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 …
Ian Cade
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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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10June 7, 2025Welterbetag 2025: Hildesheim Cathedral and Church
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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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About Ian Cade
- First name
- Ian
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- December 2005
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
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World Heritage Sites
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- Bauhaus Sites 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 5.0
- Yellowstone 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Prague 4.5
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 4.5
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.5
- Vienna 4.5
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 4.5
- Mesa Verde 4.5
- Ajanta Caves 4.5
- Sceilg Mhichíl 4.5
- Chaco Culture 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 4.5
- Grimeton Radio Station 4.5
- Ellora Caves 4.5
- Brasilia 4.5
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 4.5
- Guanajuato 4.5
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.5
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 4.0
- Zollverein 4.0
- Yosemite National Park 4.0
- Stonehenge 4.0
- Granada 4.0
- Pampulha 4.0
- Split 4.0
- Mostar 4.0
- Salzburg 4.0
- Segovia 4.0
- Aquileia 4.0
- Tallinn 4.0
- Summer Palace 4.0
- Great Wall 4.0
- Edinburgh 4.0
- Preah Vihear Temple 4.0
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 4.0
- Bamberg 4.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 4.0
- Gwynedd Castles 4.0
- Vatican City 4.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 4.0
- Brugge 4.0
- Pompei 4.0
- Naples 4.0
- Dougga/Thugga 4.0
- Cesky Krumlov 4.0
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 4.0
- Le Havre 4.0
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 4.0
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 4.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.0
- Budapest 3.5
- Saint-Emilion 3.5
- Westminster 3.5
- Sydney Opera House 3.5
- Kraków 3.5
- Bordeaux 3.5
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 3.5
- Cordoba 3.5
- Thingvellir 3.5
- Syracuse 3.5
- Valletta 3.5
- Würzburg Residence 3.5
- Strasbourg 3.5
- Beijing Central Axis 3.5
- Medina of Fez 3.5
- Rabat 3.5
- Wartburg Castle 3.5
- Riga 3.5
- Rio de Janeiro 3.5
- Abbey of St Gall 3.5
- Xochicalco 3.5
- Puebla 3.5
- Teotihuacan 3.5
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 3.5
- Churches of Peace 3.5
- Gammelstad 3.5
- Major Town Houses 3.5
- Sambor Prei Kuk 3.5
- Tugendhat Villa 3.5
- L'viv 3.5
- Everglades 3.5
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 3.5
- Regensburg 3.5
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.5
- Monastery of Alcobaça 3.5
- Sintra 3.5
- Monastery of Batalha 3.5
- Florence 3.5
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.5
- Old City of Berne 3.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5
- Volubilis 3.5
- Quedlinburg 3.5
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 3.5
- El Escurial 3.5
- Graz 3.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 3.5
- Temple of Heaven 3.5
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
- Van Nellefabriek 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Belfries 3.0
- City of Luxembourg 3.0
- Oporto 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- Brú na Bóinne 3.0
- Versailles 3.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3.0
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 3.0
- Val di Noto 3.0
- Taos Pueblo 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
- 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
- Popocatepetl monasteries 3.0
- Monticello 3.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 3.0
- Imperial Palace 3.0
- San Miguel de Allende 3.0
- Plitvice Lakes 3.0
- Bursa and Cumalikizik 3.0
- Lake District 3.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.0
- Warsaw 3.0
- Reims 3.0
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 3.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.0
- Stoclet House 3.0
- Rhaetian Railway 3.0
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales 3.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- Via Appia 3.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 3.0
- Toledo 2.5
- Trogir 2.5
- New Lanark 2.5
- Engelsberg Ironworks 2.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 2.5
- Laponian Area 2.5
- Centennial Hall 2.5
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2.5
- Saltaire 2.5
- Flemish Béguinages 2.5
- Gorham's Cave Complex 2.5
- Longobards in Italy 2.5
- Torun 2.5
- Classical Weimar 2.5
- Reichenau 2.5
- Burgundy 2.5
- Kutna Hora 2.5
- Giant's Causeway 2.5
- Potsdam 2.5
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 2.5
- Forth Bridge 2.5
- Stevns Klint 2.5
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2.5
- Champagne 2.5
- Stari Grad Plain 2.5
- Fontainebleau 2.5
- Rock Carvings in Tanum 2.5
- Grand Canal 2.5
- Elephanta Caves 2.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 2.5
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 2.5
- Ayutthaya 2.5
- Rideau Canal 2.5
- Santiago de Compostela 2.5
- Luther Memorials 2.5
- Lübeck 2.5
- Asturian Monuments 2.5
- Medina of Essaouira 2.5
- Arles 2.5
- Beemster Polder 2.5
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.5
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 2.5
- Aachen Cathedral 2.5
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes 2.5
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.5
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 2.5
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 2.5
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 2.5
- Kew Gardens 2.5
- Medina of Sousse 2.5
- Kairouan 2.5
- Carthage 2.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 2.5
- Canterbury 2.5
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 2.5
- Trier 2.5
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 2.0
- Dong Phayayen 2.0
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.0
- Alcala de Henares 2.0
- Avila 2.0
- Aranjuez 2.0
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 2.0
- Semmering Railway 2.0
- Royal Joseon Tombs 2.0
- Nesvizh 2.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 2.0
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.0
- Messel Pit 2.0
- Kinderdijk 2.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.0
- Chartres Cathedral 2.0
- Trebic 2.0
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.0
- Schönbrunn 2.0
- Tower of London 2.0
- Camino Real 2.0
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses 2.0
- Antequera Dolmens Site 2.0
- Palmeral of Elche 2.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 2.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 2.0
- Kernavė 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Speyer Cathedral 2.0
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 2.0
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 2.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 2.0
- Drottningholm 2.0
- The Four Lifts 2.0
- Cologne Cathedral 2.0
- Cahokia Mounds 2.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 2.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.0
- Valongo Wharf 1.5
- Morelia 1.5
- Schokland 1.5
- Holasovice 1.5
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 1.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 1.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 1.5
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 1.5
- Kronborg Castle 1.5
- Royal Palace at Caserta 1.5
- Stećci 1.5
- Imperial Tombs 1.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 1.5
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 1.5
- Falun Great Copper Mountain 1.5
- Donana National Park 1.5
- Kladruby nad Labem 1.5
- Muskauer Park 1.5
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 1.5
- Modena 1.5
- Blenheim Palace 1.5
- Tower of Hercules 1.5
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 1.5
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 1.5
- Hahoe and Yangdong 1.5
- Peking Man Site 1.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 1.5
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 1.5
- Independence Hall 1.5
- Mafra 1.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 1.0
- Corvey 1.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 1.0
- Colonies of Benevolence 1.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 1.0
- Mir Castle 1.0
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 1.0
- Wadden Sea 1.0
- Birka and Hovgarden 1.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 1.0
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 1.0
- Derwent Valley Mills 1.0
- Danube Limes 0.5
- Lower German Limes 0.5
- Par force hunting landscape 0.5
Tentative Sites
- Moulay Idriss Zerhoun
- Zadar - Episcopal complex
- Mdina (Citta Vecchia)
- The Palaces of King Ludwig II
- Pombaline Lisbon
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers
- Nuruosmaniye Complex
- Phnom Kulen
- Palais de la Culture, Rio de Janeiro
- The Archeological complex of Banteay Chhmar
- Diocletian's Palace and the Historical Nucleus of
- Leuven
- Oasis de Gabes
- Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise
- Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble
- Ellis Island
- Les Mausolées Royaux de Numidie (Tunisia)
- Via Francigena
- Thingvellir National Park
- Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom
- Pont sur la gorge du Salgina
- Cathédrale de Saint-Denis
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang
- Kyiv: St. Cyril's and St. Andrew's Churches
- City of York
- Rouen
- Olympic Park Munich
- The Rise of Systematic Biology
- California Current Conservation Complex
- Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento
- Le noyau historique médiéval de Gand
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers
- Extension of Prague WHS
- Central Park
- Trakai Historical National Park
- The Royal Sites of Ireland
- Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna
- Civil Rights Movement Sites
- Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle
- The Walk of Peace from the Alps to the Adriatic
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles
- Francke Foundation Buildings
- Cittadella (Victoria - Gozo)
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum
- L'oeuvre architecturale d'Henry van de Velde
- Médina de Sfax
- Domaine de Fontainebleau
- Le champ de bataille de Waterloo
- Les citadelles mosanes
- VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Thingvellir National
- Coastal Cliffs
- Maltese Catacomb Complexes
- Amalienborg and its district
- Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malt
- D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944
- Primošten Vineyards
- Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade
- Caves of the Buda Thermal Karst System
- Victoria Lines Fortifications
- Aire du Dragonnier Ajgal
- Astronomical Observatories of Ukraine
- Le complexe hydraulique romain de Zaghouan-Carthag
- Álvaro Siza’s Architecture
- Centre ancien de Sarlat
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Reviews by Ian Cade


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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Verona (Inscribed)
Verona
I really enjoyed my brief visit to Verona. There were plenty of impressive buildings to visit however we had most fun just walking along the busy streets eating ice creams …

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Inscribed)
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
I love travelling by train, and I also have a love of architecture; as such entering train stations is always a special sensation for me. I decided to throw myself …

Venice and its Lagoon (Inscribed)
Venice and its Lagoon
There are reasons why some sites are so famous; Venice is a case in point. This really is a unique and magnificent city, and really justified as being one of …