As with many World Heritage Sites, I think the reasons for its selection and justification of its Outstanding Universal Value aren't readily apparent when visiting. The cave itself isn't that …
Zach
Member since December 2022
#255 204 53
I've been deliberately visiting WHS as part of my travels for the last ten years, and for much longer before that when I didn't realize what they were. I've set a goal of trying to visit all of them (to the extent possible), because even if I don't see them all, it's still a great starting off point for ideas on exploring a country.
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70May 25, 2025Baekje Historic Areas, Changdeokgung Palace Complex, Hahoe and Yangdong, Hwaseong Fortress, Jongmyo Shrine ...
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100Feb. 5, 2025Danube Limes , Kasbah of Algiers, La Lonja de la Seda, M'Zab Valley, Palau de …
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About Zach
- First name
- Zach
- Member since
- December 2022
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #255
- WHS
- 204
- Tentative Sites
- 53
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 2
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Angkor 5.0
- Dougga/Thugga 5.0
- Petra 4.5
- Plitvice Lakes 4.5
- City of Luxembourg 4.5
- Iguazu National Park 4.5
- Dubrovnik 4.5
- Rome 4.5
- Wadi Rum 4.5
- Masada 4.5
- Versailles 4.5
- Pompei 4.5
- Socotra Archipelago 4.5
- Eisinga Planetarium 4.5
- Machu Picchu 4.5
- Los Glaciares 4.5
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.5
- Amphitheater of El Jem 4.5
- Kinderdijk 4.5
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.5
- Brugge 4.5
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.0
- Old Town of Galle 4.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 4.0
- Medina of Fez 4.0
- Mesa Verde 4.0
- Giant's Causeway 4.0
- Avignon 4.0
- Cologne Cathedral 4.0
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.0
- Split 4.0
- Historic Cairo 4.0
- Independence Hall 4.0
- Warsaw 4.0
- Yosemite National Park 4.0
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 4.0
- Granada 4.0
- Baalbek 4.0
- Ancient Thebes 4.0
- Nubian Monuments 4.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 4.0
- Tassili n'Ajjer 4.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 4.0
- Lyon 4.0
- Kotor 4.0
- Hegra 4.0
- Canterbury 4.0
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 4.0
- Anuradhapura 4.0
- Ayutthaya 4.0
- Vatican City 4.0
- Melaka and George Town 3.5
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.5
- Belfries 3.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 3.5
- Kandy 3.5
- Al Ain 3.5
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 3.5
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 3.5
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 3.5
- White City of Tel-Aviv 3.5
- Westminster 3.5
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.5
- Studley Royal Park 3.5
- Kairouan 3.5
- Old City of Berne 3.5
- Butrint 3.5
- Vienna 3.5
- Berat and Gjirokastra 3.5
- Carthage 3.5
- Central Highlands 3.5
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 3.5
- Bahla Fort 3.5
- Mostar 3.5
- Land of Frankincense 3.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 3.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.5
- Sigiriya 3.5
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 3.5
- Sambor Prei Kuk 3.5
- Istanbul 3.5
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.5
- Turaif Quarter 3.5
- Edinburgh 3.5
- Forth Bridge 3.5
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 3.5
- San Antonio Missions 3.5
- Pyramids (Memphis) 3.5
- Damascus 3.5
- Cuzco 3.5
- Cordoba 3.5
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 3.5
- Grand Canyon 3.5
- Rock Art in the Hail Region 3.0
- Ironbridge Gorge 3.0
- New Lanark 3.0
- Saint Catherine Area 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Stonehenge 3.0
- Van Nellefabriek 3.0
- Derwent Valley Mills 3.0
- Chartres Cathedral 3.0
- Bethlehem 3.0
- Acropolis 3.0
- Medina of Sousse 3.0
- Medina of Tunis 3.0
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn 3.0
- Kew Gardens 3.0
- Tallinn 3.0
- Polonnaruva 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- Sukhothai 3.0
- Si Thep 3.0
- Longobards in Italy 3.0
- Luang Prabang 3.0
- Plain of Jars 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- Potsdam 3.0
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 3.0
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana 3.0
- Studenica Monastery 3.0
- Corfu 3.0
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 3.0
- Phu Phrabat 3.0
- Tarraco 3.0
- Arles 3.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 3.0
- Tipasa 3.0
- Schönbrunn 3.0
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.0
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes 2.5
- Jongmyo Shrine 2.5
- Historic Jeddah 2.5
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge 2.5
- Kasbah of Algiers 2.5
- M'Zab Valley 2.5
- La Lonja de la Seda 2.5
- Royal Joseon Tombs 2.5
- Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies 2.5
- Pearling 2.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.5
- Zollverein 2.5
- Maritime Greenwich 2.5
- Ohrid Region 2.5
- Djerba 2.5
- Crespi d'Adda 2.5
- Ivrea 2.5
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 2.5
- Naples 2.5
- Nice 2.5
- Himā Cultural area 2.5
- Hahoe and Yangdong 2.0
- Kerkuane 2.0
- Ichkeul National Park 2.0
- Aflaj irrigation system 2.0
- Vjetrenica Cave 2.0
- Medina of Essaouira 2.0
- Stari Ras and Sopocani 2.0
- Colonies of Benevolence 2.0
- Sinharaja Forest 2.0
- Causses and Cévennes 2.0
- Ban Chiang 2.0
- Orange 2.0
- Dilmun Burial Mounds 1.5
- Qalhat 1.5
- Beemster Polder 1.5
- Al-Ahsa Oasis 1.5
- Struve Geodetic Arc 1.0
Tentative Sites
- 168 8
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Reviews by Zach


Longobards in Italy (Inscribed)
Longobards in Italy
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the one Longobard site I visited so far (Castelseprio-Torba), partly due to apprehension from reading some of the previous reviews, but …
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Zach 01/06/24