Pella is the third Decapolis city TWHS I have visited in northern Jordan after Abila and Gadara in August 2023 and, in terms of quality, it's somewhere between the two. …
Riccardo Quaranta
Member since August 2017
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My name is Riccardo and I was born near Rome, in Italy. I'm in love with traveling and the beauty of this world. I believe that one of the best ways to appreciate what the world and its people offer is to travel and learn from this amazing experience.
A great way to learn and understand everything that is different from our daily life is by appreciating the heritage that is left for us by people, together with the stunning beauty of nature. This is why I am interested in the UNESCO World Heritage. Through them, I feel like I’m learning what people are capable of doing and I am always amazed at the incredible shows that Nature is capable of disclosing before our eyes. I want to share my passion with the rest of the world, because I strongly believe that the world would be a much better place if everyone could travel and see this incredible beauty with their own eyes, the way I do.
I have also my personal blog: www.theunescochallenge.wordpress.com
My most impressive site: Rome, Angkor, Machu Picchu, Bagan.
My proposal for a new site: Titicaca Lake, Mount Bromo.
Check out my website: http://www.theunescochallenge.wordpress.com
Recent Visits
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20July 28, 2024Umm Al-Jimāl, Via Appia
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10May 17, 2024Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz
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10May 12, 2024Holy Trinity Column
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About Riccardo Quaranta
- First name
- Riccardo
- Member since
- August 2017
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #212
- WHS
- 231
- Tentative Sites
- 81
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 15
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Petra 5.0
- Galapagos Islands 5.0
- Wadi Rum 5.0
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 5.0
- Bagan 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Matera 4.5
- Via Appia 4.5
- Skocjan Caves 4.5
- Borobudur 4.5
- Mycenae and Tiryns 4.5
- Ancient Thebes 4.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 4.5
- Nasca Lines 4.5
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.5
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 4.5
- Dolomites 4.5
- Old Havana 4.5
- Cuzco 4.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 4.0
- Prambanan 4.0
- Ayutthaya 4.0
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 4.0
- The trulli of Alberobello 4.0
- Taj Mahal 4.0
- Costiera Amalfitana 4.0
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 4.0
- Sukhothai 4.0
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 4.0
- Val d'Orcia 4.0
- Berat and Gjirokastra 4.0
- Aquileia 4.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 4.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 4.0
- Nikko 4.0
- Isole Eolie 4.0
- Nubian Monuments 4.0
- Mystras 4.0
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 4.0
- Epidaurus 4.0
- Medina of Fez 4.0
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 4.0
- Meteora 4.0
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 4.0
- Volubilis 4.0
- Luang Prabang 4.0
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4.0
- Agra Fort 4.0
- Bamberg 3.5
- Villa d'Este 3.5
- Paphos 3.5
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 3.5
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 3.5
- Mount Etna 3.5
- Assisi 3.5
- Arab-Norman Palermo 3.5
- Rabat 3.5
- Margravial Opera House 3.5
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 3.5
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios 3.5
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 3.5
- Butrint 3.5
- Viñales Valley 3.5
- Meknes 3.5
- Heritage of Mercury 3.5
- Arequipa 3.5
- Mostar 3.5
- Olympia 3.5
- Royal Palace at Caserta 3.5
- Fatehpur Sikri 3.5
- Pienza 3.5
- Albi 3.5
- Kinabalu Park 3.5
- Yogyakarta 3.5
- Rila Monastery 3.5
- Trogir 3.5
- Sydney Opera House 3.5
- Alcala de Henares 3.5
- Urbino 3.5
- Hoi An 3.5
- Qhapaq Ñan 3.5
- Segovia 3.5
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3.5
- Ravenna 3.5
- Avila 3.5
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 3.0
- Vigan 3.0
- Sighisoara 3.0
- Castel del Monte 3.0
- Elephanta Caves 3.0
- Corfu 3.0
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 3.0
- Stari Grad Plain 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 3.0
- Humayun's Tomb 3.0
- Hué 3.0
- Qutb Minar 3.0
- Bellinzone 3.0
- Boyana Church 3.0
- Itsukushima Shrine 3.0
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.0
- Genbaku Dome 3.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 3.0
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 3.0
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.0
- Medici Villas and Gardens 3.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 3.0
- Quito 3.0
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.0
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 3.0
- Lima 3.0
- Kutna Hora 3.0
- San Marino and Mount Titano 3.0
- Regensburg 3.0
- Umm Al-Jimāl 3.0
- Baroque Churches 2.5
- La Lonja de la Seda 2.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.5
- Um er-Rasas 2.5
- Longobards in Italy 2.5
- Modena 2.5
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 2.5
- Ferrara 2.5
- Choirokoitia 2.5
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 2.5
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2.5
- Genoa 2.5
- Thessalonika 2.0
- The Prosecco Hills 2.0
- Monte San Giorgio 2.0
- Jantar Mantar 2.0
- Sangiran Early Man Site 2.0
- Holy Trinity Column 2.0
- Cienfuegos 2.0
- Bali Subak system 2.0
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 2.0
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 2.0
- Macao 2.0
- Canal du Midi 2.0
- Fortifications of Vauban 2.0
- Nice 1.5
- Old Rauma 1.5
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 1.5
- As-Salt 1.5
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 1.5
- Quseir Amra 1.5
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 1.5
- Danube Limes 1.5
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 1.0
- Ivrea 1.0
- Sangay National Park 1.0
- Tugendhat Villa 1.0
- Thang Long 0.5
- Struve Geodetic Arc 0.5
- Ohrid Region 0.5
Tentative Sites
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (Exten
- Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve
- Trakai Historical National Park
- Desert National Park
- Lake Titicaca
- Orvieto
- Ancient cities of Upper Myanmar
- Inle Lake
- Early Medieval Benedictine settlements in Italy
- Central Park
- Salento and the Barocco Leccese
- The Palaces of King Ludwig II
- Ancient Kamakura
- Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna
- Salt Mines of Maras
- Minoan Palatial Centres
- Ellis Island
- El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- The Cultural Landscape of Civita di Bagnoregio
- Plovdiv
- Beng Malea Temple
- Villas of the Papal Nobility
- The network of fortresses of the seneschalty of Ca
- Via Francigena
- Delhi - A Heritage City
- Cuban Caribbean Reef System
- Dahab
- Bishop's Basilica and Late-Antique Mosaics of Phil
- Old Town of Bar
- Qawra/Dwejra
- Les tombes de la Basse Selca
- L'amphitheatre de Durres
- Mujib Nature Reserve
- Cambodian Memorial Sites
- Jerash Archaeological City
- Azraq
- Gadara
- Pella
- Aqaba Marine Reserve
- Massif du Mont Blanc
- Ras Mohammed
- Civil Rights Movement Sites
- Egyptian Museum
- Towns and Landscape of Taal Volcano and its Calder
- Nasca Aqueducts
- The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli
- Orheiul Vechi
- Ancient Greek Theatres
- Cascata delle Marmore
- Lake Maggiore and Lake D'Orta lakelands
- Chocolate Hills Natural Monument
- Wooden Monasteries of Konbaung Period
- Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malt
- Cittadella (Victoria - Gozo)
- Mdina (Citta Vecchia)
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Fortress of Spinalonga
- Khor Dubai
- Cienaga de Zapata National Park
- Wineries and Vineyards for traditional Pisco Produ
- Le Panorama de la Bataille de Waterloo
- Hala Sultan Tekke and the Larnaka Salt Lake Comple
- Agioi Varnavas and Ilarion at Peristerona
- Qasr Al-Mushatta
- Al Qastal
- Le champ de bataille de Waterloo
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco)
- Abila City
- Maltese Catacomb Complexes
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- Ulcinj Old town
- Ecuador's Trans-Andean Train
- Cetinje Historic Core
- Church of Panagia Aggeloktisti
- Old Town of Jakarta
- The Castle of Bashtova
- Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece
- Church of Panayia Chrysokourdaliotissa
- Troodos, Mt.Olympus
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Reviews by Riccardo Quaranta


Gadara (On tentative list)
Gadara
I visited Gadara during my trip to Jordan in August 2023.
I had a rented car and so it has been relatively easy to drive to the three Decapolis …

Abila City (On tentative list)
Abila City
I visited Abila in August 2023 during my extensive trip in Jordan. I visited it in combination with the others TWHS in northern Jordan making up the series of the …

Les tombes de la Basse Selca (On tentative list)
Les tombes de la Basse Selca
There is not much that can be added to Solivagant's excellent review of les tombes de la Basse Selca in Albania. I will only give an update on how to …

Agioi Varnavas and Ilarion at… (On tentative list)
Agioi Varnavas and Ilarion at Peristerona
I visited the church of Agioi Varnavas and Ilarion at Peristerona on my way from the Troodos mountains to Nicosia in August 2021.
Upon arriving at the church, we …

Hala Sultan Tekke and the Lar… (On tentative list)
Hala Sultan Tekke and the Larnaka Salt Lake Comple
This tentative site is composed by two elements: the Salt lake, and the Ottoman mosque and tomb of Hala Sultan Tekke on the lake's shores.
The mosque is just …

Church of Panagia Aggeloktisti (On tentative list)
Church of Panagia Aggeloktisti
The church of Panagia Aggeloktisti is in the small town of Kiti, not far from the city of Larnaka in Cyprus and therefore it's an easy visit from the city. …

Church of Panayia Chrysokourd… (On tentative list)
Church of Panayia Chrysokourdaliotissa
The church of Panayia Chrysokourdaliotissa is a proposed extension to the serial site Painted churches of the Troodos region, which comprises already 10 churches. This church is located not far …

Painted Churches in the Troöd… (Inscribed)
Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
The 10 painted churches located up on the mountains in the Troödos Region of Cyprus are an interesting collection of richly decorated Byzantine churches, some of which date back to …

Old Havana (Inscribed)
Old Havana
The capital city of Cuba, Havana (or La Habana as it is called in Spanish) is a city that bears the signs of a troubled history, although at times prosperous, …

Angkor (Inscribed)
Angkor
Between the 9th and the 15th century, in the region that is now Cambodia, near the modern-day city of Siem Reap, Angkor, the capital of the Khmer Empire, flourished.
…

Beng Malea Temple (On tentative list)
Beng Malea Temple
Beng Mealea is about 75km away from the main group of the Angkor temples, therefore it is quite isolated from the rest of the archaeological area. It’s mostly surrounded by …

Mostar (Inscribed)
Mostar
The city of Mostar, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, known for its 16th century bridge (Stari Most), after which it is named, was sadly brought to the public’s attention during the …

Sighisoara (Inscribed)
Sighisoara
In the 12th century, King Géza II of Hungary invited German craftsmen and merchants, generally known as Transylvanian Saxons, to settle in Transylvania, at the time part of the Kingdom …

Rice Terraces of the Philippi… (Inscribed)
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
Ifugao, which means People of the Hill, is a province in the Cordillera Administrative Region on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. This area is famous for the 2000 …