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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/
Recent Visits
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40Feb. 23, 2025Cilento and Vallo di Diano, Naples, Pompei, Royal Palace at Caserta
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10Sept. 13, 2024Eisinga Planetarium
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20July 29, 2024Beijing Central Axis, Via Appia
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About Ian Cade
- Member since
- December 2005
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
Visits
- Rank
- #132
- WHS
- 324
- Tentative Sites
- 53
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 316
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World Heritage Sites
- Rome 5.0
- Bauhaus Sites 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Yellowstone 5.0
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 5.0
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- Mesa Verde 4.5
- Chaco Culture 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.5
- Vienna 4.5
- Brasilia 4.5
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 4.5
- Guanajuato 4.5
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- Ellora Caves 4.5
- Sceilg Mhichíl 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 4.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.5
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 4.5
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 4.5
- Grimeton Radio Station 4.5
- Ajanta Caves 4.5
- Naples 4.5
- Aquileia 4.0
- Le Havre 4.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 4.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 4.0
- Stonehenge and Avebury 4.0
- Yosemite National Park 4.0
- Bamberg 4.0
- Split 4.0
- Vatican City 4.0
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 4.0
- Preah Vihear Temple 4.0
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 4.0
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 4.0
- Edinburgh 4.0
- Tallinn 4.0
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 4.0
- Mostar 4.0
- Pampulha 4.0
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 4.0
- Salzburg 4.0
- Pompei 4.0
- Gwynedd Castles 4.0
- Segovia 4.0
- Great Wall 4.0
- Summer Palace 4.0
- Granada 4.0
- Cesky Krumlov 4.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.0
- Dougga/Thugga 4.0
- Zollverein 4.0
- Sintra 3.5
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.5
- Beijing Central Axis 3.5
- Temple of Heaven 3.5
- Bordeaux 3.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 3.5
- Graz 3.5
- El Escurial 3.5
- Quedlinburg 3.5
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.5
- Regensburg 3.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5
- Volubilis 3.5
- Gammelstad 3.5
- Churches of Peace 3.5
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 3.5
- Old City of Berne 3.5
- Teotihuacan 3.5
- Abbey of St Gall 3.5
- Westminster 3.5
- Sydney Opera House 3.5
- Kraków 3.5
- Budapest 3.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
- Sambor Prei Kuk 3.5
- Major Town Houses 3.5
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 3.5
- Tugendhat Villa 3.5
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.5
- Florence 3.5
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 3.5
- Strasbourg 3.5
- Würzburg Residence 3.5
- Valletta 3.5
- Syracuse 3.5
- Thingvellir 3.5
- Cordoba 3.5
- Saint-Emilion 3.5
- Puebla 3.5
- Monastery of Batalha 3.5
- Monastery of Alcobaça 3.5
- Xochicalco 3.5
- Rio de Janeiro 3.5
- Riga 3.5
- Wartburg Castle 3.5
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 3.5
- Everglades 3.5
- L'viv 3.5
- Rabat 3.5
- Medina of Fez 3.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 3.0
- Imperial Palace 3.0
- San Miguel de Allende 3.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 3.0
- Via Appia 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Belfries 3.0
- City of Luxembourg 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 3.0
- Oporto 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales 3.0
- Rhaetian Railway 3.0
- Brú na Bóinne 3.0
- Stoclet House 3.0
- Versailles 3.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3.0
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 3.0
- Val di Noto 3.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.0
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 3.0
- Reims 3.0
- Warsaw 3.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.0
- Taos Pueblo 3.0
- Lake District 3.0
- Bursa and Cumalikizik 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Holy Trinity Column 3.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.0
- University of Coimbra 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Maritime Greenwich 3.0
- Medina of Tunis 3.0
- Amphitheater of El Jem 3.0
- Kerkuane 3.0
- Ironbridge Gorge 3.0
- Telc 3.0
- Litomysl Castle 3.0
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 3.0
- Mont-Saint-Michel 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- Orange 3.0
- Lyon 3.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3.0
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 3.0
- Plitvice Lakes 3.0
- Seville 3.0
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 3.0
- Stone Circles of Senegambia 3.0
- Kunta Kinteh Island 3.0
- Amiens Cathedral 3.0
- Vilnius 3.0
- Studley Royal Park 3.0
- Altamira Cave 3.0
- Sukhothai 3.0
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 3.0
- Verona 3.0
- Gyeongju 3.0
- Haeinsa Temple 3.0
- Malbork Castle 3.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 3.0
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Heritage of Mercury 3.0
- Skocjan Caves 3.0
- Fagus Factory 3.0
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 3.0
- Meknes 3.0
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.0
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 3.0
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 3.0
- Querétaro 3.0
- Monticello 3.0
- Van Nellefabriek 3.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 3.0
- Trogir 2.5
- Medina of Sousse 2.5
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 2.5
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.5
- Asturian Monuments 2.5
- Rideau Canal 2.5
- Stevns Klint 2.5
- Kutna Hora 2.5
- Flemish Béguinages 2.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 2.5
- Trier 2.5
- Canterbury 2.5
- Brugge 2.5
- Carthage 2.5
- Kairouan 2.5
- Kew Gardens 2.5
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 2.5
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.5
- Aachen Cathedral 2.5
- Beemster Polder 2.5
- Arles 2.5
- Medina of Essaouira 2.5
- Lübeck 2.5
- Luther Memorials 2.5
- Santiago de Compostela 2.5
- Ayutthaya 2.5
- Elephanta Caves 2.5
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 2.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 2.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 2.5
- Fontainebleau 2.5
- Rock Carvings in Tanum 2.5
- Grand Canal 2.5
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 2.5
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 2.5
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 2.5
- Toledo 2.5
- New Lanark 2.5
- Engelsberg Ironworks 2.5
- Laponian Area 2.5
- Centennial Hall 2.5
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2.5
- Saltaire 2.5
- Longobards in Italy 2.5
- Classical Weimar 2.5
- Torun 2.5
- Gorham's Cave Complex 2.5
- Champagne 2.5
- Stari Grad Plain 2.5
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2.5
- Forth Bridge 2.5
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 2.5
- Potsdam 2.5
- Giant's Causeway 2.5
- Burgundy 2.5
- Reichenau 2.5
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes 2.5
- Schönbrunn 2.0
- Kinderdijk 2.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 2.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 2.0
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai 2.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 2.0
- The Four Lifts 2.0
- Palmeral of Elche 2.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 2.0
- Tower of London 2.0
- Semmering Railway 2.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 2.0
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses 2.0
- Kernavė 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Speyer Cathedral 2.0
- Cahokia Mounds 2.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.0
- Cologne Cathedral 2.0
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 2.0
- Drottningholm 2.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 2.0
- Chartres Cathedral 2.0
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 2.0
- Nesvizh 2.0
- Camino Real 2.0
- Aranjuez 2.0
- Avila 2.0
- Alcala de Henares 2.0
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.0
- Antequera Dolmens Site 2.0
- Royal Joseon Tombs 2.0
- Messel Pit 2.0
- Trebic 2.0
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.0
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 2.0
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.0
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 1.5
- Stecci 1.5
- Valongo Wharf 1.5
- Modena 1.5
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 1.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 1.5
- Imperial Tombs 1.5
- Muskauer Park 1.5
- Peking Man Site 1.5
- Schokland 1.5
- Falun Great Copper Mountain 1.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 1.5
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 1.5
- Kronborg Castle 1.5
- Kladruby nad Labem 1.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 1.5
- Tower of Hercules 1.5
- Blenheim Palace 1.5
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 1.5
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 1.5
- Hahoe and Yangdong 1.5
- Donana National Park 1.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 1.5
- Royal Palace at Caserta 1.5
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 1.5
- Holasovice 1.5
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 1.5
- Morelia 1.5
- Independence Hall 1.5
- Wadden Sea 1.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 1.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 1.0
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 1.0
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 1.0
- Mafra 1.0
- Mir Castle 1.0
- Colonies of Benevolence 1.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 1.0
- Derwent Valley Mills 1.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 1.0
- Corvey 1.0
- Birka and Hovgarden 1.0
- Danube Limes 0.5
- Lower German Limes 0.5
- Par force hunting landscape 0.5
Tentative Sites
- Chiang Mai
- The Rise of Systematic Biology
- Zadar - Episcopal complex
- Nuruosmaniye Complex
- Palais de la Culture, Rio de Janeiro
- The Archeological complex of Banteay Chhmar
- Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise
- Kyiv: St. Cyril's and St. Andrew's Churches
- California Current Conservation Complex
- Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento
- Le noyau historique médiéval de Gand
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers
- Trakai Historical National Park
- The Royal Sites of Ireland
- Moulay Idriss Zerhoun
- Pombaline Lisbon
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers
- Phnom Kulen
- Leuven
- Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble
- Ellis Island
- Les Mausolées Royaux de Numidie (Tunisia)
- Via Francigena
- Thingvellir National Park
- Pont sur la gorge du Salgina
- Cathédrale de Saint-Denis
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang
- City of York
- Rouen
- Olympic Park Munich
- Central Park
- Mdina (Citta Vecchia)
- Diocletian's Palace and the Historical Nucleus of
- Oasis de Gabes
- Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom
- Extension of Prague WHS
- Civil Rights Movement Sites
- The Walk of Peace from the Alps to the Adriatic
- Coastal Cliffs
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles
- Maltese Catacomb Complexes
- Centre ancien de Sarlat
- Astronomical Observatories of Ukraine
- Amalienborg and its district
- Cittadella (Victoria - Gozo)
- Le complexe hydraulique romain de Zaghouan-Carthag
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum
- Knights Fortifications around Harbours of Malta
- L'oeuvre architecturale d'Henry van de Velde
- Médina de Sfax
- Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle
- Primosten Vineyards
- D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944
- Domaine de Fontainebleau
- Le champ de bataille de Waterloo
- Alvaro Siza's Architecture
- Les citadelles mosanes
- Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade
- VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Thingvellir NP
- Francke Foundation Buildings
- Caves of the Buda Thermal Karst System
- Victoria Lines Fortifications
- Aire du Dragonnier Ajgal
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Reviews by Ian Cade


Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa … (Inscribed)
Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
The main thing that struck me was how delicate this structure looked despite the massive size of its capstone, it was perched like a delicate Brancusi sulpture. Ganghwa island is …

Changdeokgung Palace Complex (Inscribed)
Changdeokgung Palace Complex
Palaces and me are not the greatest mix, as such I focused my visit here on the picturesque Biwon/ Huwon (Secret Garden) at the rear of the complex. I visited …

Imperial Palace (Inscribed)
Imperial Palace
I must admit I wasn't especially looking forward to this visit; it had more of a feeling of something I should do rather than wanted to do. However after a …

Hahoe and Yangdong (Inscribed)
Hahoe and Yangdong
I must admit when I first arrived at Yangdong I was distinctly unimpressed. Bus 203 dropped me off in a rather muddy car park and I was left looking through …

Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa… (Inscribed)
Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
These two sites were a rather pleasant way to start my exploration of South Korea. I started at the small Seokguram Grotto, I was impressed by the quality of the …

Temple of Heaven (Inscribed)
Temple of Heaven
Fresh off the plane I went for an early morning stroll around the Temple of Heaven and the surrounding park, which provided the best possible start to my 5 days …

Grimeton Radio Station (Inscribed)
Grimeton Radio Station
From looking at the positive reviews from some of my most trusted commentators on this site, I already knew that this was going to be a little more interesting than …

Rock Carvings in Tanum (Inscribed)
Rock Carvings in Tanum
Most aspects of the site have already been covered in the reviews here, and I am in agreement that this was a really nice site to visit for my first …

Gwynedd Castles (Inscribed)
Gwynedd Castles
These have to rank as some of the best places I have visited in Britain. At the start of November 2006 we visited the Castle at Beaumaris and spent a …

Edinburgh (Inscribed)
Edinburgh
To my mind this is Britain’s finest World Heritage Site, both in terms of what there is to see and also the visiting experience.
I knew that Edinburgh was a …

Dinosaur Ichnite Sites of the… (Removed from tentat…)
Dinosaur Ichnite Sites of the Iberian Peninsula
Whilst I was visiting the cave of Tito Bustillo in Ribadesella I took the opportunity to have a bit of a hike to see this potential World Heritage site. There …

The Twin Monastery of Wearmou… (Removed from tentat…)
The Twin Monastery of Wearmouth Jarrow
On the long drive back from Hadrian's Wall I decided to make a quick detour to have a view of the UK's next prospective WHS. So on a very quiet …

Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Inscribed)
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
I had previously resisted the temptation to tick off this site by visiting the remnants of Hadrian’s Wall in suburban Tyneside, so to do the site some justice I decided …

The Architectural Work of Le … (Inscribed)
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
When looking at this proposal I said I would only count it once I had visited one of the four major works of le Corbusier, for me these were: Villa …

Mantua and Sabbioneta (Inscribed)
Mantua and Sabbioneta
There is a real wow factor when approaching Mantua from road over ponte San Girgio, especially at night. The Castle and Palace were magnificently lit up as we crossed the …

Padua’s fourteenth-century fr… (Inscribed)
Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
Magnificent!
This was the single highlight of my trip around the Veneto, and the finest site I have visited from the tentative list. It could easily make it onto the …

Saint-Emilion (Inscribed)
Saint-Emilion
I really enjoyed this visit, I spent a couple of hours aimless wandering the hilly cobbled streets in the centre of the medieval town, poking my head into the smattering …

Fontainebleau (Inscribed)
Fontainebleau
I did enjoy my trip out to the palace and it was a rewarding visit. It didn't feel quite as cripplingly oppressive as Versailles and was a more manageable place …

Bordeaux (Inscribed)
Bordeaux
I found Bordeaux to be a great, medium sized European city, though it has some lovely buildings there are no real stand out monuments. The large uniform buildings do not …