The property centers around the Chinchorro people who lived in the arid coastal area of the Atacama Desert (in northern Chile and southern Peru), from around 5000 BC to 1000 …
Walter
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My proposal for a new site: The cultural landscape (turf houses) of the Feroe Island. The culutral landscape of Aran island (Ireland)
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- Vatican City 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Gobustan Rock Art 5.0
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- Mesa Verde 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Taos Pueblo 5.0
- Yellowstone 5.0
- Yosemite National Park 5.0
- Yungang Grottoes 5.0
- Upper Svaneti 5.0
- Haghpat and Sanahin 5.0
- Monastery of Geghard 5.0
- Gelati Monastery 5.0
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 5.0
- Sammallahdenmäki 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- West Norwegian Fjords 5.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 5.0
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 5.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 5.0
- Kotor 5.0
- Valletta 5.0
- Göbekli Tepe 5.0
- Pompei 5.0
- Nemrut Dag 5.0
- Ani 5.0
- Sceilg Mhichíl 5.0
- Wadi Al-Hitan 5.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Quseir Amra 5.0
- Prague 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 5.0
- Dubrovnik 5.0
- Historic Cairo 5.0
- Rio de Janeiro 5.0
- San Gimignano 5.0
- Tajik National Park 5.0
- Vatnajökull National Park 5.0
- Acropolis 5.0
- Kakadu National Park 5.0
- Namib Sand Sea 5.0
- Pont du Gard 5.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 5.0
- Baalbek 5.0
- Imperial Palace 5.0
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 5.0
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 5.0
- Granada 5.0
- Auschwitz Birkenau 5.0
- Great Wall 5.0
- Rock Art of Alta 5.0
- Teotihuacan 4.5
- Ouro Preto 4.5
- Iguacu 4.5
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 4.5
- Lagoons of New Caledonia 4.5
- Chinchorro Culture 4.5
- Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex 4.5
- Los Glaciares 4.5
- Salvador de Bahia 4.5
- Uluru 4.5
- Yakushima 4.5
- Mount Taishan 4.5
- Talayotic Menorca 4.5
- Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor 4.0
- Um er-Rasas 4.0
- Wadi Rum 4.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.0
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn 4.0
- Bethlehem 4.0
- Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town 4.0
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 4.0
- Stari Ras and Sopocani 4.0
- Studenica Monastery 4.0
- Qadisha Valley 4.0
- Burgos Cathedral 4.0
- Caceres 4.0
- Cordoba 4.0
- Las Medulas 4.0
- Seville 4.0
- Teide National Park 4.0
- Tower of Hercules 4.0
- El Fuerte de Samaipata 4.0
- Chaco Culture 4.0
- Cordouan Lighthouse 4.0
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 4.0
- Caral-Supe 4.0
- Salzburg 4.0
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 4.0
- Mostar 4.0
- Plitvice Lakes 4.0
- Old Havana 4.0
- Viñales Valley 4.0
- Cesky Krumlov 4.0
- Sítio Roberto Burle Marx 4.0
- Necropolis of Bet She'arim 4.0
- Tallinn 4.0
- Cerrado Protected Areas 4.0
- Petäjävesi Old Church 4.0
- Mtskheta 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Thingvellir 4.0
- Riga 4.0
- Vilnius 4.0
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Alto Douro 4.0
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 4.0
- Laurisilva of Madeira 4.0
- Oporto 4.0
- Pico Island 4.0
- Haeinsa Temple 4.0
- Hahoe and Yangdong 4.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 4.0
- Pitons Management Area 4.0
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 4.0
- Laponian Area 4.0
- Rock Carvings in Tanum 4.0
- Bellinzone 4.0
- Iguazu National Park 4.0
- Medina of Sousse 4.0
- Medina of Tunis 4.0
- Istanbul 4.0
- Edinburgh 4.0
- Neolithic Orkney 4.0
- Westminster 4.0
- Avignon 4.0
- Causses and Cévennes 4.0
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 4.0
- Loire Valley 4.0
- Lyon 4.0
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu 4.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 4.0
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 4.0
- Versailles 4.0
- Tanbaly 4.0
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 4.0
- Malbork Castle 4.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.0
- Völklingen Ironworks 4.0
- Wartburg Castle 4.0
- Zollverein 4.0
- Assisi 4.0
- Costiera Amalfitana 4.0
- Medina Azahara 4.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 4.0
- Naples 4.0
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 4.0
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 4.0
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 4.0
- Villa d'Este 4.0
- Anjar 4.0
- Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin 4.0
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 3.5
- Diamantina 3.5
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 3.5
- Salamanca 3.5
- Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works 3.5
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.5
- Split 3.5
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus 3.5
- Arles 3.5
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 3.5
- Berat and Gjirokastra 3.5
- Potosi 3.5
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 3.5
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.5
- Mount Carmel Caves 3.5
- Quebrada de Humahuaca 3.5
- Sheki 3.5
- Goias 3.5
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 3.5
- Falun Great Copper Mountain 3.0
- Gammelstad 3.0
- Grimeton Radio Station 3.0
- Speyer Cathedral 3.0
- Paraty and Ilha Grande 3.0
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 3.0
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.0
- Southern Öland 3.0
- Visby 3.0
- Abbey of St Gall 3.0
- Brasilia 3.0
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 3.0
- Kinderdijk 3.0
- Old City of Berne 3.0
- Rhaetian Railway 3.0
- Garajonay 3.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.0
- Verona 3.0
- Würzburg Residence 3.0
- El Escurial 3.0
- Ephesus 3.0
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 3.0
- Canterbury 3.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 3.0
- Aquileia 3.0
- Forth Bridge 3.0
- Giant's Causeway 3.0
- Gwynedd Castles 3.0
- Incense Route of the Negev 3.0
- Tower of London 3.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 3.0
- Amiens Cathedral 3.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.0
- Wet Tropics of Queensland 3.0
- Bourges Cathedral 3.0
- Ivrea 3.0
- Chartres Cathedral 3.0
- Urbino 3.0
- Fortifications of Vauban 3.0
- Ferrara 3.0
- Bahla Fort 3.0
- Nancy 3.0
- Avila 3.0
- Asturian Monuments 3.0
- Genoa 3.0
- Aflaj irrigation system 3.0
- León Cathedral 3.0
- Saint-Emilion 3.0
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.0
- Strasbourg 3.0
- Medici Villas and Gardens 3.0
- Vézelay 3.0
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 3.0
- Bamberg 3.0
- Québec 3.0
- Trogir 3.0
- Bauhaus Sites 3.0
- Cape Floral Region 3.0
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 3.0
- White City of Tel-Aviv 3.0
- Kutna Hora 3.0
- Modena 3.0
- Litomysl Castle 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 3.0
- Cuzco 3.0
- Telc 3.0
- Trebic 3.0
- Tugendhat Villa 3.0
- Kronborg Castle 3.0
- Caves and Ice Age Art 3.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 3.0
- Stevns Klint 3.0
- Classical Weimar 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Vienna 3.0
- Choirokoitia 3.0
- Schönbrunn 3.0
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 3.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 3.0
- Fagus Factory 3.0
- ESMA Site Museum 3.0
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries 3.0
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 3.0
- Vallée de Mai 3.0
- Toledo 3.0
- Luther Memorials 3.0
- Kernavė 3.0
- Margravial Opera House 3.0
- Serra de Tramuntana 3.0
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 3.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.0
- San Cristobal de La Laguna 3.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 3.0
- Palmeral of Elche 3.0
- Røros 3.0
- Sucre 3.0
- Bryggen 3.0
- Tiwanaku 3.0
- Churches of Peace 3.0
- Butrint 3.0
- Stećci 3.0
- Angra do Heroismo 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Segovia 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 3.0
- Monastery of Alcobaça 3.0
- Monastery of Batalha 3.0
- Potsdam 3.0
- Quedlinburg 3.0
- Sintra 3.0
- University of Coimbra 3.0
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.0
- Gyeongju 3.0
- Val d'Orcia 3.0
- Regensburg 3.0
- Reichenau 3.0
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 3.0
- San Marino and Mount Titano 3.0
- Birka and Hovgarden 3.0
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 3.0
- Northern Martinique 3.0
- Engelsberg Ironworks 3.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2.5
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2.5
- Par force hunting landscape 2.5
- Nesvizh 2.5
- Tyre 2.5
- Pampulha 2.5
- Valongo Wharf 2.5
- Sarazm 2.5
- Greater Blue Mountains 2.5
- Sydney Opera House 2.5
- Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines 2.5
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 2.5
- Durmitor National Park 2.5
- Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens 2.5
- Lima 2.5
- Ruins of León Viejo 2.5
- Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves 2.5
- Paphos 2.5
- Van Nellefabriek 2.0
- Guimarães 2.0
- Evora 2.0
- Orange 2.0
- Elvas 2.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 2.0
- Muskauer Park 2.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 2.0
- City of Luxembourg 2.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 2.0
- Old Rauma 2.0
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 2.0
- Torun 2.0
- Holy Trinity Column 2.0
- Holasovice 2.0
- Rideau Canal 2.0
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge 2.0
- Valparaiso 2.0
- Statue of Liberty 2.0
- Carlsbad Caverns 2.0
- Vizcaya Bridge 2.0
- Mérida 2.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 2.0
- Ibiza 2.0
- Ancient Jericho 2.0
- Cuenca 2.0
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 2.0
- Chaîne des Puys 2.0
- Mir Castle 2.0
- Robben Island 2.0
- Pienza 2.0
- Longobards in Italy 2.0
- Crespi d'Adda 2.0
- Trier 2.0
- Warsaw 2.0
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 2.0
- Vlkolinec 2.0
- Bardejov Town 2.0
- Messel Pit 2.0
- Congonhas 2.0
- Lübeck 2.0
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 2.0
- Sulaiman-Too 2.0
- Corvey 2.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.0
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana 2.0
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 2.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 2.0
- Aachen Cathedral 2.0
- Bahá’i Holy Places 2.0
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 2.0
- Bordeaux 2.0
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.0
- City of Bath 2.0
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.0
- Karlskrona 2.0
- Drottningholm 2.0
- Aranjuez 1.5
- Church of Atlántida 1.5
- Battir 1.5
- Guanacaste 1.5
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine 1.5
- Corfu 1.5
- Canal du Midi 1.5
- Byblos 1.5
- Arslantepe Mound 1.5
- Divrigi 1.5
- Graz 1.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 1.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 1.0
- Alcala de Henares 1.0
- Australian Convict Sites 1.0
- Tarraco 1.0
- Independence Hall 1.0
- Białowieża Forest 1.0
- Stoclet House 1.0
- Carthage 1.0
- Monte San Giorgio 1.0
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 1.0
- Stari Grad Plain 1.0
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 1.0
- Semmering Railway 1.0
- Water Management System of Augsburg 0.5
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 0.5
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 0.5
- Centennial Hall 0.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 0.5
- Nice 0.5
- Schokland 0.5
- Qalhat 0.5
- Tak'alik Ab'aj 0.5
- Beemster Polder 0.5
- Colonia del Sacramento 0.5
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 0.5
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Reviews by Walter
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Tajik National Park (Inscribed)
Tajik National Park
This propriety covers more than 2.5 million hectares in the east of Tajikistan, about 18% of the national territory, at the center of the so-called “Pamir Knot”, a meeting point …
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Walter 25/09/19
Silk Roads Sites in Kyrgyzstan (On tentative list)
Silk Roads Sites in Kyrgyzstan
This serial nomination consists of 14 proprieties, assembled in six different groups. One group (The Upper Chui Valley with its three elements), is already on the WHS as part of …
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Walter 20/09/19
Silk Roads Sites in Tajikistan (On tentative list)
Silk Roads Sites in Tajikistan
This serial nomination has 8 different proprieties, six of them having an additional specific entry as their own on the tentative list. I had a chance to visit four of …
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Walter 14/09/19
Ancient Khuttal (Nominated)
Ancient Khuttal
Hulbuk is a medieval town on Southern Tadjikistan, in the village of Kurban Shaid (Pingan on google map, near Vose). It lies next to the main road from Dushanbe …
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Walter 06/09/19
Mausoleum of Mukhammad Bashoro (On tentative list)
Mausoleum of Mukhammad Bashoro
This propriety is 30 km east of Pendjikent in Tajikistan. As the border is now opened, it is easier to visit on a day-trip from Samarkand (e-visa necessary for …
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Walter 05/09/19
The Site of Ancient Town of P… (On tentative list)
The Site of Ancient Town of Pyanjekent
The site of ancient town of Penjakent lies on a hill just south of the modern town. It is within walking distance (1 km) from the town center. Penjakent is …
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Walter 04/09/19
Sarazm (Inscribed)
Sarazm
Sarazm is an archaeological site of a proto-urban settlement dating from the 4th millennium BCE to the end of the 3rd millennium BCE. The ruins demonstrate the early development of …
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Walter 03/09/19
Ishak Pasha Palace (On tentative list)
Ishak Pasha Palace
Ishak Pasha Palace is in Eastern Turkey, close to the Irananian border. It stands strategically on a platform above the Sariova plain, surrounded by some of Turkish’s highest peaks, …
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Walter 25/03/19
Tushpa/Van Fortress (On tentative list)
Tushpa/Van Fortress
Tushpa/Van Fortress (Van Kelasi in Turkish) and the Old City of Van is a site is located in the city of Van, which is easily reached by cheap domestic flights …
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Walter 23/03/19
Palais de la Culture, Rio de … (On tentative list)
Palais de la Culture, Rio de Janeiro
Also called Edificio Gustavo Capanema, this edifice was built between 1937 and 1945, is a fine example of Brazilian modernist architecture. It is located in the center of Rio, it …
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Walter 28/02/19
Sítio Roberto Burle Marx (Inscribed)
Sítio Roberto Burle Marx
About 40 km west of Rio de Janeiro center, this site is a botanical park and museum dedicated to Roberto Burle Marx, a famous Brazilian landscape architect and avid collectors …
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Walter 27/02/19
Valongo Wharf (Inscribed)
Valongo Wharf
I visited this site on my first day in Brazil, as it is easy to reach, being in central Rio de Janeiro. I was not expecting much of it, and …
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Walter 26/02/19
Ani (Inscribed)
Ani
I had been fascinated by Ani for a long time, even before it was included on the WHS List. While travelling in Armenia the previous year, I had a far-away …
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Walter 24/11/18
Akdamar Church (On tentative list)
Akdamar Church
Akdamar (Holy Cross) Church is located on an small island in Lake Van, in eastern Turkey.
The Armenian Church was built between 915 and 921 AD. It is made …
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Walter 24/11/18
Białowieża Forest (Inscribed)
Białowieża Forest
Reading reviews about this site, I was not enclined to spend too much time trying to get to tick it.
I am not a big fan of animals in …
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Walter 10/11/18
Edifices for Worship of Fortr… (On tentative list)
Edifices for Worship of Fortress Type in Belarus,
I was a bit baffeled by this project : it sounds like a trans-national nomination, but is only mentionned on the Belarus TL, with only three compnonents. I visited two …
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Walter 08/11/18
Franja Partisan Hospital (On tentative list)
Franja Partisan Hospital
The Franja Partisan Hospital is a small simple clandestine field hospital located in the narrow, barely accessible Pasica gorge. The hospital complex is composed of 14 wooden buildings and several …
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Walter 15/09/18
Binegadi Fauna and Flora Depo… (On tentative list)
Binegadi Fauna and Flora Deposit
As for most Azeri TL, not much information is available about “Binagadi" 4th Period Fauna and Flora Deposit. This site is a lake in the northern suburb of Baku …
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Walter 08/09/18
Mta-Tusheti (On tentative list)
Mta-Tusheti
My expercience of Mta-Tusheti is very limited, having just entered the area for about an hour. While in Georgia, I had rented a 4 wheel-drive car and had one day …
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Walter 08/09/18
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