I explored and enjoyed the primeval forests of Madeira very intensively during my visit in January 2012. I spent almost one week in the forested area of Madeira staying overnight …
Matejicek
Member since November 2018
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I love exploring everything around me - thus, it is not surprising I am a scientist. The important aspect of doing good science is to travel...
All in all, I am traveling quite a lot, mostly around Europe. Since I like bustling cities and quiet historical towns as well as nature, the list of my visited sites is diverse.
My most impressive site: Prague, Assisi, Bauhaus, Primeval beech forests
My proposal for a new site: Ještěd transmitter, Lecce, Burren landscape, Sligo megalithic landscape, Carnac megalithic landscape, Tainan temples in Taiwan
Recent Visits
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20Aug. 2, 2024Moravian Church Settlements, Via Appia
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05Jan. 1, 2020La Maddalena and Islands of Bocche di Bonifacio, Nuragic monuments of Sardinia, Orvieto, Salento and …
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010Jan. 1, 2020Fungal Flora of Bukovské Hills, Geyser in Herlany, Karst Valleys of Slovakia, Kosice, Natural and …
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About Matejicek
- First name
- Matejicek
- Member since
- November 2018
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #367
- WHS
- 146
- Tentative Sites
- 47
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 139
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- St. Petersburg 5.0
- Prague 5.0
- Ravenna 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Vatican City 5.0
- Siena 5.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 5.0
- Arab-Norman Palermo 4.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4.5
- Assisi 4.5
- Teide National Park 4.5
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.5
- Cesky Krumlov 4.0
- Westminster 4.0
- Meteora 4.0
- San Gimignano 4.0
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 4.0
- Tugendhat Villa 4.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 4.0
- Vienna 4.0
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 4.0
- Sintra 4.0
- Bauhaus Sites 4.0
- Telc 4.0
- Dolomites 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Tallinn 4.0
- Granada 4.0
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 4.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.0
- White City of Tel-Aviv 4.0
- Isole Eolie 4.0
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 4.0
- Laurisilva of Madeira 3.5
- Oporto 3.5
- Speyer Cathedral 3.5
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 3.5
- Avignon 3.5
- Reims 3.5
- Giant's Causeway 3.5
- Modena 3.5
- Kotor 3.5
- Verona 3.5
- Arles 3.5
- Val di Noto 3.5
- University of Coimbra 3.5
- Zagori Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Mont-Saint-Michel 3.5
- Lake District 3.5
- Stoclet House 3.5
- Trebic 3.5
- Thessalonika 3.5
- Brugge 3.5
- Gusuku of Ryukyu 3.5
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.5
- Belfries 3.5
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 3.5
- Strasbourg 3.5
- Aachen Cathedral 3.5
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Bardejov Town 3.5
- Belem 3.5
- Via Appia 3.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.5
- Ferrara 3.5
- Amami-Oshima Island 3.5
- Quedlinburg 3.5
- Riga 3.5
- Major Town Houses 3.0
- Banska Stiavnica 3.0
- Graz 3.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.0
- Longobards in Italy 3.0
- Pienza 3.0
- Val d'Orcia 3.0
- Agrigento 3.0
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.0
- Schönbrunn 3.0
- Tower of London 3.0
- Caves and Ice Age Art 3.0
- Urbino 3.0
- Stralsund and Wismar 3.0
- Skocjan Caves 3.0
- Warsaw 3.0
- Flemish Béguinages 3.0
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 3.0
- Amiens Cathedral 3.0
- Bamberg 3.0
- Budapest 3.0
- Chartres Cathedral 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Edinburgh 3.0
- Mount Etna 3.0
- Naumburg Cathedral 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 3.0
- Salzburg 3.0
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 3.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.0
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 3.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 3.0
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes 3.0
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 3.0
- Vlkolinec 2.5
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 2.5
- Regensburg 2.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 2.5
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 2.5
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 2.5
- San Cristobal de La Laguna 2.5
- Syracuse 2.5
- Old City of Berne 2.5
- Holy Trinity Column 2.5
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2.5
- Roskilde Cathedral 2.5
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 2.5
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 2.5
- Orange 2.5
- Kutna Hora 2.5
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 2.5
- ShUM Sites 2.0
- Žatec – Landscape of Hops 2.0
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 2.0
- Semmering Railway 2.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 2.0
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.0
- Classical Weimar 2.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.0
- Kladruby nad Labem 2.0
- Holasovice 1.5
- Nice 1.5
- Lower German Limes 1.5
- Litomysl Castle 1.5
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.5
- Danube Limes 1.5
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 1.5
- Tokaji Wine Region 1.0
- Luther Memorials 1.0
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 1.0
- Bahá’i Holy Places 1.0
Tentative Sites
- The Royal Sites of Ireland
- The wider area of Mount Olympus
- Levadas of Madeira Island
- Domus de Janas
- The Karlstejn Castle
- Salento and the Barocco Leccese
- Mountain-top Hotel and Television Transmitter Ješt
- Villas of the Papal Nobility
- Rade de Marseille
- The Memorial of Chatam Sófer
- The Cultural Landscape of Civita di Bagnoregio
- Nuragic monuments of Sardinia
- Extension of Prague WHS
- Carnac
- Gemer and Abov churches
- Minoan Palatial Centres
- The Passage Tomb Landscape of County Sligo
- Fishpond Network in the Trebon Basin
- La Maddalena and Islands of Bocche di Bonifacio
- Pombaline Lisbon
- Via Francigena
- Royal Seats in Esztergom, Visegrád
- Leuven
- Fungal Flora of Bukovské Hills
- Original Meadow - Pasture Sites of Slovakia
- Ceský ráj (Czech Paradise) Rock Cities
- Le noyau historique médiéval de Gand
- Natural and Cultural Landscape of Danube Region
- Kosice
- Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town of Steyr
- Old Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Álvaro Siza’s Architecture
- The Spa at Luhacovice
- Orvieto
- Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture
- The Industrial Complexes at Ostrava
- The Fortress of Terezín
- The Betlém Rock Sculptures near Kuks
- Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise
- Saint-Honorat
- Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece
- Enclos paroissiaux du Finistère
- European Paper Mills
- Alanya
- Amalienborg and its district
- Cetinje Historic Core
- Fuzina Hills in Bohinj
- Geyser in Herlany
- La Camargue
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- Montagne Sainte-Victoire et sites cezaniens
- Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain
- Renaissance Houses at Slavonice
- Sites of Great Moravia
- The Dunejec River Gorge in the Pieniny Mountains
- Tokaj Wine Region
- Sites of Great Moravia: Mikulcice - Kopcani
- Bouches de Bonifacio
- Karst Valleys of Slovakia
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers
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Reviews by Matejicek


Renaissance Houses at Slavoni… (On tentative list)
Renaissance Houses at Slavonice
Because I grew up in nearby Jihlava, I visited the town of Slavonice many times, usualy in a one day trip together with Telč (WHS already), thus I can compare. …

Primeval Beech Forests (Inscribed)
Primeval Beech Forests
COMMENT TO EXTENSION (SLOVAK and POLISH COMPONENT)
I am sorry, Els. I cannot help myself and have to add further comments on the planned extension to the WHS Ancient …

Primeval Beech Forests (Inscribed)
Primeval Beech Forests
SLOVAK COMPONENT - EXTENSION
I am very happy to see that the sad story regarding Primeval beech forests WHS of Slovakia is coming to an end!!! I commented it …

Primeval Beech Forests (Inscribed)
Primeval Beech Forests
CZECH COMPONENT
Extension approved in July 2021! and I am very happy with this. From beech forests I have visited/seen, the Slovakia/Ukraine/Poland cluster + Foresta Umbra in Italy + …

Pienza (Inscribed)
Pienza
Pienza is pretty. Pienza is very little. Pienza is WHS with OUV that is rather philosophical, I would say. Pienza is located on a hill, so, there are beautiful views …

University of Coimbra (Inscribed)
University of Coimbra
I spent a week in Coimbra in June 2008. The reason of my stay was a scientific conference organized by the University and it took place in the lecture halls …

Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces (Inscribed)
Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
I visited the site by train from Lausanne as late afternoon-evening trip, and I was only person walking through the wineyards, it was in July 2012. I enjoyed my walk …

Naumburg Cathedral (Inscribed)
Naumburg Cathedral
I take Naumburg cathedral as the epitome of central-european church from first half and mid of13th century. The monumental building has two choirs, two rood screens, one crypta, four towers, …

Isole Eolie (Inscribed)
Isole Eolie
I visited only Vulcano island as also other reviewers did. We traveled by ferry from Milazzo in October 2013 (be aware that train station in Milazzo is far away from …

San Cristobal de La Laguna (Inscribed)
San Cristobal de La Laguna
I did a half day trip to La Laguna during my January 2011 holidays in Tenerife, and I was not disappointed. The historical district was nicely repared, so I could …

Bardejov Town (Inscribed)
Bardejov Town
Bardejov historical center belongs to places that I like in eastern Slovakia, and I visit it at every opportunity. Though result of extensive restorations to medieval appearance (especially roofs of …

Primeval Beech Forests (Inscribed)
Primeval Beech Forests
POLISH COMPONENT - BIESZCZADY
Bieszczady mountains NP in Poland is popular tourist destination, and no wonder why. The national park is simply beautiful and I take it as quintessential …

Bouches de Bonifacio (On tentative list)
Bouches de Bonifacio
I visted Bonifacio and nearby cliffs during my Corsica fall holidays in 2013. The limestone cliffs and town of Bonifacio placed in the deep bay were very picturesque. Shores of …

Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörl… (Inscribed)
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
I did it in similar way like others, and visited parts of the Garden Kingdom in Dessau adjacent to Bauhaus sites: I could see&visit Georgium when I was walking from …

Sites of Great Moravia (On tentative list)
Sites of Great Moravia
I completely agree that Mikulčice archeological park is one of the most important archeo-sites in Czech and Slovak Republics. Empire of Great Morava is of great importance for Czechs, Slovaks …

Arab-Norman Palermo (Inscribed)
Arab-Norman Palermo
This is one of my favorite WHS in Italy. The reign of Norman kings and their heirs, Hohenstaufen such as Frederick II, is the heyday era of Sicilly and antient …

Extension of Prague WHS (On tentative list)
Extension of Prague WHS
I am not sure if this great TWHS is still acive (added in 2001) as I could see an activity of the Czech state party only in proposing of series …

Tokaj Wine Region (On tentative list)
Tokaj Wine Region
Historically, this site was a part of already inscribed The Tokaji Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape (Hungarian WHS), which has quite low ratings in the comunity. It was divided after …

Alanya (On tentative list)
Alanya
Alanya is relatively small Turkish mediterraean resort some 100 km from too much popular Antalya. I spent there my fall holydays in 2012. Weather and water-temperature were already bearable for …