Ralf Regele

Member since January 2017

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My most impressive site: Angkor

My proposal for a new site: Empire State & Chrysler Building

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    June 2, 2025
    Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt, Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge
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    May 3, 2025
    Mining Sites of Wallonia, Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes, Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin, The …
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    Nov. 2, 2024
    Malbork Castle
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About Ralf Regele

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Reviews by Ralf Regele

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Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai by Ralf Regele

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tourn… (Inscribed)

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai

I mainly want to give an update about the renovations taking place at the cathedral of Tournai. As of December 2023, the scaffoldings on the outside are mostly removed, so …

Big Bend National Park by Ralf Regele

Big Bend National Park (On tentative list)

Big Bend National Park

I was initially skeptical if the Big Bend National Park is a good travel choice, let alone a good choice for a world heritage site. It is never mentioned as …

Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona by Ralf Regele

Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (Inscribed)

Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona

I mainly want to give an update about the accessability of the WHS area. In Flims, the old cable cars are replaced by a new system called "Flims Express", which …

Les « coules » de Petite Valachie by Ralf Regele

Les « coules » de Petite Vala… (On tentative list)

Les « coules » de Petite Valachie

Some reviewers have already noted that the 'coules de petite valachie' TWHS is quite close to the already inscribed Horezu monastry WHS. So is this just a minor sidestep on …

Ensemble de grottes à concrétions du Sud de la Fra by Hubert

Ensemble de grottes à concrét… (On tentative list)

Ensemble de grottes à concrétions du Sud de la Fra

On the way towards the Mont Perdu WHS from the french side, I made a visit to the "Gouffre D'Esparros" cave, which is part of the obscure TWHS "Ensemble de …

Mothia and Lilibeo Island by Ralf Regele

Mothia and Lilibeo Island (On tentative list)

Mothia and Lilibeo Island

I visited Lilibeo, which is an archeological area in Marsala at the westmost edge of sicily. It is easier to reach than Mothia, as there is no ferry needed. Despite …

Dzongs: the centre of temporal and religious autho by Ralf Regele

Dzongs: the centre of tempora… (On tentative list)

Dzongs: the centre of temporal and religious autho

Now these sites are really screaming to be a WHS. The dzongs of Bhutan are iconic buildings, they are of critical importance for the history of Bhutan, they are a …

Tamzhing Monastery by Ralf Regele

Tamzhing Monastery (On tentative list)

Tamzhing Monastery

Tamzhing monastery is a rather small temple in the Bumthang region of central Bhutan - a region that contains a lot of other temples, monasteries and holy places. Its claim …

Orchha by Ralf Regele

Orchha (Nominated)

Orchha

When making travel plans, Orchha might seem to be one of the lesser sightseeing spots of northern India - more temples and another palace of a dubious princely state. However, …

Victoria Lines Fortifications by Ralf Regele

Victoria Lines Fortifications (On tentative list)

Victoria Lines Fortifications

To make it clear from the start: I think the Victoria Lines are a bad idea for a WHS. For my visit, I drove up to the Targa Batteries (which …

Maltese Catacomb Complexes by Ralf Regele

Maltese Catacomb Complexes (On tentative list)

Maltese Catacomb Complexes

The catacombs in Malta have everything a true catacomb should have: A proud roman/christian origin,an underground labyrinth and a slightly creepy athmosphere. I have visited the St Pauls and the …

Cittadella (Victoria - Gozo) by Ralf Regele

Cittadella (Victoria - Gozo) (On tentative list)

Cittadella (Victoria - Gozo)

The Cittadella is a tiny walled city in the center of Victoria, the main city on the island of Gozo. However, most houses inside the walls have been abandoned and …

Coastal Cliffs by Ralf Regele

Coastal Cliffs (On tentative list)

Coastal Cliffs

This nomination needs more focus. From the description, it is not clear which cliffs and coasts are included and which are not (and why). The super generic name doesn't help …

Qawra/Dwejra by Ralf Regele

Qawra/Dwejra (On tentative list)

Qawra/Dwejra

Dwejra lies on the western coast of Malta's sister island Gozo. The rock cliffs are especially rugged and picturesque here, with various spectacular natural attractions, like the "Inland-sea" lagoon, the …

Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malt by Ralf Regele

Knights Fortifications around… (On tentative list)

Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malt

This is a confusing nomination. It concentrates on the fortifications around the grand harbour of Valletta, yet the old city of Valletta is already a WHS on its own, and …

Al Qastal  by Ralf Regele

Al Qastal (On tentative list)

Al Qastal

Now this site is currently hard to find. There are absolutely no street signs, Google Maps does not know it, my car GPS does not know it. I ended up …

The Turf House Tradition by Ralf Regele

The Turf House Tradition (On tentative list)

The Turf House Tradition

Turf houses were actually the primary (and almost solely) form of housing in iceland from the viking ages till the 19th century. Trees and timber were in very short supply …

Vatnajökull National Park by Ralf Regele

Vatnajökull National Park (Inscribed)

Vatnajökull National Park

The Vatnajökull National Park area is a bit unusual, as it includes the Jökulsargljufur National Park, which has no borders to the rest of the park, creating a second location …

Mývatn and Laxá by Ralf Regele

Mývatn and Laxá (On tentative list)

Mývatn and Laxá

The Myvatn lake in northern iceland is aptly named "midge lake", as it is home to clouds of annoying flies, at least in summer. The flies can be a real …

The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli by Ralf Regele

The Aniene valley and Villa G… (On tentative list)

The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli

The "Villa" Gregoriana is actually not a villa, not even a building. Despite the naming and marketing, it is mainly the name for a hiking trail going through the valley …

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