas and Gardens 2.5
- Necropolis of Bet She'arim 2.5
- Trogir 2.5
- Old City of Acre 2.0
- Fray Bentos 2.0
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 2.0
- Messel Pit 2.0
- Regensburg 2.0
- Abbey of St Gall 2.0
- Old City of Berne 2.0
- Mount Carmel Caves 2.0
- Incense Route of the Negev 2.0
- Semmering Railway 2.0
- Antequera Dolmens Site 2.0
- Church of Atlántida 2.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.0
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 2.0
- Stralsund and Wismar 1.5
- Stećci 1.5
- Colonies of Benevolence 1.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 1.5
- Nice 1.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 1.0
- Hedeby and Danevirke 1.0
- White City of Tel-Aviv 1.0
- Colonia del Sacramento 1.0
- Vlkolinec 1.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 1.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 1.0
- Bahá’i Holy Places 0.5
- Jelling 0.5
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 0.5
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 0.5
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 0.5
Tentative Sites
- Rouen
- Rijal Almaa
- Degania & Nahalal
- Early Synagogues in the Galilee
- Triple-arch Gate at Dan
- Ceremonial Centers and Forests in the La Leche Val
- Chachapoyas sites of the Utcubamba Valley
- Station écologique de Taim
- Parc National de la Serra da Bocaina
- Jerusalem
- 17th Century Port Royal
- Großglockner High Alpine Road
- Murujuga Cultural Landscape
- Bet She'an
- Cathédrale de Saint-Denis
- Olympic Park Munich
- Timna
- The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles
- The Hula
- White Mosque in Ramle
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco)
- Quartier de Peñarol
- City of Tigre and its rowing clubs
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- Blagaj
- Stolac
- Historical-town planning ensemble of Ston
- Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain
- Natural and Cultural Landscape of Danube Region
- Kosice
- La Rambla de la Cité de Montevideo
- Hanbury botanical gardens
- Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town of Steyr
- The historic urban site of Počitelj
- Battlefield of Ayacucho
- Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture
- The Jewish Cemetery of Altona Königstrasse
- Liftah
- The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli
- Chamangá: A Rock Paintings Area
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco)
- D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944
- Ripa Pannonica in Hungary
- Hoge Kempen
- Priorat-Montsant-Siurana
- Kızılırmak Delta Wetland and Bird Sanctuary
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco)
- Architecture Moderne du XX siècle de la Ville de M
- Arbel
- Caesarea
- Ein Karem
- Horvat Minnim
- Makhteshim Country
- Sea of Galilee
- The Crusader Fortresses
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Reviews by Assif


Historic centre of Pavia and … (Removed from tentat…)
Historic centre of Pavia and Chartreuse
Pavia has the second largest Carthusian monastery in Italy (the largest by the way is Padula which is already on the list). It isn't far from Milan to go by …

Padua’s fourteenth-century fr… (Inscribed)
Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
I went to Padua especially to see this marvelous Giotto capella and it was even more striking than I had expected. Giotto was indeed a genious. Padua by the way …

Sea of Galilee (On tentative list)
Sea of Galilee
I cannot find out what exactly the proposed area should include. The Sea of Galilee, regardless of its Chritsian holy status, is indeed surrounded by numerous ancient sites. Their intergrity …

White Mosque in Ramle (On tentative list)
White Mosque in Ramle
Ramle used to be the Arab capital of Israel during the Middle Ages and is the only town in Israel erected by the Arabs from a scratch. Surprisingly enough, although …

Kosice (On tentative list)
Kosice
Kosice is a beautiful Central European town and despite being the second largest agglomeration in Slovakia with approximately half a million inhabitants it gives the visitor an impression of being …

Residence of Bukovinian & Dal… (Inscribed)
Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans
I've been to Czernovitz (Chernivtsi) in summer 2007 as a part of a genealogical trip. The city used to be populated with by Jews and Germans and this is still …

The Crusader Fortresses (On tentative list)
The Crusader Fortresses
Israel offers several sites with ruins of Crusaders' fortresses (about a dozen of them including Aqua Bella, Chateau Pelerin, Yehiam). I have been to Montfort, Belvoir and Apolonia and there …

Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvr… (Inscribed)
Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin
Bet Guvrin-Maresha is a large archaeological park with abundant testimonies to its different inhabitants in the course of history including Edomites, Phoenicians, Greeks, Jews, Romans, Crusaders and Arabs. The site …

Early Synagogues in the Galil… (On tentative list)
Early Synagogues in the Galilee
It is true the Galilee is crowded with early synagogues (Peki'in, Gush Halav, Meron, Amud, Baram, Navoria - just to name a few). The most impressive site I've been to …

Caesarea (On tentative list)
Caesarea
Despite having lived in Caesarea for several years I see no reason to inscribe it. Bet Shean is a much more impressive Roman city in Israel and is on the …

Necropolis of Bet She'arim (Inscribed)
Necropolis of Bet She'arim
This site was a sacred Jewish burial place during the late Roman period, when Beth Shearim was among the most significant Jewish sites. The site became important when Rabbi Judah …

Bet She'an (On tentative list)
Bet She'an
Bet Shean used to be the most important city in the Decapolis - an alliance of 6 Roman cities in the Levant. It was additionally the largest Roman city in …

Bahá’i Holy Places (Inscribed)
Bahá’i Holy Places
The only Bahai site in Israel I've been to is the Bahai Temple in Haifa. It's situated atop the Carmel and overlooks the harbour and the German Colony. The gardens …

The Galilee Journeys of Jesus… (On tentative list)
The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles
I would like to review two of the proposed sites in this serial nomination: Nazareth and Seppheris.
Nazareth is a typical Arab town (and the largest in Israel). Its …

Timna (On tentative list)
Timna
Timna is a marvellous geological park beautifully set in the Negev desert. It also shows the remains of an ancient copper mine, of the oldest of its sort in the …
Iron Trail with Erzberg and t… (Nominated)
Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town of Steyr
The only part of this nomination I visited is the the town of Steyr. Steyr is one of many nice historical little towns in Central Europe. It's situated on the …

Biblical Tells (Inscribed)
Biblical Tells
Megiddo is situated on a hill overlooking the Yizrael Valley. The view is beautiful. The site is one of the most important ones in Israel. I found it a bit …

Kraków (Inscribed)
Kraków
I agree with everyone saying Cracow is a great city. I think so too. I would like to focus my review on my visit to Kazimierz - the Jewish ghetto …

Budapest (Inscribed)
Budapest
I love Budapest and went there several times during my long stay in Vienna (it is only three hours by train). So much has already been said in praise of …