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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Reviews by Walter

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Gremi Church of Archangels and Royal Tower by Walter

Gremi Church of Archangels an… (On tentative list)

Gremi Church of Archangels and Royal Tower

The city of Gremi was the capital of the kingdom of Kakheti in eastern Georgia for about 150 years, before its destruction by the army of Persian Shah Abbas in …

Alaverdi Cathedral by Walter

Alaverdi Cathedral (On tentative list)

Alaverdi Cathedral

Alaverdi Cathedral is located 2 hours by car east of Tbilissi in a fertile valley at the footsteps of the Caucasian range. Driving there is easy, well signposted and a …

Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site by Walter

Dmanisi Hominid Archaeologica… (On tentative list)

Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site

Dmanisi site shows the remains of a prominent Middle Age town from the IX-X centuries. In 1983, while excavating the ruins of the medieval settlement, archeologists found animal fossils in …

Shatili by Walter

Shatili (On tentative list)

Shatili

Shatili is a historic highland village located in the isolated Arguni valley on the northern slope of the Greater Caucasus mountains. The village is described as « a unique complex …

Ananuri by Walter

Ananuri (On tentative list)

Ananuri

The Ananuri fortified ensemble is conviniently located on the very touristic Georgian Military Highway some 70km north of Tbilisi. The view on the fort from the highway is phenomenal, with …

Upper Svaneti by Walter

Upper Svaneti (Inscribed)

Upper Svaneti

When I first read about visiting Upper Svaneti about 15 year ago, travel guidebooks were advising not to get there on your own, because of a risk of kidnapping and …

The Caspian Shore Defensive Constructions by Walter

The Caspian Shore Defensive C… (On tentative list)

The Caspian Shore Defensive Constructions

This serial nomination consists of eight elements of defense built on the narrow costal plain between the eastermost peaks of the Caucasus mountains and the Caspian sea. Four elements are …

The basilica and archaeological site of Yererouk by Walter

The basilica and archaeologic… (On tentative list)

The basilica and archaeological site of Yererouk

This very nice site is an about 2 hours drive from Erevan. The roads are in good condition, contrary to what some travel guides suggest. Only the 2 last km …

Samtavisi Cathedral by Walter

Samtavisi Cathedral (On tentative list)

Samtavisi Cathedral

Samtavisi Cathedral is located about an hour drive from Tbilissi, close to the Gori highway. It can been seen from the highway bridge crossing the Lekhura river. To get there, …

Vardzia-Khertvisi by Walter

Vardzia-Khertvisi (On tentative list)

Vardzia-Khertvisi

The history of this site is strange. It is on the TL since 1999 and ICOMOS recommended it’s inscription in 2001, but then was deferred and never re-submitted. Now in …

The Silver Route by Walter

The Silver Route (On tentative list)

The Silver Route

After having cycle the Camino Frances ( Route of Santiago de Compostella  - WHS) in Spain in 2012, I went cycling for another long trip along the Via de La …

David Gareji Monasteries and Hermitage by Walter

David Gareji Monasteries and … (On tentative list)

David Gareji Monasteries and Hermitage

Several monasteries spread over a 30 km stretch of semi-desertic breath-taking landscape. The most famous, and easy to reach, monastery is Davitis Lavra, and the nearby cliff rock-cut chambers of …

ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape by Walter

ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape (Inscribed)

ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape

The ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape, otherwise known as the The !Xam Khomani Heartland corresponds in fact to the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. To add some more confusion, together with the Bostwana …

Talayotic Menorca by Walter

Talayotic Menorca (Inscribed)

Talayotic Menorca

The Talaiotic Culture is an ancient society established on the Balearic Island between the Iron Age and its replacement by the Punic and the Roman cultures. Menorca Island has many …

Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge by Walter

Mining Cultural Landscape Erz… (Inscribed)

Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge

Erzgebirge / Krušnohoří Mining Cultural Landscape was originally planned for nomination in 2016. I decided to visit this TL site ahead of its official inscription, in april 2016. This nomination …

Namib Sand Sea by Walter

Namib Sand Sea (Inscribed)

Namib Sand Sea

I was suprised no one has reviewed this site yet, as it is considered the number one destination in Namibia. I visited the area back in 1996.

The « Namib …

Mid-Atlantic Ridge by Walter

Mid-Atlantic Ridge (On tentative list)

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Algar do Carvao is on Terceira island. It is a ancient lava tube in which we enter through a small tunnel under the visitors center. Entering the tube, you can …

Pico Island by Walter

Pico Island (Inscribed)

Pico Island

I visited Pico in July 2014. Pico is an island part of the Acores archipelago, lying in the midway in the Atlantic, some 1500 km from mainland Portugal. Getting there …

Aflaj irrigation system by Walter

Aflaj irrigation system (Inscribed)

Aflaj irrigation system

On a trip to Oman in December 2012, I managed to visit 4 of the 5 aflaj irrigation systems on the list (I arabic, aflaj is the plural form of …

Medici Villas and Gardens by Walter

Medici Villas and Gardens (Inscribed)

Medici Villas and Gardens

On a trip to Tuscany in 2012, I tried to get to as many of the medici villas and gardens as possible. As it was before their inscription (in 2013), …

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