Ilya Burlak

Member since January 2017

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I only started prioritizing visiting World Heritage sites a few years ago and with my limited US-based corporate-warrior time-off allocation and family obligations I can only add a handful to a dozen in any given year. Looking forward to visiting them all after I am able to retire...

Check out my website: http://www.burlaki.com

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    Hollókö, Pannonhalma
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    Arequipa, Cuzco, Lima, Machu Picchu, Qhapaq Ñan
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    Acropolis, Agrigento, Albi, Alcala de Henares, Alto Douro ...
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About Ilya Burlak

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Reviews by Ilya Burlak

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Monastery of Alcobaça by Ilya Burlak

Monastery of Alcobaça (Inscribed)

Monastery of Alcobaça

On our itinerary around Portugal in April of 2019 we covered all of the monasteries in the "triangle" north of Lisbon. Alcobaça is the unflashiest of the three, but also …

The Palaces of King Ludwig II by Ilya Burlak

The Palaces of King Ludwig II (Nominated)

The Palaces of King Ludwig II

I visited two of the three castles in this serial property ages ago. They likely deserve full WH recognition purely on the strength of the world-wide fame of Neuschwanstein. Just …

Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro by Ilya Burlak

Paseo del Prado and Buen Reti… (Inscribed)

Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro

I've been to Madrid many times over the years and on each occasion I take time to walk the length of Paseo del Prado from Plaza de Cibeles to the …

The Karlstejn Castle by Ilya Burlak

The Karlstejn Castle (On tentative list)

The Karlstejn Castle

My one and only visit to Karlštejn Castle took place nearly a decade ago, but seeing that there are no other reviews for it, even a dated one might be …

Medici Villas and Gardens by Ilya Burlak

Medici Villas and Gardens (Inscribed)

Medici Villas and Gardens

I have not yet been prioritizing visits to the WH sites when I last was in Tuscany, so my familiarity with this serial property is limited to Boboli Gardens. Even …

Volterra by Ilya Burlak

Volterra (On tentative list)

Volterra

It is hard to compete with such illustrious neighbors as Siena or San Gimignano, so Volterra probably deserves its second-tier billing when it comes to Tuscan destinations. The historic town …

The Historic City of Dublin by Ilya Burlak

The Historic City of Dublin (Removed from tentat…)

The Historic City of Dublin

I visited Dublin a couple of times, most recently in 2017, and set aside some time for exploring, but the reality is that there is little to explore there that …

Ellis Island by Ilya Burlak

Ellis Island (On tentative list)

Ellis Island

Ellis Island has been an entry point for over 12 million immigrants to the United States over the course of 60-plus years. The descendants of those immigrants nowadays make over …

Brooklyn Bridge by Ilya Burlak

Brooklyn Bridge (On tentative list)

Brooklyn Bridge

Among the industrial-age technological monuments, Brooklyn Bridge has few equals in terms of innovation and impact. When built, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world, and it employed …

Ancient Greek Theatres by Ilya Burlak

Ancient Greek Theatres (On tentative list)

Ancient Greek Theatres

While touring Greece in the summer of 2018, I stopped by a number of its World Heritage sites, and had a chance to see theaters at Delos, Acropolis (called Dionysos …

Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece by Ilya Burlak

Late Medieval Bastioned Forti… (On tentative list)

Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece

My visit to this site was rather marginal. During a stay in central Crete in the summer of 2018, I explored Heraklion for about half a day. Included in the …

Centre ancien de Sarlat by Ilya Burlak

Centre ancien de Sarlat (On tentative list)

Centre ancien de Sarlat

I spent time in Sarlat-la-Canéda, frequently called simply Sarlat, in the late spring of 2018 as part of a week-long stay in Périgord. Its charming medieval core is a maze …

Giant's Causeway by Ilya Burlak

Giant's Causeway (Inscribed)

Giant's Causeway

I visited Giant's Causeway in the spring of 2017 by driving half the island of Eire from Dublin to see the unique natural phenomenon. The Causeway is the result of …

Stoclet House by Ilya Burlak

Stoclet House (Inscribed)

Stoclet House

There is very little that I can add to what the other reviewers said before me about this underwhelming site. The optics of bestowing a World Heritage designation on something …

Mantua and Sabbioneta by Ilya Burlak

Mantua and Sabbioneta (Inscribed)

Mantua and Sabbioneta

The towns of Mantua (Mantova in Italian) and Sabbioneta are paired into a single World Heritage site on the basis of representing two different facets of Renaissance city planning: …

Poblet Monastery by Ilya Burlak

Poblet Monastery (Inscribed)

Poblet Monastery

My frequently professed affinity for sacred architecture did not translate into surpassing appreciation of Poblet Monastery. I saw an impressive enough complex which I could not call extraordinary. The historical …

Pienza by Ilya Burlak

Pienza (Inscribed)

Pienza

The historic center of the Pienza is inscribed on UNESCO List because it occupies a seminal position in the development of the concept of the planned “ideal town”, but you …

Reims by Ilya Burlak

Reims (Inscribed)

Reims

My visit to Reims took place nearly a decade ago, but the buildings recognized on this site's inscription have stood for centuries, so I expect that my impressions remain relevant.

Tarraco by Ilya Burlak

Tarraco (Inscribed)

Tarraco

An attractive city to the south-west of Barcelona, Tarragona’s claim to UNESCO recognition revolves around its Roman past, as evidenced by a significant number of architectural remains in and around …

Minoan Palatial Centres by Ilya Burlak

Minoan Palatial Centres (Nominated)

Minoan Palatial Centres

During a stay on Crete in the summer of 2018 I visited two of the properties of this serial site. One of them, Knossos Palace is the most visited tourist …

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