Frederik Dawson

Member since June 2006

#60 489 82

My most impressive site: Rapa Nui, Yellowstone

My proposal for a new site: Royal palaces and temples in Bangkok / Engineering Feats of Niagara Falls / Panama Canal / Haussmann's Paris

Recent Visits
  • 1
    0
    May 19, 2025
    Nan Madol
  • 1
    0
    April 21, 2025
    Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas
  • 5
    0
    March 7, 2025
    Bryggen, Rjukan / Notodden, Røros, Urnes Stave Church, West Norwegian Fjords
Top 10 Missing
  1. Galapagos Islands 4.62
  2. Petra 4.61
  3. Victoria Falls 4.47
  4. Tikal National Park 4.46
  5. Bagan 4.44
  6. Serengeti 4.41
  7. Uluru 4.40
  8. Ancient Thebes 4.39
  9. Pompei 4.38
  10. Istanbul 4.38
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About Frederik Dawson

First name
Frederik
Member since
June 2006
Country of Origin
None
Visits
Rank
#60
WHS
489
Tentative Sites
82
Website Participation
Reviews
243
Ratings

Ratings

World Heritage Sites
Tentative Sites
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Reviews by Frederik Dawson

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Phnom Kulen by Frederik Dawson

Phnom Kulen (On tentative list)

Phnom Kulen

One of the things I got from my two weeks trip to explore pre-Angkorian and Dvaravati arts with ICOMOS international experts in Cambodia and Thailand is the problem of drafting …

Si Thep by Frederik Dawson

Si Thep (Inscribed)

Si Thep

I was fortunate to join ICOMOS international experts two weeks field trip to Cambodia and Thailand exploring pre-Angkorian and Dvaravati arts and this trip took me to Dvaravati Si Thep, …

Sambor Prei Kuk by Frederik Dawson

Sambor Prei Kuk (Inscribed)

Sambor Prei Kuk

I was fortunate to join ICOMOS international experts two weeks field trip to Cambodia and Thailand exploring pre-Angkorian and Dvaravati arts and Sambor Prei Kuk was one of the many …

Vézelay by Frederik Dawson

Vézelay (Inscribed)

Vézelay

The first thing we encountered at Vezelay was the long queue at parking meter, foreigners seemed to have problem with it and locals seemed to be happy with the situation. …

Burgundy by Frederik Dawson

Burgundy (Inscribed)

Burgundy

With great amazement, despite many trips to Cote d’Or with my family, I sadly found out that our favorite vineyards are outside UNESCO designated zone, and apart from having lunch …

Jelling by Frederik Dawson

Jelling (Inscribed)

Jelling

After reading many reviews in this community, we felt less interest to visit and really had no expectation from Jelling Site but to be able to complete all World Heritage …

Skocjan Caves by Frederik Dawson

Skocjan Caves (Inscribed)

Skocjan Caves

I visited Skocjan Cave in 2019, it was my favorite site in Slovenia but decided to wait and not to write a review until the decision of “Classical Karst” by …

Baekje Historic Areas by Frederik Dawson

Baekje Historic Areas (Inscribed)

Baekje Historic Areas

After four days of great joy in southwestern South Korea seeing many interesting sites, my friends and I drove back from Jeonju to Seoul in early morning with a plan …

Chichen-Itza by Frederik Dawson

Chichen-Itza (Inscribed)

Chichen-Itza

Originally, I planned to visit this world-famous site two times in two days, first day in the evening and next day early morning in order to avoid the hoard of …

Modena by Frederik Dawson

Modena (Inscribed)

Modena

To be honest my experience was tainted with my personal negative view toward this World Heritage Site, another Italian Romanesque cathedral in another Italian old beautiful renaissance city, everything seemed …

Dilmun Burial Mounds by Frederik Dawson

Dilmun Burial Mounds (Inscribed)

Dilmun Burial Mounds

I visited Dilmun Burial Mounds before UNESCO recognized its status. This World Heritage site was part of my private half day tour around Bahrain. Actually, It was not a part …

Hawaii Volcanoes by Frederik Dawson

Hawaii Volcanoes (Inscribed)

Hawaii Volcanoes

Late Autumn 2019 my friends unexpectedly canceled our group’s anticipated road trip from Halifax to Ottawa, Canada and changed to Hawaii instead with dubious reason that they wanted surf, sun …

Rock Islands by Frederik Dawson

Rock Islands (Inscribed)

Rock Islands

I was fortunate to finish my business trip in Taiwan few days before the pandemic reached this nation and the rest of Asia. During my time in Taiwan, I decided …

Aranjuez by Frederik Dawson

Aranjuez (Inscribed)

Aranjuez

When I looked at the list of all World Heritage Sites around Madrid, Aranjuez was the least interesting site in my initial opinion; however, after visited the place, it became …

Cuenca by Frederik Dawson

Cuenca (Inscribed)

Cuenca

During my short business trip to Madrid, I had another chance to spend weekend to explored nearby World Heritage sites. I had dilemma between Zaragoza and Cuenca, but decided to …

Reichenau by Frederik Dawson

Reichenau (Inscribed)

Reichenau

Despite my friend’s week long architectural tour was mainly focus on Southern Bavaria, certain addition, as demanded by a fussy World Heritage enthusiast, were located in Baden Württemberg, the three …

Pilgrimage Church of Wies by Frederik Dawson

Pilgrimage Church of Wies (Inscribed)

Pilgrimage Church of Wies

During our architectural tour in Southern Bavaria, my friends and I had seen many abbeys, chapels and churches, “too many” according to my friends’ mourned, and this World Heritage Site …

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum by Frederik Dawson

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (Inscribed)

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum

When I planned to visit Malta, Hypogeum was the most interesting site I really wanted to see. I did a reservation online even though the meaning of Hypogeum for me …

Okinoshima Island by Frederik Dawson

Okinoshima Island (Inscribed)

Okinoshima Island

After I visited the World Heritage Site of Okinoshima, to be exact I only visited the mainland part of Munakata Grand Shrine, the Hetsumiya, I really confused what should I …

Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries by Frederik Dawson

Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Mona… (Inscribed)

Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries

I was a bit skeptical for this site before I visited since I already have been to Haeinsa and Bulguksa temples, so I was curious on the outstanding universal value …

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