Ian Cade

United Kingdom \ Member since December 2005

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I discovered the World Heritage list whilst studying in the Czech city of Olomouc in 2003, and since then I have spent a fair bit of my time visiting the sites and boring people with information about them. World Heritage Sites provide a great way to hunt out the best bits of countries and can give you a look at some great parts of a destination that you would otherwise not see. A few of my favourite sites have been the ones that I have made a special effort to get to see because of their place on the list; Sceilg Mhichíl, Guanajuato and Preah Vihear

I mostly take short trips around Europe, making the most of budget airlines special offers, seeing some of the continent's great cities, visiting friends and dragging them to some pretty obscure places.
I try to travel outside Europe at least once a year and hope to tick off a few of the places on my wish list when money, politics and time enable this.

It's not about the shark!:
Whilst the World Heritage Sites themselves are the focus of my travels, they are more a means to an end, the real joy of travelling comes from interacting with people, waiting for trains at hitherto unknown corners of the world then eating and drinking the tasty (and not so tasty) delights on offer.

My most impressive site: Angkor

My proposal for a new site: Major Buildings of the Chicago School of Architecture

Check out my website: https://letterboxd.com/meltwaterfalls/

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    Welterbetag 2025: Hildesheim Cathedral and Church
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    Cilento and Vallo di Diano, Naples, Pompei, Royal Palace at Caserta
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    Sept. 13, 2024
    Eisinga Planetarium
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About Ian Cade

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Reviews by Ian Cade

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Ironbridge Gorge by Ian Cade

Ironbridge Gorge (Inscribed)

Ironbridge Gorge

This was one of the original group of UK entries to the list, the site is essentially the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. It was here that coke was first …

Greater Blue Mountains by Ian Cade

Greater Blue Mountains (Inscribed)

Greater Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains provide a great break from Sydney, and it really does not take long to get out to them. It was about two hours if I remember correctly …

Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin by Els Slots

Rock Art of the Mediterranean… (Inscribed)

Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin

Having just looked at the inscription in more detail I have discovered that it is made up of a whopping 727 seperate sites!!.

This is one of the strangest inscriptions …

Cahokia Mounds by Ian Cade

Cahokia Mounds (Inscribed)

Cahokia Mounds

The site is actually the largest Pre-Colombian city north of Mexico and formerly had a population of around 15,000, the main aspect of the park are the 69 man made …

Val di Noto by Ian Cade

Val di Noto (Inscribed)

Val di Noto

I spent a morning in the town of Noto, and enjoyed strolling along Corso Vittorio Emanuele, sitting in café’s and taking in the great façade’s. There was still a lot …

Town Hall and Roland, Bremen by Ian Cade

Town Hall and Roland, Bremen (Inscribed)

Town Hall and Roland, Bremen

I really enjoyed my visit to Bremen, it turned out to be a very charming city, with much to warrant a visit.

The World heritage site itself I am still …

Sydney Opera House by Ian Cade

Sydney Opera House (Inscribed)

Sydney Opera House

I was very happy to see the Opera House added to the World Heritage list, it is an exceptional and highly identifiable building with an outstanding setting, in a great …

City of Luxembourg by Ian Cade

City of Luxembourg (Inscribed)

City of Luxembourg

Luxembourg is a real treat. I was not expecting much of it but it turned out to be one of my favourite European capitals so good I decided to go …

City of Bath by Ian Cade

City of Bath (Inscribed)

City of Bath

I have visited Bath on several occasions now and it is a really lovely city to visit, quintessentially English, but famous for its Roman roots. The whole city is made …

Potsdam by Ian Cade

Potsdam (Inscribed)

Potsdam

I visited the Sansouci Park on a morning trip from Berlin, unfortunately the Sansouci Palace itself was closed, (the curse of Monday closures hit for the first and definitely not …

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum by Ian Cade

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (Inscribed)

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum

The Hypogeum is tucked away on a fairly unremarkable street in the suburbs of Valletta. From the outside it looks just like another house, however what lies below is very …

Saltaire by Ian Cade

Saltaire (Inscribed)

Saltaire

I must admit that sometimes I have to really motivate myself to visit the Industrial sites on the list, after a few dull visits I wasn’t imagining this one to …

Thingvellir by Ian Cade

Thingvellir (Inscribed)

Thingvellir

This was a really interesting and rewarding place to visit and as Paul Tanner states is an essential part of any trip to Iceland. We visited on a beautiful late …

Museumsinsel (Museum Island) by Ian Cade

Museumsinsel (Museum Island) (Inscribed)

Museumsinsel (Museum Island)

This group of museums at the end of an Island in the Spree are one of the premier attractions of Berlin. The reason for its inclusion on the list is …

Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz by Ian Cade

Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörl… (Inscribed)

Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz

We only had a brief visit to the Georgium park in Dessau, which is just across the road from the Bauhaus Mastershouses. We had a brief walk through the park …

Bauhaus Sites by Ian Cade

Bauhaus Sites (Inscribed)

Bauhaus Sites

If your idea of a good World Heritage site is a historic city centre, then this is perhaps not the best place to visit as arriving from the train station …

Drottningholm by Ian Cade

Drottningholm (Inscribed)

Drottningholm

As already stated the Palace closes down for a few weeks in mid December – January so I didn’t actually get to visit the inside of the Palace. I must …

Medina of Tunis by Ian Cade

Medina of Tunis (Inscribed)

Medina of Tunis

The Medina of Tunis is perhaps the best Medina in the country, whilst the sites are nothing spectacular, and you can walk straight past them if you do not keep …

Skogskyrkogarden by Ian Cade

Skogskyrkogarden (Inscribed)

Skogskyrkogarden

This probably isn’t top of most people’s lists of Stockholm’s ‘must sees’, even down to the name which I thought I had managed to get my tongue around until the …

Megalithic Temples of Malta by Ian Cade

Megalithic Temples of Malta (Inscribed)

Megalithic Temples of Malta

These seven temples are distributed across Malta and its sister island of Gozo. They consist of some of the oldest freestanding buildings in the world, providing an insight into some …

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