The highlight of this WHS is the brightly coloured expanse of frescoes inside the church. But almost as interesting was a visit to nearby Mustair village, located deep in the …
John Booth
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My most impressive site: Lava Tubes, Jeju Island, South Korea
My proposal for a new site: Volcanoes of Auckland, New Zealand
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5030April 3, 2014Aachen Cathedral, Aapravasi Ghat, Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch, Abbey of St Gall, Acropolis ...
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5030April 3, 2014
- Aachen Cathedral
- Aapravasi Ghat
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
- Abbey of St Gall
- Acropolis
- Aflaj irrigation system
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
- Agra Fort
- Agrigento
- Al Ain
- Albi
- Alcala de Henares
- Altamira Cave
- Alto Douro
- Amiens Cathedral
- Amsterdam Canal Ring
- Ancient Kyoto
- Ancient Nara
- Ancient Thebes
- Angkor
- Aphrodisias
- Aquileia
- Aranjuez
- Archaeological Site of Aigai
- Archaeological Site of Delphi
- Arles
- Assisi
- Asturian Monuments
- Atapuerca
- Auschwitz Birkenau
- Australian Convict Sites
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
- Avignon
- Avila
- Ayutthaya
- Bahá’i Holy Places
- Bahla Fort
- Bali Subak system
- Bamberg
- Ban Chiang
- Banska Stiavnica
- Bardejov Town
- Baroque Churches
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
- Bauhaus Sites
- Beemster Polder
- Belem
- Belfries
- Bellinzone
- Benedictine Convent of St. John
- Berat and Gjirokastra
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
- Bethlehem
- Białowieża Forest
- Biblical Tells
- Birka and Hovgarden
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
- Blenheim Palace
- Bordeaux
- Borobudur
- Botanical Garden, Padua
- Bourges Cathedral
- Boyana Church
- Brugge
- Brú na Bóinne
- Bryggen
- Budapest
- Bukhara
- Burgos Cathedral
- Butrint
- Caceres
- Canal du Midi
- Canterbury
- Castel del Monte
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
- Causses and Cévennes
- Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin
- Centennial Hall
- Central Highlands
- Cesky Krumlov
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex
- Chartres Cathedral
- Chief Roi Mata's Domain
- Choirokoitia
- Churches of Moldavia
- Churches of Peace
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
- City of Bath
- City of Luxembourg
- Classical Weimar
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde
- Cologne Cathedral
- Colonia del Sacramento
- Convent of Christ in Tomar
- Cordoba
- Corfu
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
- Corvey
- Costiera Amalfitana
- Crespi d'Adda
- Cuenca
- Curonian Spit
- Dacian Fortresses
- Danube Delta
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
- Delos
- Derwent Valley Mills
- Dolomites
- Donana National Park
- Dong Phayayen
- Dorset and East Devon Coast
- Drottningholm
- Dubrovnik
- Durham Castle and Cathedral
- Dutch Water Defence Lines
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs
- Edinburgh
- El Escurial
- Engelsberg Ironworks
- Epidaurus
- Etruscan Necropolises
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec
- Evora
- Fagus Factory
- Falun Great Copper Mountain
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Ferrara
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee
- Flemish Béguinages
- Florence
- Fontainebleau
- Fortifications of Vauban
- Fortified City of Carcassonne
- Fortress of Suomenlinna
- Fraser Island
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire
- Gammelstad
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz
- Genbaku Dome
- Genoa
- Giant's Causeway
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
- Gondwana Rainforests
- Granada
- Grand Canyon
- Grand Place, Brussels
- Graz
- Greater Blue Mountains
- Great Wall
- Great Zimbabwe
- Grimeton Radio Station
- Guimarães
- Gulf of Porto
- Gunung Mulu
- Gusuku of Ryukyu
- Gwynedd Castles
- Gyeongju
- Haeinsa Temple
- Hallstatt-Dachstein
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
- Hawaii Volcanoes
- Heritage of Mercury
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church
- Himeji-jo
- Hiraizumi
- Historic Cairo
- Hoi An
- Holasovice
- Hollókö
- Holy Trinity Column
- Hortobágy
- Horyu-ji Area
- Hué
- Humayun's Tomb
- Hwaseong Fortress
- Ibiza
- Iguacu
- Iguazu National Park
- Ilulissat Icefjord
- Imperial Palace
- Incense Route of the Negev
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
- Ironbridge Gorge
- Island of Patmos
- Isole Eolie
- Istanbul
- Itsukushima Shrine
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
- Jantar Mantar
- Jeju
- Jelling
- Jongmyo Shrine
- Kakadu National Park
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- Kandy
- Karlskrona
- Kernavė
- Kew Gardens
- Kii Mountain Range
- Kinabalu Park
- Kinderdijk
- Komodo National Park
- Kotor
- Kraków
- Kremlin and Red Square
- Kronborg Castle
- Kutna Hora
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
- Lagoons of New Caledonia
- Lake Baikal
- Lake District
- La Lonja de la Seda
- Land of Frankincense
- Laponian Area
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
- Le Havre
- Le Morne
- Lenggong Valley
- Levuka
- Litomysl Castle
- Liverpool
- Loire Valley
- Longobards in Italy
- Luang Prabang
- Lübeck
- Luther Memorials
- Lyon
- Macao
- Madara Rider
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
- Major Town Houses
- Malbork Castle
- Mantua and Sabbioneta
- Margravial Opera House
- Maritime Greenwich
- Masada
- Matera
- Matobo Hills
- Maulbronn Monastery
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- Mazagan
- Medici Villas and Gardens
- Medina of Essaouira
- Medina of Fez
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Medina of Tétouan
- Megalithic Temples of Malta
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge
- Meknes
- Melaka and George Town
- Mérida
- Mesa Verde
- Messel Pit
- Meteora
- Modena
- Monastery of Alcobaça
- Monastery of Batalha
- Monastery of Horezu
- Monte San Giorgio
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Mostar
- Mount Athos
- Mount Carmel Caves
- Mount Etna
- Mtskheta
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
- Muskauer Park
- Mycenae and Tiryns
- My Son
- Mystras
- Namhansanseong
- Nancy
- Naples
- Necropolis of Bet She'arim
- Neolithic Orkney
- Nessebar
- New Lanark
- Ngorongoro
- Nikko
- Ningaloo Coast
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
- Nubian Monuments
- Ohrid Region
- Old City of Acre
- Old City of Berne
- Old City of Jerusalem
- Old Rauma
- Old Town of Galle
- Olympia
- Oporto
- Orange
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau
- Palmeral of Elche
- Pannonhalma
- Paphos
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Petäjävesi Old Church
- Petra
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
- Pienza
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies
- Pirin National Park
- Pitons of Reunion
- Plantin-Moretus Museum
- Plitvice Lakes
- Poblet Monastery
- Polonnaruva
- Pompei
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
- Pont du Gard
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
- Potsdam
- Prague
- Prambanan
- Preah Vihear Temple
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
- Primeval Beech Forests
- Provins
- Purnululu National Park
- Pyramids (Memphis)
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
- Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
- Quedlinburg
- Qutb Minar
- Rabat
- Rammelsberg and Goslar
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple
- Ravenna
- Red Fort
- Regensburg
- Reichenau
- Reims
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
- Rhaetian Railway
- Rhodes
- Rietveld Schröderhuis
- Riga
- Rila Monastery
- Rock Art of Alta
- Rock Carvings in Tanum
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- Roman Walls of Lugo
- Rome
- Røros
- Roskilde Cathedral
- Route of Santiago de Compostela
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
- Royal Exhibition Building
- Royal Joseon Tombs
- Royal Palace at Caserta
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- Saint Catherine Area
- Saint-Emilion
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
- Salamanca
- Saltaire
- Salzburg
- Samarkand
- Sammallahdenmäki
- San Gimignano
- Sangiran Early Man Site
- San Marino and Mount Titano
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe
- Santa Maria delle Grazie
- Santiago de Compostela
- Sceilg Mhichíl
- Schokland
- Schönbrunn
- Segovia
- Selimiye Mosque
- Semmering Railway
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
- Serra de Tramuntana
- Seville
- Shirakami-Sanchi
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
- Shiretoko
- Siena
- Sighisoara
- Sigiriya
- Sintra
- Skocjan Caves
- Skogskyrkogarden
- Southern Öland
- Speyer Cathedral
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca
- Split
- Srebarna Nature Reserve
- Stari Grad Plain
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- Stonehenge
- Stone Town of Zanzibar
- St. Petersburg
- Stralsund and Wismar
- Strasbourg
- Struve Geodetic Arc
- Studley Royal Park
- Sukhothai
- Summer Palace
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
- Sydney Opera House
- Syracuse
- Taj Mahal
- Tallinn
- Tarraco
- Tasmanian Wilderness
- Telc
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
- Temple of Heaven
- Te Wahipounamu
- Thang Long
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- The Four Lifts
- Thessalonika
- The trulli of Alberobello
- Thingvellir
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari
- Tokaji Wine Region
- Toledo
- Tomioka Silk Mill
- Tongariro National Park
- Torun
- Tower of London
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen
- Trebic
- Trier
- Trogir
- Tropical Rainforest Sumatra
- Tugendhat Villa
- Úbeda and Baeza
- Ujung Kulon National Park
- Uluru
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- Urbino
- Urnes Stave Church
- Val di Noto
- Val d'Orcia
- Vall de Boi
- Vallée de Mai
- Valletta
- Valparaiso
- Vatican City
- Vat Phou
- Vegaøyan
- Venetian Works of Defence
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
- Verona
- Versailles
- Vézelay
- Vézère Valley
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
- Victoria Falls
- Vienna
- Vigan
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
- Villa d'Este
- Villages with Fortified Churches
- Villa Romana del Casale
- Vilnius
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont
- Visby
- Vizcaya Bridge
- Vlkolinec
- Völklingen Ironworks
- Volubilis
- Wachau Cultural Landscape
- Wadden Sea
- Warsaw
- Wartburg Castle
- Westminster
- West Norwegian Fjords
- Wet Tropics of Queensland
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
- Willandra Lakes
- Wooden Churches of Maramures
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Würzburg Residence
- Yosemite National Park
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries
- Zamość
- Zollverein
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- Bagan 4.44
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 4.42
- Serengeti 4.41
- Persepolis 4.37
- Los Glaciares 4.35
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Reviews by john booth

Benedictine Convent of St. Jo… (Inscribed)
Benedictine Convent of St. John

Rhaetian Railway (Inscribed)
Rhaetian Railway
My journey from Milan to Chur took place on a perfect clear day. Starting out early from Milan Centrale the train skirted the east shore of Lake Como and then …

Crespi d'Adda (Inscribed)
Crespi d'Adda
Although the factories fell silent in 2003, the residential areas are still occupied and well maintained. The church, school and theatre are periodically open to visitors. But the Villa Padronale, …

Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (Inscribed)
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
I travelled by train from Brescia to Capo di Ponte, and from the station climbed up to the park of Naquane as has been described below. Afterwards I returned to …

Sacri Monti of Piedmont and L… (Inscribed)
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
Of the eight sites that I visited, there were few similarities. Most had artistic and colourful dioramas depicting scenes on different Biblical themes.
Belmonte - I reached by train from …

Mantua and Sabbioneta (Inscribed)
Mantua and Sabbioneta
I do not understand why these two towns are linked in one site; there do not appear to have any physical connection. Mantova is reached by train from Verona and …

Residences of the Royal House… (Inscribed)
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
In Turin I was unprepared for the magnitude of the Piazza Castello, with musicians, buskers and a brass band providing entertainment. Around this expanse of paving were most of the …

Portovenere, Cinque Terre, an… (Inscribed)
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
Visiting the five coastal villages was very easy using the frequent train services. Too easy, for although the villages were colourful and picturesque, they were also overcrowded with tourists and …

Vicenza and the Palladian Vil… (Inscribed)
Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
Being a fan of Palladio's architecture I spent several days visiting the listed sites. One day was spent in Vicenza alone visiting the plethora of his buildings along Corso Palladi …

Verona (Inscribed)
Verona
I found the core of the city's heritage sites to be in the Piazza del Erbe and the adjacent Piazza dells Signora. Here there were decorated builings in assorted styles, …

Genoa (Inscribed)
Genoa
Only a few metres down via Balbi from the Piazza Principe station is the huge Palazzo Reale. Passing through the entrance I came to a spacious courtyard with an arched …

Ferrara (Inscribed)
Ferrara
The WHS site includes several buildings from different periods. The Castello Estense and the Palazzo Municipale are from the medieval period, while the Palazzi Diamante, Guido d'Este and Turchi-di Bagno …

Venice and its Lagoon (Inscribed)
Venice and its Lagoon
Having seen the streets, piazzas and canals of Venice on previous visits, this time I decided to visit the Lagoon. Armed with a 12 hour ticket I took a Vaporetto …

Aquileia (Inscribed)
Aquileia
The excavation of the foundations of the Roman town are still a work in progress, but the forum with its marble columns is the most obvious remnant. Of greater importance …

Urbino (Inscribed)
Urbino
This is the town of steep streets, one of the steepest being via Raffaello, named for the artist who was born in a house on its slopes. At the top …

Ravenna (Inscribed)
Ravenna
This is truely a city of stunning mosaics, and all but one of the 8 sites listed in this WHS is decorated with the most colourful of mosaic art. By …

Pienza (Inscribed)
Pienza
The monumental buildings surrounding the Piazza Pius II were certainly impressive, the white masonry of the duomo contrasting with the brown stone of the Piccolomini and Amouidi Palaces. But I …

Val d'Orcia (Inscribed)
Val d'Orcia
A large area of rural Tuscany, the Val d'Orcia boasts endless vinyards and olive groves spread over an undulating landscape.
A comfortable way of seeing this area is to take …

San Gimignano (Inscribed)
San Gimignano
The haphazardly placed tower houses seemed to me to be an earthquake hazard. Maybe that is why there are no longer 72 standing. The walls and bastions seemed more structurally …

San Marino and Mount Titano (Inscribed)
San Marino and Mount Titano
There are no railways in San Marino, but there is a frequent bus service from in front of Rimini's train station to the Porta San Francesco. I travelled in the …