With the possible upcoming nomination of Niah Caves by Malaysia in 2024 (having only been added to Malaysia’s T List in Jan 2021) it seems worthwhile posting its first review …
Solivagant
Member since December 2005
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I am now retired but have been "travelling" for a "hobby" since I was 15 (1957!) whilst pursuing otherwise normal mundane career and "home" things in UK - thus being limited by "annual leave" allowances. During that time I have visited 164 "independent countries" - defined by me as the 193 full UN members plus (somewhat illogically, but they are generally accepted as "sovereign") Taiwan and Holy See (but am not pursuing "193"!). Unfortunately quite a few relatively easily accessible current WHS got "missed" along the way. If only I had known they would get chosen - they are not all obvious choices! Despite the weaknesses in the list and the politics involved in the selection and voting mechanism they provide a quick means of grasping the highlights of many countries and sometimes lead down interesting knowledge and research "avenues" which would otherwise have remain unexplored.
Proposal for a new WHS:- Roca Agostino Neto Cocoa Plantation Sao Tome.
There are just too many European WHS relative to the rest. Little Sao Tome became the world's greatest producer of cocoa under the Portuguese. So poor were the social conditions that Cadbury boycotted Cocoa from there in early 20C. At Roca Agostinho (and other crumbling colonial sites on Sao Tome) you might just get a feeling for the economic system which created it and "fed" Europe with a raw material so often taken for granted - a really atmospheric place. But it isn't even on the "Tentative list"!
My most impressive site: Machu Picchu. I would like to choose somewhere
My proposal for a new site: See under
Recent Visits
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110July 28, 2024Beijing Central Axis, Funerary and memory sites of the First World War, Gedi , Hegmataneh, …
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04Jan. 1, 2020City Walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Dunhuang Yardangs, The Lijiang River Scenic Zone …
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05Jan. 1, 2020Ancient cities of Upper Myanmar, Bago, Inle Lake, Shwedagon Pagoda, Wooden Monasteries of Konbaung Period
Top 10 Missing
Completed Countries
- Albania
- Andorra
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Armenia
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bulgaria
- Cabo Verde
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Finland
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Korea (DPR)
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lesotho
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Nicaragua
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Paraguay
- Poland
- Republic of Korea
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Sri Lanka
- Switzerland
- Togo
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- Zambia
About Solivagant
- First name
- Solivagant
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- December 2005
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World Heritage Sites
- Ancient Thebes 5.0
- West Norwegian Fjords 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Imperial Palace 5.0
- Galapagos Islands 5.0
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- Potala Palace 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 5.0
- Sagarmatha National Park 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Persepolis 5.0
- Nubian Monuments 5.0
- Pompei 5.0
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Acropolis 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Vatican City 5.0
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 5.0
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 5.0
- Meroe 5.0
- Ravenna 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Tikal National Park 5.0
- Victoria Falls 4.5
- South China Karst 4.5
- Bagan 4.5
- Versailles 4.5
- Kilimanjaro National Park 4.5
- Cliff of Bandiagara 4.5
- Itchan Kala 4.5
- Iguacu 4.5
- Moenjodaro 4.5
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4.5
- Ellora Caves 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Kizhi Pogost 4.5
- Chan Chan 4.5
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 4.5
- Guanajuato 4.5
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.5
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 4.5
- Ancient Kyoto 4.5
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 4.5
- Mogao Caves 4.5
- Taj Mahal 4.5
- Nasca Lines 4.5
- Teotihuacan 4.5
- Uluru 4.5
- Lalibela 4.5
- Mount Athos 4.5
- Granada 4.5
- Kathmandu Valley 4.5
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 4.5
- St. Petersburg 4.5
- Bukhara 4.5
- Okavango Delta 4.0
- Glacier parks 4.0
- Yosemite National Park 4.0
- Ngorongoro 4.0
- Edinburgh 4.0
- Los Glaciares 4.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 4.0
- Brasilia 4.0
- Plain of Jars 4.0
- Stonehenge 4.0
- Taxila 4.0
- Serengeti 4.0
- Churches of Moldavia 4.0
- Hawaii Volcanoes 4.0
- Selimiye Mosque 4.0
- Lut Desert 4.0
- Lake Baikal 4.0
- Great Barrier Reef 4.0
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 4.0
- Altamira Cave 4.0
- Samarkand 4.0
- Siena 4.0
- Ouro Preto 4.0
- Aldabra Atoll 4.0
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.0
- Borobudur 4.0
- Sigiriya 4.0
- Temple of Heaven 4.0
- Kaziranga National Park 4.0
- Vienna 4.0
- Peninsula Valdes 4.0
- Prague 4.0
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 4.0
- Hampi 4.0
- Brugge 4.0
- Nyungwe National Park 4.0
- Chola Temples 4.0
- Tchogha Zanbil 4.0
- Göbekli Tepe 4.0
- Great Zimbabwe 4.0
- Ajanta Caves 4.0
- Chichen-Itza 4.0
- Çatalhöyük 4.0
- Yellowstone 4.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.0
- Imperial Tombs 4.0
- National History Park 4.0
- Sana'a 4.0
- Takht-e Soleyman 4.0
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.0
- Great Wall 4.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 4.0
- Meteora 4.0
- Namib Sand Sea 4.0
- Palenque 4.0
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.0
- Toledo 4.0
- Teide National Park 4.0
- Brú na Bóinne 3.5
- Neolithic Orkney 3.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5
- Loire Valley 3.5
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 3.5
- Jeju 3.5
- Heritage of Mercury 3.5
- Cesky Krumlov 3.5
- Sukhothai 3.5
- Palmyra 3.5
- Damascus 3.5
- Crac des Chevaliers 3.5
- Nemrut Dag 3.5
- Aleppo 3.5
- Saint Catherine Area 3.5
- Leptis Magna 3.5
- Syracuse 3.5
- Kinabalu Park 3.5
- Rainforests of the Atsinanana 3.5
- Djenné 3.5
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 3.5
- El Tajin 3.5
- Sanchi 3.5
- Sydney Opera House 3.5
- Chitwan National Park 3.5
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban 3.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
- Te Wahipounamu 3.5
- Taos Pueblo 3.5
- Mesa Verde 3.5
- El Escurial 3.5
- Bethlehem 3.5
- Cordoba 3.5
- Chaco Culture 3.5
- Cuzco 3.5
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3.5
- Churches of Peace 3.5
- Kraków 3.5
- Skocjan Caves 3.5
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.5
- Vézère Valley 3.5
- Pantanal 3.5
- Rio de Janeiro 3.5
- Hegra 3.5
- Maritime Greenwich 3.5
- Kew Gardens 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 3.5
- Salzburg 3.5
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3.5
- Forts and Castles Gold Coast 3.5
- Delos 3.5
- Dazu Rock Carvings 3.5
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 3.5
- Longmen Grottoes 3.5
- Fatehpur Sikri 3.5
- Ancient Merv 3.5
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments 3.5
- Mahabalipuram 3.5
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex 3.5
- Mountain Railways of India 3.5
- Summer Palace 3.5
- Sun Temple, Konarak 3.5
- Troy 3.5
- Persian Garden 3.5
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 3.5
- Yungang Grottoes 3.5
- Yazd 3.5
- Sceilg Mhichíl 3.5
- Dubrovnik 3.5
- Pergamon 3.5
- Biblical Tells 3.5
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 3.5
- Masada 3.5
- Ephesus 3.5
- Ancient Jericho 3.5
- Canaima National Park 3.5
- Dolomites 3.5
- Etruscan Necropolises 3.5
- Ancient Kingdom of Saba 3.5
- Medici Villas and Gardens 3.5
- Koutammakou 3.5
- Fujisan 3.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 3.0
- Ancient Nara 3.0
- Santiago de Compostela 3.0
- Schönbrunn 3.0
- Völklingen Ironworks 3.0
- Seville 3.0
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- Makli, Thatta 3.0
- Kinderdijk 3.0
- Arab-Norman Palermo 3.0
- Epidaurus 3.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 3.0
- Tierradentro 3.0
- Rani-ki-Vav 3.0
- Anuradhapura 3.0
- Mycenae and Tiryns 3.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 3.0
- Olympia 3.0
- Assisi 3.0
- Grand Canal 3.0
- Hué 3.0
- Gebel Barkal 3.0
- Medina of Fez 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Xochicalco 3.0
- Royal Palaces of Abomey 3.0
- Budapest 3.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 3.0
- The Persian Qanat 3.0
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3.0
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda 3.0
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 3.0
- Mountain Resort, Chengde 3.0
- Aksum 3.0
- Valletta 3.0
- Timbuktu 3.0
- Churches and Convents of Goa 3.0
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 3.0
- Ayutthaya 3.0
- Tallinn 3.0
- Asmara 3.0
- Humayun's Tomb 3.0
- Jantar Mantar 3.0
- Copán 3.0
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3.0
- Paphos 3.0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.0
- Carthage 3.0
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios 3.0
- San Gimignano 3.0
- Pattadakal 3.0
- Baalbek 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka 3.0
- Old City of Acre 3.0
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 3.0
- Santa Cruz de Mompox 3.0
- Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius 3.0
- Bali Subak system 3.0
- Beijing Central Axis 3.0
- Tanbaly 3.0
- Bisotun 3.0
- The Sundarbans 3.0
- Masjed-e Jâme' 3.0
- Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi 3.0
- Nikko 3.0
- Niah Caves 3.0
- Pasargadae 3.0
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 3.0
- Tugendhat Villa 3.0
- Aachen Cathedral 3.0
- Hattusha 3.0
- Pitons Management Area 3.0
- Dilmun Burial Mounds 3.0
- Bamberg 3.0
- Cahokia Mounds 3.0
- Bauhaus Sites 3.0
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- M'Zab Valley 3.0
- Burgos Cathedral 3.0
- Westminster 3.0
- St. Kilda 3.0
- Vatnajökull National Park 3.0
- Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Mont-Saint-Michel 3.0
- Gyeongju 3.0
- Risco Caido 3.0
- Las Medulas 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 3.0
- Paraty and Ilha Grande 3.0
- Butrint 3.0
- Fontainebleau 3.0
- Shushtar 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 3.0
- Aquileia 3.0
- Ironbridge Gorge 3.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.0
- Giant's Causeway 3.0
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 3.0
- Chartres Cathedral 3.0
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 3.0
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3.0
- Susa 3.0
- Avila 2.5
- Djémila 2.5
- Timgad 2.5
- Haghpat and Sanahin 2.5
- Monastery of Geghard 2.5
- Greater Blue Mountains 2.5
- Graz 2.5
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 2.5
- Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur 2.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 2.5
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 2.5
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 2.5
- The Four Lifts 2.5
- Belize Barrier Reef 2.5
- Tiwanaku 2.5
- Mostar 2.5
- Atlantic Forest South-East 2.5
- Flemish Béguinages 2.5
- Pampulha 2.5
- Rila Monastery 2.5
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 2.5
- Old Town Lunenburg 2.5
- Churches of Chiloé 2.5
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 2.5
- Plitvice Lakes 2.5
- Split 2.5
- Trogir 2.5
- Cienfuegos 2.5
- Choirokoitia 2.5
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 2.5
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 2.5
- Telc 2.5
- Kujataa 2.5
- Morne Trois Pitons 2.5
- Sangay National Park 2.5
- Quito 2.5
- Historic Cairo 2.5
- Fasil Ghebbi 2.5
- Harar Jugol 2.5
- Simien National Park 2.5
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.5
- Old Rauma 2.5
- Petäjävesi Old Church 2.5
- Amiens Cathedral 2.5
- Arles 2.5
- Avignon 2.5
- Bourges Cathedral 2.5
- Causses and Cévennes 2.5
- Lyon 2.5
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.5
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 2.5
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 2.5
- Strasbourg 2.5
- Lopé-Okanda 2.5
- Stone Circles of Senegambia 2.5
- Gelati Monastery 2.5
- Mtskheta 2.5
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 2.5
- Classical Weimar 2.5
- Fagus Factory 2.5
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.5
- Lübeck 2.5
- Luther Memorials 2.5
- Margravial Opera House 2.5
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 2.5
- Regensburg 2.5
- Speyer Cathedral 2.5
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.5
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.5
- Trier 2.5
- Wartburg Castle 2.5
- Würzburg Residence 2.5
- Island of Patmos 2.5
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 2.5
- Mystras 2.5
- Rhodes 2.5
- Thessalonika 2.5
- Antigua Guatemala 2.5
- Quirigua 2.5
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 2.5
- Hollókö 2.5
- Surtsey 2.5
- Agra Fort 2.5
- Champaner-Pavagadh 2.5
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 2.5
- Elephanta Caves 2.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 2.5
- Nalanda 2.5
- Qutb Minar 2.5
- Western Ghats 2.5
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles 2.5
- Soltaniyeh 2.5
- Tabriz Bazaar 2.5
- Bam Cultural Landscape 2.5
- Golestan Palace 2.5
- Gonbad-e Qâbus 2.5
- Necropolis of Bet She'arim 2.5
- Agrigento 2.5
- Costiera Amalfitana 2.5
- Matera 2.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 2.5
- Modena 2.5
- Naples 2.5
- Pienza 2.5
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 2.5
- The trulli of Alberobello 2.5
- Urbino 2.5
- Val di Noto 2.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 2.5
- Verona 2.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 2.5
- Genbaku Dome 2.5
- Himeji-jo 2.5
- Horyu-ji Area 2.5
- Itsukushima Shrine 2.5
- Wadi Rum 2.5
- Saryarka 2.5
- Western Tien-Shan 2.5
- Kenya Lake System 2.5
- Kaesong 2.5
- Koguryo Tombs 2.5
- Luang Prabang 2.5
- Riga 2.5
- Byblos 2.5
- Qadisha Valley 2.5
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 2.5
- Cyrene 2.5
- Sabratha 2.5
- Ambohimanga 2.5
- Melaka and George Town 2.5
- Ancient Ksour 2.5
- Camino Real 2.5
- Hospicio Cabañas 2.5
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.5
- Morelia 2.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.5
- Puebla 2.5
- San Miguel de Allende 2.5
- Uxmal 2.5
- Zacatecas 2.5
- Orkhon Valley 2.5
- Kotor 2.5
- Medina of Essaouira 2.5
- Meknes 2.5
- Medina of Tétouan 2.5
- Van Nellefabriek 2.5
- Ruins of León Viejo 2.5
- Tongariro National Park 2.5
- Osun-Osogbo 2.5
- Bryggen 2.5
- Rock Art of Alta 2.5
- Røros 2.5
- Urnes Stave Church 2.5
- Bahla Fort 2.5
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn 2.5
- Land of Frankincense 2.5
- Fort and Shalamar Gardens 2.5
- Takht-i-Bahi 2.5
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo 2.5
- Arequipa 2.5
- Qhapaq Ñan 2.5
- Baroque Churches 2.5
- Białowieża Forest 2.5
- Centennial Hall 2.5
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 2.5
- Malbork Castle 2.5
- Warsaw 2.5
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 2.5
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 2.5
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 2.5
- Alto Douro 2.5
- Elvas 2.5
- Evora 2.5
- Monastery of Alcobaça 2.5
- Monastery of Batalha 2.5
- Pico Island 2.5
- Sintra 2.5
- Haeinsa Temple 2.5
- Hahoe and Yangdong 2.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 2.5
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 2.5
- Jongmyo Shrine 2.5
- Sighisoara 2.5
- Villages with Fortified Churches 2.5
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 2.5
- Kazan Kremlin 2.5
- Novgorod 2.5
- Novodevichy Convent 2.5
- Yaroslavl 2.5
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 2.5
- Studenica Monastery 2.5
- Vallée de Mai 2.5
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst 2.5
- Bardejov Town 2.5
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 2.5
- Vlkolinec 2.5
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 2.5
- Cape Floral Region 2.5
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park 2.5
- Asturian Monuments 2.5
- Caceres 2.5
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 2.5
- Cuenca 2.5
- Roman Walls of Lugo 2.5
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 2.5
- Salamanca 2.5
- Segovia 2.5
- Úbeda and Baeza 2.5
- Vizcaya Bridge 2.5
- Central Highlands 2.5
- Kandy 2.5
- Polonnaruva 2.5
- Paramaribo 2.5
- Drottningholm 2.5
- Engelsberg Ironworks 2.5
- Gammelstad 2.5
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 2.5
- Laponian Area 2.5
- Rock Carvings in Tanum 2.5
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.5
- Visby 2.5
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 2.5
- Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara 2.5
- Dong Phayayen 2.5
- Amphitheater of El Jem 2.5
- Kairouan 2.5
- Hoi An 2.5
- Aphrodisias 2.5
- Bursa and Cumalikizik 2.5
- Divrigi 2.5
- Safranbolu 2.5
- Kunya-Urgench 2.5
- Tombs of Buganda Kings 2.5
- Canterbury 2.5
- City of Bath 2.5
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 2.5
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 2.5
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 2.5
- Forth Bridge 2.5
- Gough and Inaccessible Islands 2.5
- Gwynedd Castles 2.5
- Lake District 2.5
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 2.5
- Tower of London 2.5
- Everglades 2.5
- Great Smoky Mountains 2.5
- Mammoth Cave 2.5
- Olympic National Park 2.5
- Redwood 2.5
- San Antonio Missions 2.5
- Old Havana 2.5
- Mérida 2.5
- Al Ain 2.5
- Québec 2.5
- Reims 2.5
- Roskilde Cathedral 2.5
- Ban Chiang 2.5
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 2.5
- Mount Carmel Caves 2.5
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 2.5
- Berat and Gjirokastra 2.5
- Corfu 2.5
- Medina Azahara 2.5
- Sassanid Archaeological Landscape 2.5
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 2.5
- Poblet Monastery 2.5
- Tlacotalpan 2.5
- Coffee Cultural Landscape 2.5
- San Agustín 2.5
- Cartagena 2.5
- Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 2.5
- Thingvellir 2.5
- Santiniketan 2.5
- Zagori Cultural Landscape 2.5
- Phu Phrabat 2.5
- Via Appia 2.5
- Kunta Kinteh Island 2.0
- Walled City of Baku 2.0
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.0
- Saint-Emilion 2.0
- Orange 2.0
- Persian Caravanserai 2.0
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary 2.0
- Nancy 2.0
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 2.0
- Tr’ondëk-Klondike 2.0
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes 2.0
- Albi 2.0
- Gaya Tumuli 2.0
- Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia 2.0
- Rwenzori Mountains 2.0
- Semmering Railway 2.0
- Thang Long 2.0
- Blenheim Palace 2.0
- Atapuerca 2.0
- Konso 2.0
- Tipasa 2.0
- Gondwana Rainforests 2.0
- Stoclet House 2.0
- Santo Domingo 2.0
- Gobustan Rock Art 2.0
- Kronborg Castle 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Stari Ras and Sopocani 2.0
- Litomysl Castle 2.0
- Ibiza 2.0
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 2.0
- Holy Trinity Column 2.0
- Kutna Hora 2.0
- Holasovice 2.0
- Gedi 2.0
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2.0
- Hegmataneh 2.0
- Donana National Park 2.0
- West Lake 2.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.0
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 2.0
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 2.0
- Chaîne des Puys 2.0
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains 2.0
- Canal du Midi 2.0
- Caves and Ice Age Art 2.0
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 2.0
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 2.0
- The Flow Country 2.0
- Royal Joseon Tombs 2.0
- Namhansanseong 2.0
- Danube Delta 2.0
- Monastery of Horezu 2.0
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 2.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2.0
- Kasbah of Algiers 2.0
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 2.0
- Baekje Historic Areas 2.0
- University of Coimbra 2.0
- Valparaiso 2.0
- Oporto 2.0
- Laurisilva of Madeira 2.0
- San Marino and Mount Titano 2.0
- Guimarães 2.0
- Turaif Quarter 2.0
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana 2.0
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 2.0
- Zamość 2.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 2.0
- Boyana Church 2.0
- Diamantina 2.0
- Torun 2.0
- Congonhas 2.0
- Robben Island 2.0
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape 2.0
- Alcala de Henares 2.0
- Antequera Dolmens Site 2.0
- Lima 2.0
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus 2.0
- Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines 2.0
- Panamá 2.0
- Garajonay 2.0
- Rohtas Fort 2.0
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 2.0
- Aflaj irrigation system 2.0
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu 2.0
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 2.0
- Antigua Naval Dockyard 2.0
- Abbey of St Gall 2.0
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe 2.0
- W-Arly-Pendjari Complex 2.0
- Serra de Tramuntana 2.0
- León Cathedral 2.0
- Willemstad 2.0
- Tower of Hercules 2.0
- Wadden Sea 2.0
- Vall de Boi 2.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.0
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries 2.0
- Volubilis 2.0
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 2.0
- Old Town of Galle 2.0
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats 2.0
- Sinharaja Forest 2.0
- Rabat 2.0
- Durmitor National Park 2.0
- Kaeng Krachan Forest 2.0
- Tequila 2.0
- Khami Ruins 2.0
- Matobo Hills 2.0
- Vilnius 2.0
- Birka and Hovgarden 2.0
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2.0
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales 2.0
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 2.0
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 2.0
- Old City of Berne 2.0
- Tyre 2.0
- Sulaiman-Too 2.0
- Quseir Amra 2.0
- Mount Kenya 2.0
- Fort Jesus 2.0
- Stone Town of Zanzibar 2.0
- Blue and John Crow Mountains 2.0
- Val d'Orcia 2.0
- Major Town Houses 2.0
- Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng 2.0
- Mount Etna 2.0
- Rhaetian Railway 2.0
- Genoa 2.0
- Ferrara 2.0
- Ohrid Region 2.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.0
- Incense Route of the Negev 2.0
- Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin 2.0
- Maymand 2.0
- Sundarbans National Park 2.0
- Xanthos-Letoon 2.0
- Keoladeo National Park 2.0
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 2.0
- Nisa 2.0
- Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens 2.0
- Pannonhalma 2.0
- Archaeological site of Philippi 2.0
- Asante Traditional Buildings 2.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 2.0
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 2.0
- Shakhrisyabz 2.0
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.0
- Banska Stiavnica 2.0
- Bagerhat 2.0
- Reichenau 2.0
- Quedlinburg 2.0
- Odesa 2.0
- Messel Pit 2.0
- New Lanark 2.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.0
- Medina of Tunis 1.5
- Provins 1.5
- Southern Öland 1.5
- Nice 1.5
- Bellinzone 1.5
- Aranjuez 1.5
- Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites 1.5
- Derwent Valley Mills 1.5
- Qal'at al-Bahrain 1.5
- Stari Grad Plain 1.5
- Colonia del Sacramento 1.5
- Vézelay 1.5
- Pearling 1.5
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 1.5
- Muskauer Park 1.5
- Brimstone Hill Fortress 1.5
- Gorham's Cave Complex 1.5
- Banc d'Arguin 1.5
- Melka Kunture and Balchit 1.5
- Studley Royal Park 1.5
- Peking Man Site 1.5
- Hedeby and Danevirke 1.5
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region 1.5
- Ivrea 1.5
- Historic Jeddah 1.5
- Naumburg Cathedral 1.5
- Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies 1.5
- Bordeaux 1.5
- Cidade Velha 1.5
- Le Havre 1.5
- Modernist Kaunas 1.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 1.5
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 1.5
- Champagne 1.5
- Burgundy 1.5
- Pirin National Park 1.5
- Sammallahdenmäki 1.5
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 1.5
- Tiya 1.5
- Nessebar 1.5
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 1.5
- L'viv 1.5
- Monte San Giorgio 1.5
- Curonian Spit 1.5
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 1.5
- City of Luxembourg 1.5
- Bosra 1.5
- Karlskrona 1.5
- Beemster Polder 1.5
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 1.5
- Bridgetown 1.5
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 1.5
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 1.5
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 1.5
- Medina of Sousse 1.5
- The Porticoes of Bologna 1.5
- Longobards in Italy 1.5
- Belfries 1.5
- Tarraco 1.5
- Crespi d'Adda 1.5
- Saltaire 1.5
- White City of Tel-Aviv 1.5
- La Lonja de la Seda 1.5
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 1.5
- Island of Gorée 1.5
- Australian Convict Sites 1.5
- Wet Tropics of Queensland 1.5
- Querétaro 1.5
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 1.5
- Trebic 1.5
- Ahmadabad 1.5
- Fray Bentos 1.5
- Stećci 1.5
- San Cristobal de La Laguna 1.5
- Hyrcanian Forests 1.5
- Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas 1.0
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 1.0
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 1.0
- Palmeral of Elche 1.0
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 1.0
- Independence Hall 1.0
- Hortobágy 1.0
- Zabid 1.0
- Memorial Sites of Genocide 1.0
- Macao 1.0
- Corvey 1.0
- Royal Exhibition Building 1.0
- Lower Valley of the Omo 1.0
- Tokaji Wine Region 1.0
- Zollverein 1.0
- Schokland 1.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 1.0
- ShUM Sites 1.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 1.0
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge 1.0
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 1.0
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 1.0
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.0
- Colonies of Benevolence 1.0
- Bahá’i Holy Places 0.5
- Madara Rider 0.5
- Srebarna Nature Reserve 0.5
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine 0.5
- Danube Limes 0.5
- Hopewell 0.5
- Struve Geodetic Arc 0.5
- Djerba 0.5
- Battir 0.5
- The Prosecco Hills 0.5
- Lower German Limes 0.5
- Trans-Iranian Railway 0.5
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 0.5
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Reviews by Solivagant


Moravian Church Settlements (Inscribed)
Moravian Church Settlements
Well – what a strange site suddenly to appear on the UK T List in Jan 22, despite its decennial overall T List review process starting in Mar 22! WHS …

Neolithic Orkney (Inscribed)
Neolithic Orkney
N.b the excursion described in the following review did not run during 2024. The ferry business previously doing so was up for sale with no indication as to whether it …

Cold Desert Cultural Landscap… (On tentative list)
Cold Desert Cultural Landscape of India
Whilst reviewing the Mughal Gardens in Kashmir I noted that the T List “Cold Desert Cultural Landscape of India” was also un-reviewed and, to date, has only 7 …

Ancient Kingdom of Saba (Inscribed)
Ancient Kingdom of Saba
Only time will tell whether Marib, as a recent report suggests, really is a serious contender for inscription in 2023 - or even relatively soon thereafter, in a country riven …

Nyungwe National Park (Inscribed)
Nyungwe National Park
Now that Rwanda appears to have confirmed that it intends to nominate Nyungwe Forest NP (possibly at the 2024 WHC? A decision is to be made by the Rwandan government …

Canal del Dique - Dike Canal (On tentative list)
Canal del Dique - Dike Canal
If you travel by road between Cartagena and Mompox then, after around 40kms, you will cross the Canal del Dique on a modern bridge at Gambote. By all means stop …

Coffee Cultural Landscape (Inscribed)
Coffee Cultural Landscape
My previous review for this WHS explained how, in Nov 2019, we determined that we had visited 4 towns in the core area (Zone D) of the “Coffee Cultural Landscape” …

Coffee Cultural Landscape (Inscribed)
Coffee Cultural Landscape
As of May 2023 a number of the links referred to in my 2 reviews of CCL are broken. Many (but not all) are still available if you enter the …

Santa Cruz de Mompox (Inscribed)
Santa Cruz de Mompox
A major element in the attraction of Mompox has been its relative remoteness and difficulty of access. It is situated on Colombia’s largest inland “island”, Isla Margerita, and any visit …

Cultural Landscape of Salt To… (Removed from tentat…)
Cultural Landscape of Salt Towns
Imprisoned in a Salt mine!! We only had 2 experiences in Colombia where we had to join a group tour – visits to Guatavita Lake and to Nemocon mine. BOTH …

San Agustín (Inscribed)
San Agustín
Some points which might be of use to someone planning a visit to San Agustin and deciding how to visit its 3 locations (Based on a visit in Nov 2019)a. …

Tierradentro (Inscribed)
Tierradentro
Some points which might be of use to anyone planning a visit to Tierradentro and deciding how (and whether) to visit its 5 locations (Based on a visit in Nov …

University City of Bogotá (On tentative list)
University City of Bogotá
“Ahora, Ciudad Universitaria” we told our taxi driver after a visit to the Virgilio Barco Library. “Cual Entrada?” came the reply. Hmm – I hadn’t planned …

United Fruit Company Infrastr… (On tentative list)
United Fruit Company Infrastructure
Now – why might one pass through Colombia’s “Zona Bananera”? It could be that one is
a. in the Banana businessb. simply en route between Mompox and Sta Martac. …

Catholic Doctrine Temples (On tentative list)
Catholic Doctrine Temples
As we had private transport, we took the opportunity to make a short excursion along the road from San Andres de Pisimbala to nearby Sta Rosa to see its “Catholic …

Peruvian Central Railway (On tentative list)
Peruvian Central Railway
The inclusion of the “Ferrocarril Central Andino” on Peru’s T List in Aug 19 has led me to revisit my trip on it from Lima to Huancayo made …

Jacagua, Villa of Santiago (On tentative list)
Jacagua, Villa of Santiago
PLEASE NOTE
Anyone planning a visit to this site should be aware that the coordinates given on the map above are known to be "inexact".
They are based …

Ahmadabad (Inscribed)
Ahmadabad
A few points which arose from our visit in Mar 2019 in addition to those made by earlier reviewers
a. The “Heritage Walk”. Ahmadabad is rather proud of this …

Lothal (On tentative list)
Lothal
After Partition at Independence in 1947, India found that both of the, then known, great sites of the Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC – I am using the phrase to cover …