Hubert

Member since October 2011

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My most impressive site: Old City of Jerusalem, Bauhaus

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    Schwerin Residence Ensemble, The Flow Country, Via Appia
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About Hubert

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Reviews by Hubert

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Mountain-top Hotel and Television Transmitter Ješt by Hubert

Mountain-top Hotel and Televi… (On tentative list)

Mountain-top Hotel and Television Transmitter Ješt

Modern architecture on the tentative list and you can spend the night there! No question that I couldn't resist this temptation, and so I planned an overnight stay at the …

Kladruby nad Labem by Hubert

Kladruby nad Labem (Inscribed)

Kladruby nad Labem

Horse breeding on the World Heritage List? I am not into horses and equestrian sports, and when I see the Fiakers at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, I doubt that …

Cordouan Lighthouse by Hubert

Cordouan Lighthouse (Inscribed)

Cordouan Lighthouse

I visited the Phare de Cordouan in July 2021, just one day before the site was inscribed on the World Heritage List. The ICOMOS evaluation was clearly positive, so I …

Plečnik's Ljubljana by Hubert

Plečnik's Ljubljana (Inscribed)

Plečnik's Ljubljana

When the Advisory Body Evaluations (ABE) of the 2020/2021 nominations were published a few weeks prior to the WHC meeting, I was surprised to see that Ljubljana received a clear …

Pirin National Park by Hubert

Pirin National Park (Inscribed)

Pirin National Park

“Bulgaria? Why do you go to Bulgaria to hike in a region that looks exactly like the Alps here in Austria?” This was the question my Austrian friends asked me …

Alcala de Henares by Hubert

Alcala de Henares (Inscribed)

Alcala de Henares

The Old University and Miguel de Cervantes are the keywords that characterize this World Heritage site. Too little to make Alcalá de Henares an overwhelming site, but enough for a …

Cuenca by Hubert

Cuenca (Inscribed)

Cuenca

Old towns often perch on hills. But Cuenca has taken it to the extreme. Cuenca was built on a narrow rocky plateau between two ravines, one of them with vertically …

Aranjuez by Hubert

Aranjuez (Inscribed)

Aranjuez

'Die schönen Tage in Aranjuez sind nun zu Ende.' The drama Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller starts with these words. I am not sure whether Schiller is historically …

Toledo by Hubert

Toledo (Inscribed)

Toledo

Toledo was the World Heritage site I was most looking forward to before I left for my trip through central Spain in May 2019. And I was not disappointed. Toledo …

Santa Maria de Guadalupe by Hubert

Santa Maria de Guadalupe (Inscribed)

Santa Maria de Guadalupe

Given the rather remote location of Guadalupe, one might expect that only a few people visit the monastery. But quite the contrary, it is extremely popular. The monastery is associated …

Salamanca by Hubert

Salamanca (Inscribed)

Salamanca

Salamanca is certainly the most elegant and glamorous of all the historic city centres on the Spanish World Heritage List. This is mainly due to its harmonious townscape. Almost all …

Avila by Hubert

Avila (Inscribed)

Avila

One advantage of the over-representation of some categories on the World Heritage list is that comparisons can be drawn between the sites. From this point of view, it was instructive …

Segovia by Hubert

Segovia (Inscribed)

Segovia

Once you have completed the loop of World Heritage cities around Madrid, the question arises which of these sites was the most impressive. My answer is Toledo and Segovia. Admittedly, …

The Marble Basin of Carrara by Hubert

The Marble Basin of Carrara (On tentative list)

The Marble Basin of Carrara

Where does all the snow on the mountains come from? You might think so when driving along the Autostrada A12 between Pisa and La Spezia in summer and looking up …

El Escurial by Hubert

El Escurial (Inscribed)

El Escurial

The literal translation of El Escorial is "the slag heap". But this is actually the name of the neighbouring village and also a pretty good description of the barren landscape …

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings by Hubert

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings (Inscribed)

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings

My first visit to these prehistoric pile dwellings was Fiave and Molina di Ledro/Italy in 2011 (see my review below). And to say it right away, these are the best …

Bulwarked Fortresses of the Raia by Hubert

Bulwarked Fortresses of the R… (Nominated)

Bulwarked Fortresses of the Raia

This Tentative WHS includes three fortified towns on the Spanish-Portuguese border proposed as an extension of the already inscribed Garrison Border Town of Elvas. Of these, I visited Almeida and …

Elvas by Hubert

Elvas (Inscribed)

Elvas

♥ elvas’ is written in large letters at the Praça da República, the central square of Elvas. And that could also be the summary of my review. This …

Álvaro Siza’s Architecture by Hubert

Álvaro Siza’s Architecture (Nominated)

Álvaro Siza’s Architecture

Although I have a fondness for modern architecture, I was not very familiar with Álvaro Siza's work when it was included in Portugal's revised T-list in 2017. His style is …

Aguas Livres Aqueduct by Hubert

Aguas Livres Aqueduct (On tentative list)

Aguas Livres Aqueduct

Aqueduto das Águas Livres - Aquaduct of Free Waters – what a great name for a city's water supply. However, its construction in the 18th century was financed by additional …

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