I visited Troy in July 2018. Despite the fame, legend and mythical side of the site, I remember it as a rather banal archaeological site. I was taking part in …
Frédéric M
Member since December 2018
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Biologist, entomologist, outdoor enthusiast, scuba-diver, birder and traveler from Québec interested in discovering the world and its wonders! I did my first oversea backpacking trip in 2018 following my master and I don't want to stop any time soon. I am mostly interested in ecology, national parks and thus natural WHS, but being a WHS hunter opens my mind to architecture, history of art, urban planning, industrial heritage and the epic history of the World!
My most impressive site: Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, Göreme, Gunung Mulu, Los Glaciares, Machu Picchu, Rome, Tikal
Recent Visits
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160March 17, 2025Abu Mena, Ancient Thebes, As-Salt, Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", Historic Cairo ...
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200Nov. 18, 2024Botanical Garden, Padua, Etruscan Necropolises, Ferrara, Florence, Medici Villas and Gardens ...
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40Sept. 25, 2024Kuldiga, Riga, Struve Geodetic Arc, Tallinn
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About Frédéric M
- First name
- Frédéric
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- December 2018
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World Heritage Sites
- Los Glaciares 5.0
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- Iguacu 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Ancient Thebes 5.0
- Huascaran National Park 5.0
- Galapagos Islands 5.0
- Istanbul 5.0
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 5.0
- Palenque 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Tikal National Park 5.0
- Teotihuacan 5.0
- Olympic National Park 5.0
- Chichen-Itza 5.0
- Plitvice Lakes 5.0
- Pompei 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Skocjan Caves 5.0
- Gros Morne National Park 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Komodo National Park 5.0
- Mammoth Cave 5.0
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 5.0
- Gunung Mulu 5.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Québec 4.0
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Dubrovnik 4.0
- Vatican City 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 4.0
- Guanajuato 4.0
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 4.0
- Puebla 4.0
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban 4.0
- Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 4.0
- Belize Barrier Reef 4.0
- Cuzco 4.0
- Nasca Lines 4.0
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 4.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 4.0
- Copán 4.0
- Cueva de las Manos 4.0
- Los Alerces National Park 4.0
- Peninsula Valdes 4.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 4.0
- Kew Gardens 4.0
- Laurisilva of Madeira 4.0
- Oporto 4.0
- Sintra 4.0
- Borobudur 4.0
- Kinabalu Park 4.0
- Prambanan 4.0
- Calakmul 4.0
- Uxmal 4.0
- Cartagena 4.0
- Paraty and Ilha Grande 4.0
- Rio de Janeiro 4.0
- Riga 4.0
- Ravenna 4.0
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4.0
- San Gimignano 4.0
- Siena 4.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.0
- Verona 4.0
- Historic Cairo 4.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 4.0
- Wadi Rum 4.0
- San Agustín 3.0
- Canterbury 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- Tierradentro 3.0
- Lima 3.0
- Niah Caves 3.0
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.0
- Mostar 3.0
- Kuldiga 3.0
- Nubian Monuments 3.0
- Umm Al-Jimāl 3.0
- Tallinn 3.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 3.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 3.0
- San Miguel de Allende 3.0
- Wadi Al-Hitan 3.0
- Maritime Greenwich 3.0
- Xochicalco 3.0
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 3.0
- Stonehenge 3.0
- Tower of London 3.0
- Westminster 3.0
- Ferrara 3.0
- Medici Villas and Gardens 3.0
- Alto Douro 3.0
- Caves of Yagul and Mitla 3.0
- Morelia 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Sian Ka'an 3.0
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 3.0
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs 3.0
- Bom Jesus do Monte 3.0
- Old Town Lunenburg 3.0
- Panamá 3.0
- Chavin 3.0
- Caral-Supe 3.0
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 3.0
- Evora 3.0
- Hospicio Cabañas 3.0
- Guimarães 3.0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.0
- Mafra 3.0
- Monastery of Alcobaça 3.0
- Monastery of Batalha 3.0
- Quseir Amra 3.0
- Quirigua 3.0
- University of Coimbra 3.0
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 3.0
- Bali Subak system 3.0
- Antigua Guatemala 3.0
- Fray Bentos 3.0
- Split 3.0
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3.0
- Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex 3.0
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 3.0
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- Ujung Kulon National Park 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba 3.0
- Mistaken Point 3.0
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.0
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya 3.0
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 3.0
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 3.0
- Quebrada de Humahuaca 3.0
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.0
- Campeche 3.0
- Naples 3.0
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 3.0
- Quito 3.0
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex 3.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 3.0
- Blenheim Palace 3.0
- Um er-Rasas 3.0
- The Prosecco Hills 2.0
- Villa d'Este 2.0
- Val d'Orcia 2.0
- Church of Atlántida 2.0
- Miguasha National Park 2.0
- Rideau Canal 2.0
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 2.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 2.0
- Australian Convict Sites 2.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 2.0
- Saint Catherine Area 2.0
- Lenggong Valley 2.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 2.0
- Sangiran Early Man Site 2.0
- L'Anse aux Meadows 2.0
- Red Bay Basque Whaling Station 2.0
- Yogyakarta 2.0
- ESMA Site Museum 2.0
- Tak'alik Ab'aj 2.0
- Cahokia Mounds 2.0
- Abu Mena 2.0
- Independence Hall 2.0
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2.0
- Santa Cruz de Mompox 2.0
- Sítio Roberto Burle Marx 2.0
- Via Appia 2.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.0
- Querétaro 2.0
- Tequila 2.0
- Camino Real 2.0
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 2.0
- Troy 2.0
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.0
- Monte San Giorgio 2.0
- Grand Pré 2.0
- Chan Chan 2.0
- Pienza 2.0
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.0
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 2.0
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 2.0
- Valongo Wharf 1.0
- Coffee Cultural Landscape 1.0
- As-Salt 1.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 1.0
- Trogir 1.0
- Colonia del Sacramento 1.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 1.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 1.0
Tentative Sites
- Ancient City of Kaunos
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Central Park
- Classical Karst
- Fuzina Hills in Bohinj
- Jewish Cemetery in Sarajevo
- Kekova
- Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain
- Sarajevo
- The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli
- Church of Santa Prisca and its Surroundings
- Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta
- Chachapoyas sites of the Utcubamba Valley
- Wineries and Vineyards for traditional Pisco Produ
- Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve
- The Coastal Lomas System of Peru
- Kornati National Park and Telašćica Nature Park
- The Mayan-Olmecan Encounter
- Town of Chichicastenango
- Levadas of Madeira Island
- National Theater of Guatemala
- Kebun Raya Bogor
- Transatlantic Cable Ensemble
- Los Petenes-Ría Celestún
- Puente de Occidente (Western Bridge)
- Amazonia Theaters
- The architectural legacy of Rogelio Salmona
- Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
- Seaflower Marine Protected Area
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers
- Villas of the Papal Nobility
- The Marble Basin of Carrara
- The Cultural Landscape of Civita di Bagnoregio
- Dahshour
- Abydos
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt
- Egyptian Museum
- Alexandria
- Jerash Archaeological City
- Aqaba Marine Reserve
- Architecture Moderne du XX siècle de la Ville de M
- Quartier de Peñarol
- City of Tigre and its rowing clubs
- Aguas Livres Aqueduct
- Álvaro Siza’s Architecture
- Pombaline Lisbon
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Bird Migration Routes
- Baltic Klint
- Old Town of Jakarta
- China-Egypt hydrological sites
- Çanakkale (Dardanelles) and Gelibolu (Gallipoli) B
- The Padang Civic Ensemble
- The monasteries of the Arab Desert and Wadi Natrun
- Ellis Island
- Azraq
- Palais de la Culture, Rio de Janeiro
- Canal del Dique - Dike Canal
- University City of Bogotá
- Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture
- Catholic Doctrine Temples
- South of Ricaurte Province
- Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade
- Zadar - Episcopal complex
- Temple of Hator built by Ramses III
- Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum
- Oasis of Fayoum
- Via Francigena
- City of Trujillo
- The Historic Centre of Cajamarca
- Nasca Aqueducts
- Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble
- El Fayoum
- Peruvian Central Railway
- Gebel Qatrani Area, Lake Qaroun
- Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento
- Anavilhanas Ecological Station
- Dahab
- Route of the Franciscan Evangelisation
- Route of the to Dominique Evangelisation
- Route of the Peace and National Identity
- Castle of San Felipe de Lara
- Civil Rights Movement Sites
- Lake Atitlán
- Panamá City
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá
- Sistema Ferrocarril Pte. Carlos Antonio Lopez
- La Rambla de la Cité de Montevideo
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Reviews by Frédéric M


Monarch Butterfly Biosphere R… (Inscribed)
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
I am an entomologist, both amateurly and professionally. This means that my job is to study insects, but that I also collect insects as an amateur out of passion. In …

Popocatepetl monasteries (Inscribed)
Popocatepetl monasteries
I am afraid that this review will bring very little new information, as I visited the same two monasteries as most of the previous reviewers, la Catedral de Cuernavaca and …

Oaxaca and Monte Alban (Inscribed)
Oaxaca and Monte Alban
Oaxaca, the capital and largest city of the eponymous state, has a remarkable colonial centre. I spent six days in this region in March 2019, often using the city as …

Rideau Canal (Inscribed)
Rideau Canal
Since my mother has family in Ottawa, I have visited the Rideau Canal several times. However, these were family waterfront strolls and not discoveries with a WHS hunting mindset. During …

Hospicio Cabañas (Inscribed)
Hospicio Cabañas
When it comes to entertainment, I don't appreciate works full of good sentiments, stories that end well and feel-good movies. I like to be overwhelmed by powerful emotions turning into …

Central University City Campu… (Inscribed)
Central University City Campus of the UNAM
La Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) is a very (if not the most) important university in Latin America, and its campus is gigantic. I honestly had not realised how …

Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque (Inscribed)
Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque
Like everyone else here, I visited this site as part of a day trip from Mexico City coupled with Teotihuacán. I solely visited the 66 (or 68 as the information …

Xochicalco (Inscribed)
Xochicalco
I visited Xochicalco on my Mexican trip in March 2019. Unlike other Mesoamerican WHS, this archaeological site does not stand out for its impressive pyramids or other major constructions. It …

Chan Chan (Inscribed)
Chan Chan
I visited Chan Chan on my 2020 South American trip. It is an impressive archaeological site from a great civilization. It is probably among the most important archaeological sites in …

Huascaran National Park (Inscribed)
Huascaran National Park
When reading about Huascaran before my travel, I learnt three important things:
1. Those mountains look incredibly beautiful.
2. They can be visited on multi-day treks or day …

Grand Pré (Inscribed)
Grand Pré
I visited Grand Pré with my family in August 2019 during our WH trip to Nova Scotia. We came from Amherst (our base for Joggins) and headed next to Lunenberg. …

Chavin (Inscribed)
Chavin
Chavin is a small but fascinating archaeological site in the Andes of central Peru. The Chavin culture is the first major culture of Peru that developed arts and iconography. This …

Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuen… (Inscribed)
Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca
I visited Cuenca (how it is called in Ecuador) in February 2020. I spent a full day walking the city with some locals I met as my guides. I found …

Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta (On tentative list)
Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta
La Région Lacan-Tún – Usumacinta is proposed as a mixed site by Mexico. It encompasses large areas of tropical forest in eastern Chiapas, notably the flora and fauna protection area …

Jewish Cemetery in Sarajevo (On tentative list)
Jewish Cemetery in Sarajevo
First things first, I LOVE cemeteries! I think they are the perfect blend of history, art and nature. I love how peaceful they are and how much they reflect the …

The Coastal Lomas System of P… (On tentative list)
The Coastal Lomas System of Peru
Lomas are fog-watered desert ecosystems from the coast of Peru and northern Chile. They are characterized by seasonally important fog catchment that waters a dense vegetation in an otherwise arid …

Wineries and Vineyards for tr… (On tentative list)
Wineries and Vineyards for traditional Pisco Produ
Let's make a couple of things clear first. I don't really like wine and never tried pisco before this visit. I considered pisco being of national importance without OUV. It …

Kornati National Park and Tel… (On tentative list)
Kornati National Park and Telašćica Nature Park
The Kornati archipelago lies off the coast of Croatia. I visited it on a full-day boat tour from Zadar (I actually believe that visiting the archipelago is the only reason …

Mexico City and Xochimilco (Inscribed)
Mexico City and Xochimilco
I visited Mexico between February and April 2019. I visited most WH colonial towns around Mexico City and the capital itself was the fifth one.
From what I've read …