Caspar Dechmann

Member since May 2012

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My most impressive site: Venice

My proposal for a new site: Gdansk, New York Central Park

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    May 6, 2025
    Kew Gardens, Maritime Greenwich, The Flow Country
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    Feb. 21, 2025
    Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
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    Nov. 10, 2024
    Úbeda and Baeza
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About Caspar Dechmann

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Caspar
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May 2012
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Reviews by Caspar Dechmann

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Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin by Caspar Dechmann

Rock Art of the Mediterranean… (Inscribed)

Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin

Before I really start my "review" of this site I have to anticipate that I am a great fan of rock art sites. I think they are sometimes among the …

The Episcopal See of Egara by Caspar Dechmann

The Episcopal See of Egara (On tentative list)

The Episcopal See of Egara

Tarragona is an easy and interesting day trip from Barcelona and one day is just about the time to see it all. Beside the three churches of the episcopal see …

Turó de la Seu Vella de Lleida by Caspar Dechmann

Turó de la Seu Vella de Lleida (On tentative list)

Turó de la Seu Vella de Lleida

I visited Lleida as a detour traveling from Tarragona to Barcelona. I takes about one and a half hours from both cities. I arrived in the afternoon and when I …

Mining Historical Heritage by Caspar Dechmann

Mining Historical Heritage (On tentative list)

Mining Historical Heritage

I visited the neolithic Mines of Gavà from Barcelona. Gava train station is easy and frequently to reach by regional train from Barcelona. From there you can walk for 20 …

Greek Archaeological ensemble in Empúries by Caspar Dechmann

Greek Archaeological ensemble… (On tentative list)

Greek Archaeological ensemble in Empúries

Empuries is about one hour by bus from Gerona. I found only one connection that made sense which left Gerona around 9am and returned from L'Escala around 2pm which gives …

Bulwarked Frontier Fortifications by Caspar Dechmann

Bulwarked Frontier Fortificat… (On tentative list)

Bulwarked Frontier Fortifications

I visited Gerona as a day trip from Barcelona in February 2022. This is a city with a lot of history: it was one of the most important jewish cities …

Popocatepetl monasteries by Caspar Dechmann

Popocatepetl monasteries (Inscribed)

Popocatepetl monasteries

I visited this site around New Years 16/17 during a visit to friends in Cuernavaca. It is not an easy site to visit thoroughly since there are many monasteries and …

Plečnik's Ljubljana by Caspar Dechmann

Plečnik's Ljubljana (Inscribed)

Plečnik's Ljubljana

I visited Ljubljana after Christmas 2019 to spend New Years with friends who own an apartment in the city. Already then, before inscription, the town was overrun with tourists, mainly …

The Maritime Heritage of Dragør Old Town and Harbo by Caspar Dechmann

The Maritime Heritage of Drag… (On tentative list)

The Maritime Heritage of Dragør Old Town and Harbo

I based myself this summer 2021 for ten days in Copenhagen. Of those ten days I spent about half the time in the City with some great museums and the …

Jomon Prehistoric Sites by Caspar Dechmann

Jomon Prehistoric Sites (Inscribed)

Jomon Prehistoric Sites

I played in May 2014 a concert in the big modern concert hall of Hachinohe. During my stay in that city for rehearsals I had plenty of spare time and …

ShUM Sites by Caspar Dechmann

ShUM Sites (Inscribed)

ShUM Sites

This site is used everywhere around Rheinland Pfalz to promote tourism. While the Jewish communities in those towns may have been of great importance for the European Jews the main …

Mousa, Old Scatness and Jarlshof by Caspar Dechmann

Mousa, Old Scatness and Jarls… (On tentative list)

Mousa, Old Scatness and Jarlshof

Following our stay on the Orkneys in Summer 2019 we spent around four days on the Shetland Islands. We took the ferry, which was rather expensive. Mainly for our rental …

The Flow Country by Caspar Dechmann

The Flow Country (Inscribed)

The Flow Country

On our trip around the northern coast of Scotland in summer 2019 we crossed also the area of Flow Country. The main argument about this site seems the size of …

The Palaces of King Ludwig II by Caspar Dechmann

The Palaces of King Ludwig II (Nominated)

The Palaces of King Ludwig II

I think these three castles make a very nice group for a WHT nomination. Of the three I have only visited Neuschwanstein and Herrenchiemsee. I will certainly try to visit …

Neolithic Orkney by Caspar Dechmann

Neolithic Orkney (Inscribed)

Neolithic Orkney

Since I had read „At home“ by Bill Bryson with its great chapter on Skara Brae I had dreamed to visit the Orkneys. And when I planned my trip to …

Heritage of Mercury by Caspar Dechmann

Heritage of Mercury (Inscribed)

Heritage of Mercury

Idrija is full of surprises: We drove there as a day trip from Ljubljana. It is about a one-hour drive through gorges and on curvy streets and then you arrive …

Great Spa Towns of Europe by Caspar Dechmann

Great Spa Towns of Europe (Inscribed)

Great Spa Towns of Europe

I have been to several of the nominated towns and while I find the topic very interesting and most towns worth a visit I feel that the nomination is to …

Rietveld Schröderhuis by Caspar Dechmann

Rietveld Schröderhuis (Inscribed)

Rietveld Schröderhuis

The Rietveld Schröder House is one of those really nice sites that make an interesting visit but that are at the same time so small that you can see them …

Dutch Water Defence Lines by Caspar Dechmann

Dutch Water Defence Lines (Inscribed)

Dutch Water Defence Lines

If you look at our rating the Amsterdam Defence Line is not a popular WHS. In any case it offers a rather unique and interesting story which is inextricably connected …

Photo by 	Daniel C-Hazard

Kutna Hora (Inscribed)

Kutna Hora

On this trip to the Czech Republic I had planned to see beside the treasure trove of Prague one new WHS and one new TWHS: The Villa Tugendhat in Brno …

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