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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Reviews by Caspar Dechmann

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Segovia by Els Slots

Segovia (Inscribed)

Segovia

Segovia has long been on my wish list, also because of some raving reviews on this website. On my first afternoon in the city I started with the three famous …

Avila by Solivagant

Avila (Inscribed)

Avila

I visited Avila in March 2019 after spending a couple of days in Segovia and found the first impression quite stunning. The city walls in the evening sun are quite …

Stourhead by Caspar Dechmann

Stourhead (Removed from tentat…)

Stourhead

This is probably one of the most iconic gardens in England if not in the World. Like all great gardens it is staged with so much work and artistry that …

Caerleon legionary fortress by Caspar Dechmann

Caerleon legionary fortress (Removed from tentat…)

Caerleon legionary fortress

We visited this former tentative site on the drive from Bath to Blaenavon. It is a nice visit with the totally overgrown amphitheater, the outlines of a legionary fortress and …

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Lacock (Removed from tentat…)

Lacock

We visited Lacock in July 2018 from Avebury. Lacock is a very nice well-kept village that has been used in many films and series including Harry Potter. When you walk …

Dorset and East Devon Coast by Caspar Dechmann

Dorset and East Devon Coast (Inscribed)

Dorset and East Devon Coast

I was quite taken by the Dorset Coast. We spent there two days and could have easily spent more. Our first walk was to Old Harry Rock. Beautiful white cliffs …

Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape by Caspar Dechmann

Cornwall and West Devon Minin… (Inscribed)

Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

This site is hard to grasp since it is so wide spread, perhaps too wide. When I was traveling SW England this summer I wanted to see a representable part …

Abbatiale de Tournus by Caspar Dechmann

Abbatiale de Tournus (Removed from tentat…)

Abbatiale de Tournus

I travelled around Burgundy in 2016 and I was a bit surprised how important a cultural and religious center this area was in the middle ages. The famous reform order …

Beauvais by Caspar Dechmann

Beauvais (Removed from tentat…)

Beauvais

I visited this church on a trip from Reims to Le Havre. It has a very interesting history and we decided to make a stop there. The church has the …

Djerba by Randi Thomsen

Djerba (Inscribed)

Djerba

I visited Djerba for holidays in February of 2009. I was very surprised now when I saw that it was to be nominated as a WHS since I found the …

Würzburg Residence by Caspar Dechmann

Würzburg Residence (Inscribed)

Würzburg Residence

I visited this palace in August 2011. Obviously it was forbidden to take pictures since I have only one picture of the famous staircase. While this residence does not rival …

Paris, Banks of the Seine by Els Slots

Paris, Banks of the Seine (Inscribed)

Paris, Banks of the Seine

There is no perfect way do determine the exact boundaries of a city WHS. And while there are cities like Quito that seem to have no boundaries at all or …

Pombaline Lisbon by Caspar Dechmann

Pombaline Lisbon (On tentative list)

Pombaline Lisbon

From the four tentativ sites within the city of Lisbon this seems to me the one with the best perspectives. It is a nice area to walk around though you …

Historical Lisbon, Global City by Caspar Dechmann

Historical Lisbon, Global City (Removed from tentat…)

Historical Lisbon, Global City

This nomination certainly overlaps with the nomination of Pombaline Lisbon but includes additionally all the other areas of the older city center. When the text for Pombaline Lisbon seems already …

Aguas Livres Aqueduct by Hubert

Aguas Livres Aqueduct (On tentative list)

Aguas Livres Aqueduct

I visited the Aguas Livres Aqueduct, namely its most famous arches over the Alcântara Valley in Lisbon. It is an impressiv structure that crosses a large valley Full of streets …

The timeless, humanistic architecture of Jože Pleč by Caspar Dechmann

The timeless, humanistic arch… (Removed from tentat…)

The timeless, humanistic architecture of Jože Pleč

I often wonder how there can be so many tentative sites in the middle of Europe without a review on this website despite the fact that they are easy to …

Chaîne des Puys by Caspar Dechmann

Chaîne des Puys (Inscribed)

Chaîne des Puys

I visited the Chaîne des Puys during a trip along the enchanting Dordogne. We drove up the highest peak of the chain, the Puy de Dôme. From there you have …

Strasbourg by Caspar Dechmann

Strasbourg (Inscribed)

Strasbourg

I visited Strasbourg a couple of weeks ago during my holidays in the Alsace. As always when I visit a UNESCO site I tried to figure out the exact parts …

Luis Barragán House and Studio by Els Slots

Luis Barragán House and Studio (Inscribed)

Luis Barragán House and Studio

I visited this house during my one day in Mexico City flying home from Yucatán. The required reservation over the website did not work, therefore I just went there and …

Campeche by Caspar Dechmann

Campeche (Inscribed)

Campeche

The walls of Campeche are nice but not complete and Not all original. I cannot imagine that there were not several similar or even more impressive even in the new …

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