Jarek Pokrzywnicki

Member since December 2010

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My most impressive site: Rome, Machu Picchu, Canaima, Los Glaciares, Ha Long Bay, Komodo, Tikal, Kathmandu Valley

My proposal for a new site: Defensive network along Danube river in Serbia (Bac, Golubac, Smederevo, Petrovaradin), Toro Muerto - Peru, Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia), Pierrefonds castle (France), Svalbard archipelago (Norway), Tetovo, North Macedonia - former Turkish monuments (painted mosque, Arabati Baba Tekke, Isa Beg hammam), Debre Damo monastery, Danakil Depression (Ethiopia)

Recent Visits

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Bale Mountains National Park, Gedeo Cultural landscape, Konso, Lower Valley of the Awash, Lower Valley …
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Nov. 20, 2024

Ahmadabad, Chitwan National Park, Kathmandu Valley, Lumbini, Sagarmatha National Park
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July 29, 2024

Al-Faw, Beijing Central Axis, Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu, Dacian Limes, The Royal Court …

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- Varazdin - Historic Nucleus and Old Town (the Cast
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- Trakai Historical National Park
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- The Typical Crernozem Soils of the Balti Steppe
- The Underground Wineries of Moldova
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- The rural settlement of Fikardou
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- The archaeological site of the city of Dvin
- The monastery of Noravank and the upper Amaghou Va
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- The Medieval Town of Tansen
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- Amalienborg and its district
- The Maritime Heritage of Dragør Old Town and Harbo
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- Svalbard Archipelago
- The Lofoten islands
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- Spice Trade Route on XIII-XVIII AD
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- The forts of Rostaq and al-Hazm
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- The Dunejec River Gorge in the Pieniny Mountains
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- The Cultural Heritage of Yeha
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- L'amphitheatre de Durres
- The Ancient City of Apollonia
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- Tenzug - Tallensi settlements
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- Sya
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- Susha
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- Silk Roads Sites in Tajikistan
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- Sheikh Abdullah Al-Jabir Palace
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- Seruwila to Sri Pada pilgrim route
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- Sacred Titicaca Lake
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- Meanders of the Upper Daugava
- Rundāle Palace Ensemble
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- Aguas Livres Aqueduct
- Pombaline Lisbon
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- Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento
- Palais de la Culture, Rio de Janeiro
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- Kerman
- Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab
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- Naganeupseong
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- Maaloula
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- L'Aeropostale
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- Jerash Archaeological City
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- Ciudad Bolivar
- Hacienda Chuao
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- Cultural Landscape of Canyon in Kamenets-Podilsk
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- Chalchuapa
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- Caesarea
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- Black River Gorges National Park
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- Baltic Klint
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- Panamá City
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- Archaeo-astronomical Site Kokino
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- Volcan Masaya National Park
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About Jarek Pokrzywnicki

First name: Jarek

Member since: December 2010

Country of Origin: None

Visits

Rank: #None

WHS: 0

Tentative Sites: 0

Website Participation

Reviews: 108

Ratings Ratings World Heritage Sites Mystras 5.0 Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine 5.0 Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 5.0 Auschwitz Birkenau 5.0 Warsaw 5.0 Malbork Castle 5.0 Białowieża Forest 5.0 Centennial Hall 5.0 Kraków 5.0 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 5.0 Muskauer Park 5.0 Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 5.0 Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 5.0 L'viv 5.0 Luther Memorials 5.0 Darien National Park 5.0 Los Katios National Park 5.0 Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines 5.0 Grand Canyon 5.0 Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 5.0 Yellowstone 5.0 Yosemite National Park 5.0 Lalibela 5.0 Torun 5.0 Zamość 5.0 Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto 4.5 Maymand 4.0 Djoudj 4.0 Nesvizh 4.0 Coiba National Park 4.0 Coro and its Port 4.0 Convent of Christ in Tomar 4.0 Valparaiso 3.5 Berat and Gjirokastra 3.5 Saloum Delta 3.5 Mycenae and Tiryns 3.0 Site of Xanadu 3.0 Copán 3.0 Saryarka 3.0 Holasovice 2.5 Walled City of Baku 2.0 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 2.0 Le Havre 1.5 Gobustan Rock Art 1.5 Island of Saint-Louis 1.0 Tentative Sites Garni and the ‘Basalt Organ’ Columnar Joint Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve Pereslavl-Zalessky Capital Fortifications of Hanyang European Paper Mills Martin Brod - Una National Park The Maritime Heritage of Dragør Old Town and Harbo The Underground Wineries of Moldova Dirre Sheik Hussein Religious, Cultural and Histor Tilaurakot-Kapilavastu Carnac Archaeological Complex of Toro Muerto Svalbard Archipelago Tbilisi Historic District The Palaces of King Ludwig II Malleco Viaduct The Ribeira Sacra, Lugo and Orense Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco) Gdynia Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom Desert Castles of Ancient Khorezm The Augustow Canal (Kanal Augustowski) Le Monastère de Neamt Plovdiv L'église de Densus The Augustow Canal (Kanal Augustowski) Maltese Catacomb Complexes Silk Roads Sites in Uzbekistan Rundāle Palace Ensemble Meanders of the Upper Daugava Rostov Kremlin Sites of Great Moravia Silk Roads Sites in Tajikistan Íznik Ceský ráj (Czech Paradise) Rock Cities Two neolithic dwellings The Historical City of Maybod Kerman Marais salants de Guérande Zee Ain Heritage Village in Al-Baha Region Lake Tana Island Monasteries and the Adjacent Wetl Rijal Almaa National Theater of Guatemala The Lofoten islands California Current Conservation Complex VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Thingvellir National Route of the Franciscan Evangelisation The Theatre and Aqueducts of the Ancient City of A Harran and Sanliurfa Orheiul Vechi Aalto Works Cuetzalan and its Historical, Cultural and Natural Le noyau historique de la ville d'Alba Julia Gemer and Abov churches Les « coules » de Petite Valachie Archaeological site of Ancient Messene The wider area of Mount Olympus Manama Historic Center of Qoqon Maaloula Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation The rural settlement of Fikardou Tenzug - Tallensi settlements Susha The Typical Crernozem Soils of the Balti Steppe Sinpetru (site paleontologique): 45 66

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Reviews by Jarek Pokrzywnicki

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Tilaurakot-Kapilavastu (Nominated)

Tilaurakot-Kapilavastu

Site visited in November, 2024.

Nepali proposal for inscription in 2026. Once a capital of ancient Shakya capital city where Siddhartha Gautam spent his princely life before he became …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 04/04/25

Martin Brod - Una National Pa… (Nominated)

Martin Brod - Una National Park

Complex of travertine waterfalls in Martin Brod - Una National Park– site visited in July, 2024.

Bosnian proposal for inscription in 2026. It is not fully clear if they …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 16/09/24

Cuetzalan and its Historical,… (On tentative list)

Cuetzalan and its Historical, Cultural and Natural

Cuetzalan or Cuetzalan del Progreso – site visited in February, 2024.

On a map it looks as nice stopover while travelling from Mexico City to El Tajin. It is …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 26/06/24

Rock Paintings of the Sierra … (Inscribed)

Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco

The Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco – sites visited in February, 2024.

As Els already described carefully the basics I will focus on updates. Before any visit …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 19/04/24

Gemer and Abov churches (On tentative list)

Gemer and Abov churches

Gemer and Abov churches with the medieval mural paintings – sites visited in April, 2023.

Official site description points 10 churches with well-preserved mural paintings from the 14th and …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 04/04/24

California Current Conservati… (On tentative list)

California Current Conservation Complex

California Current Conservation Complex - Golden Gate National Recreation Area– visited October, 2023, during 2-weeks USA trip (rented car). In fact Golden Gate National Recreation Area is a huge complex …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 01/04/24

Banska Stiavnica (Inscribed)

Banska Stiavnica

Site visited in May 2023, shortly after the fire that destroyed part of historic houses in the strict center of Banska Stiavnica.

That was my second visit to Banska …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 12/12/23

National Theater of Guatemala (On tentative list)

National Theater of Guatemala

Site visited recently, February 2023. Modernist complex of buildings commonly known as Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias, located in the center of Guatemala City. Approximate Google coordinates of the place …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 29/03/23

Belize Barrier Reef (Inscribed)

Belize Barrier Reef

Bacalar Chico national park and marine reserve

Site visited recently, February 2023. With limited time (as always) I decided to visit only small part of the site. Also due …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 28/03/23

Himā Cultural area (Inscribed)

Himā Cultural area

Area visited recently, November 2022. Certainly one of the best example of rock art (similar to those in the Hail region) with interesting addition of ancient wells. As located quite …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 21/02/23

Hejaz Railway (On tentative list)

Hejaz Railway

Site (or to be more precise: sites) visited recently, November 2022. Searching for future inscriptions in a country relatively new within UNESCO structures can bring such sites like Hejaz Railway. …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 30/12/22

Gordion (Inscribed)

Gordion

Site visited in September, 2022. Turkish candidate for inscription in 2022. Huge chances as the area was once the capital of powerful Phrygian Kingdom traces of which are still visible. …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 26/10/22

Evaporitic Karst and Caves (Inscribed)

Evaporitic Karst and Caves

Site visited just recently (June, 2022), tentative site, scheduled for inscription in 2023. Since Astraftis described one component - Upper Secchia Valley - I will try to focus on two …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 23/07/22

Le Monastère de Neamt (On tentative list)

Le Monastère de Neamt

Site visited in July, 2021 during extended Balkan trip. One of the oldest monasteries in Romania. Located in northern part of the country in historical region of Moldovia (do not …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 14/05/22

Kerman (On tentative list)

Kerman

Site visited in May, 2010. Located in south-eastern part of Iran is a good base for exploring Lut Desert and nice place for admiring its own monuments. Kerman as a …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 18/03/22

Calakmul (Inscribed)

Calakmul

Visited just recently (November, 2021). Since the site was carefully decribed by other travellers I will focus on transportation warning so you may avoid problems while trying to get there …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 30/12/21

Rundāle Palace Ensemble (On tentative list)

Rundāle Palace Ensemble

Site visited in August, 2021. Rundāle Palace Ensemble is probably the best example of baroque style residence in whole Latvia (together with the palace in Jelgava). Maybe it cannot be …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 29/12/21

Meanders of the Upper Daugava (On tentative list)

Meanders of the Upper Daugava

Meanders of the Upper Daugava -site (or to be more precise, area) visited in August, 2021.

The area contains nine meanders of Daugava river (natural site) with all historical …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 06/11/21

The Typical Crernozem Soils o… (On tentative list)

The Typical Crernozem Soils of the Balti Steppe

Just recently visited, during trip throughout Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, July, 2021. Strange place. Or maybe better ordinary place, that's better expression.

While preparing the journey, I found the location …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 04/08/21

Desert Castles of Ancient Kho… (On tentative list)

Desert Castles of Ancient Khorezm

Site visited during round-Uzbekistan trip (April, 2010) – since Clyde described particular sites I will try to focus on practical aspects / description of different places. All prices were as …

Keep reading Jarek Pok… 02/06/21