There is probably no ancient archaeological site anywhere in the world that has more relevance on today's world than Olympia. The history of the Olympic Games reaches back to the …
Klaus Freisinger
Austria \ Member since December 2005
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I like the concept of World Heritage, and I like to travel, so combining these two is very enjoyable. However, I don't travel outside of Europe that often, so my ultimate goal would be to visit all WH sites in Europe.
My most impressive site: Rome and Grand Canyon
My proposal for a new site: Mount Vesuvius and Phlegreian Fields, Historic University Towns of Oxford and Cambridge, Windsor Castle, Death Valley National Park, Old Town of Hall in Tirol and Schwaz Silver Mines, Historic Centre of Innsbruck and Ambras Castle, Bavarian Royal Castles, Moon Landing Sites: Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center and Houston/Johnson Space Center (Mission Control)
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About Klaus Freisinger
- Member since
- December 2005
- Country of Origin
- Austria
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- #180
- WHS
- 268
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World Heritage Sites
- Uluru 5.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 5.0
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- Kakadu National Park 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Great Barrier Reef 5.0
- Ancient Thebes 4.5
- Ravenna 4.5
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.5
- Stonehenge and Avebury 4.5
- Nubian Monuments 4.5
- Florence 4.5
- Vatican City 4.5
- Granada 4.5
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- Acropolis 4.5
- Cordoba 4.0
- Delos 4.0
- Giant's Causeway 4.0
- Vienna 4.0
- Pont du Gard 4.0
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 4.0
- Brugge 4.0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 4.0
- Mont-Saint-Michel 4.0
- Canterbury 4.0
- Olympia 4.0
- Vézère Valley 4.0
- Belem 4.0
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 4.0
- Castel del Monte 4.0
- Salamanca 4.0
- Salzburg 4.0
- Mount Athos 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Trier 4.0
- Maritime Greenwich 4.0
- Santo Domingo 4.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 4.0
- Everglades 4.0
- Aachen Cathedral 4.0
- Westminster 4.0
- Edinburgh 4.0
- Meteora 4.0
- Amphitheater of El Jem 4.0
- Olympic National Park 4.0
- Sintra 4.0
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Carthage 4.0
- Toledo 4.0
- Luther Memorials 4.0
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4.0
- Statue of Liberty 4.0
- Medina Azahara 4.0
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 4.0
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Pompei 4.0
- Monticello 4.0
- Prague 4.0
- Versailles 4.0
- Loire Valley 4.0
- Blenheim Palace 3.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 3.5
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 3.5
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Arles 3.5
- Strasbourg 3.5
- Reims 3.5
- Visby 3.5
- Plitvice Lakes 3.5
- Regensburg 3.5
- Aquileia 3.5
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 3.5
- Skocjan Caves 3.5
- Verona 3.5
- Kairouan 3.5
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 3.5
- Siena 3.5
- Assisi 3.5
- Epidaurus 3.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3.5
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 3.5
- West Norwegian Fjords 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.5
- Sydney Opera House 3.5
- Tallinn 3.5
- Fontainebleau 3.5
- Chartres Cathedral 3.5
- Zollverein 3.5
- Mérida 3.5
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 3.5
- The trulli of Alberobello 3.5
- Vizcaya Bridge 3.5
- Segovia 3.5
- El Escurial 3.5
- Quedlinburg 3.5
- Semmering Railway 3.5
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3.5
- Naumburg Cathedral 3.5
- Costiera Amalfitana 3.5
- Valletta 3.5
- Québec 3.5
- Dolomites 3.5
- Studley Royal Park 3.5
- Dubrovnik 3.5
- Cesky Krumlov 3.5
- Split 3.5
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 3.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 3.5
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 3.5
- Rhaetian Railway 3.5
- Graz 3.5
- Schönbrunn 3.5
- Speyer Cathedral 3.5
- Southern Öland 3.5
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 3.5
- Longobards in Italy 3.5
- Naples 3.5
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 3.5
- San Marino and Mount Titano 3.5
- Classical Weimar 3.5
- Cahokia Mounds 3.5
- Medina of Tunis 3.0
- Wet Tropics of Queensland 3.0
- Serra de Tramuntana 3.0
- Old City of Berne 3.0
- Riga 3.0
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 3.0
- Völklingen Ironworks 3.0
- Monastery of Batalha 3.0
- Monastery of Alcobaça 3.0
- Elvas 3.0
- Alcala de Henares 3.0
- Vilnius 3.0
- New Lanark 3.0
- Forth Bridge 3.0
- Wartburg Castle 3.0
- Canal du Midi 3.0
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe 3.0
- Caceres 3.0
- Avila 3.0
- Churches of Peace 3.0
- St. George, Bermuda 3.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.0
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 3.0
- Kotor 3.0
- Trogir 3.0
- Ibiza 3.0
- Palmeral of Elche 3.0
- Bordeaux 3.0
- Kronborg Castle 3.0
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 3.0
- Laurisilva of Madeira 3.0
- Rock Carvings in Tanum 3.0
- Grimeton Radio Station 3.0
- Skogskyrkogarden 3.0
- Birka and Hovgarden 3.0
- Falun Great Copper Mountain 3.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 3.0
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 3.0
- Urbino 3.0
- Bamberg 3.0
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 3.0
- Reichenau 3.0
- Abbey of St Gall 3.0
- Würzburg Residence 3.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 3.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.0
- Kinderdijk 3.0
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 3.0
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Bourges Cathedral 3.0
- Amiens Cathedral 3.0
- Poblet Monastery 3.0
- Tarraco 3.0
- Historic Cairo 3.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 3.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 3.0
- Matera 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Kutna Hora 3.0
- Tugendhat Villa 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 3.0
- Telc 3.0
- Corfu 3.0
- Nancy 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- Thessalonika 3.0
- Tower of London 3.0
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.0
- City of Luxembourg 3.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 3.0
- Bryggen 3.0
- Independence Hall 3.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 3.0
- Margravial Opera House 3.0
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 3.0
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 3.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 3.0
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 3.0
- Danube Limes 3.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 2.5
- Medina of Sousse 2.5
- Flemish Béguinages 2.5
- Albi 2.5
- Bauhaus Sites 2.5
- Ferrara 2.5
- Kew Gardens 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- Kernavė 2.5
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 2.5
- Modena 2.5
- Genoa 2.5
- Water Management System of Augsburg 2.5
- Trebic 2.5
- Evora 2.5
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.5
- Belfries 2.5
- Drottningholm 2.5
- Saint-Emilion 2.5
- Engelsberg Ironworks 2.5
- Holy Trinity Column 2.5
- Provins 2.5
- Muskauer Park 2.5
- Cuenca 2.5
- Úbeda and Baeza 2.5
- Karlskrona 2.5
- Aranjuez 2.5
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2.5
- Pannonhalma 2.5
- Stari Grad Plain 2.5
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 2.5
- Jelling 2.5
- Beemster Polder 2.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 2.0
- Caves and Ice Age Art 2.0
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 2.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 2.0
- Durmitor National Park 2.0
- ShUM Sites 2.0
- Crespi d'Adda 2.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2.0
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.0
- Warsaw 2.0
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 2.0
- Centennial Hall 2.0
- Villa d'Este 2.0
- Messel Pit 2.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 2.0
- Van Nellefabriek 2.0
- Le Havre 2.0
- Nice 2.0
- Saltaire 2.0
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 2.0
- Holasovice 2.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 2.0
- Litomysl Castle 2.0
- Lower German Limes 2.0
- Bardejov Town 2.0
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 2.0
- Banska Stiavnica 2.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 1.5
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Reviews by Klaus Freisinger


Works of Antoni Gaudí (Inscribed)
Works of Antoni Gaudí
For most people coming to Barcelona, seeing the numerous Gaudí sites is one of the main reasons for their trip. It´s definitely an acquired taste, and I can´t say I …

Palau de la Musica Catalana &… (Inscribed)
Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau
I can only second the glowing reviews posted here. In what is a great city to begin with, these two buildings by the Catalan Art Nouveau architect Lluís Domènech i …

Tarraco (Inscribed)
Tarraco
Today's Tarragona is a very nice and quiet city on the coast just an hour south of Barcelona, and a very easy day trip, due to its great coastal location, …

Poblet Monastery (Inscribed)
Poblet Monastery
The Cistercian monastery of Poblet is one of the more interesting and impressive buildings I have been to. The fact that it houses the tombs of a long line of …

West Norwegian Fjords (Inscribed)
West Norwegian Fjords
If there is one thing that Norway is famous for, then it's the fjords, and I agree that they are definitely worth a journey. I didn't really make a cruise, …

Pyramids (Memphis) (Inscribed)
Pyramids (Memphis)
The Pyramids are by far Egypt's best known attraction and one of the top tourist sights in the world, and as such worthy of visiting once in a lifetime. I …

Historic Cairo (Inscribed)
Historic Cairo
Egypt is famous for its ancient history, the age of pharaohs and pyramids up to Cleopatra and the Roman Conquest. What came later, after the rule of Rome and Byzantium, …

Ancient Thebes (Inscribed)
Ancient Thebes
It´s hard to believe that this is the first review for Thebes, since it´s not only one of the Egypt´s, but also one of the world´s greatest archaeological sites and …

Potsdam (Inscribed)
Potsdam
This is Germany's largest cultural landscape (and probably one of the biggest in Europe), the result of centuries of construction and refinement by the Prussian kings and German emperors in …

Nubian Monuments (Inscribed)
Nubian Monuments
The area between Assuan and the Sudanese border is one of the greatest (and largest) archaeological areas in the world - unfortunately, much of it is located beneath Lake Assuan. …

Fortress of Suomenlinna (Inscribed)
Fortress of Suomenlinna
No visit to Helsinki, which is by the way a very beautiful and charming capital that too often gets overlooked, would be complete without the short boattrip to Suomenlinna. The …

Museumsinsel (Museum Island) (Inscribed)
Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
A group of museums is probably an unusual World Heritage Site, but in this case there can be no doubt that its statuts is deserved, and there are very few …

Tallinn (Inscribed)
Tallinn
Tallinn is one of Europe's best preserved medieval cities, and although the old town is not very big, it does make for a day or two of exploring and strolling …

Fontainebleau (Inscribed)
Fontainebleau
Less well known and thus (slightly) less crowded than Versailles, Fontainebleau started life as a hunting lodge and became the favorite residence for many French rulers, and many of them …

Paris, Banks of the Seine (Inscribed)
Paris, Banks of the Seine
It is very appropriate that Paris´ World Heritage area is called "Banks of the Seine", because few cities are so defined by the river flowing through it as Paris is …

Versailles (Inscribed)
Versailles
Versailles is the model after which most European royal palaces were modeled, from Schönbrunn to Caserta and Drottningholm, but none quite matches its splendour and simple greatness. It is just …

Loire Valley (Inscribed)
Loire Valley
There are, as far as I can see, four cultural landscapes in Europe featuring river valleys, and I'd say the most famous is the Loire Valley (the others are the …

Chartres Cathedral (Inscribed)
Chartres Cathedral
Some cathedrals are the seat of archbishops of important dioceses, and some are located in small, otherwise insignificant towns where they dominate everything. This is certainly the case in Chartres, …

Pilgrimage Church of St. John… (Inscribed)
Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
The church by the interesting architect with the curious Czech-Italian-German name Jan Blazej Santini-Aichel has been sufficiently described here. The number 5 appears all over, and it´s a nice enough …