Low in beautiful landscapes, Lut Desert is the exception that proves the rule in Iran. It is known like the hottest place in the world, but frankly speaking, it was …
Jean Lecaillon
France \ Member since April 2017
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My proposal for a new site: Cathédrale de Saint-Denis (France), Cliffs of Bonifacio (France), Jardins à la française (France), citadelles cathares (France), Bryce canyon (USA), Saint-Malo (France), Varanasi (India), Gustave Eiffel's architecture (France, Portugal, Hungary, Vietnam, Algeria), Lucknow (India), Indian wells (India), Jerash (Jordan), Melnik (Bulgaria), Transfagaran road (Romania), Dallol's depression (Ethiopia), Churches in Tigre (Ethiopia), Eastern's landscape of Caspian Sea (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan), Ronda (Spain), Derawar Fort (Pakistan), Hingol NP (Pakistan) Sumela Monastery (Turkey), İshak Paşa Sarayı (Turkey), Danxia National Park (China), Chocolate Hills (Philippines), Fjaðrárgljúfur (Iceland), Mandalay historical sites (Myanmar), Canal de Panama (Panama), Frank Gehry's architecture (Panama, Spain, France, USA, Rep.Tcheque, Germany, Switzerland, UAE), Zaha Hadid's architecture (Germany, Azerbaïdjan, Spain, UAE, China, Russia, UK, France, South Korea, Italia, Belgium, Morocco), Neuschwanstein Castle (Germany)
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About Jean Lecaillon
- Member since
- April 2017
- Country of Origin
- France
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- #127
- WHS
- 335
- Tentative Sites
- 55
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Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Wadi Rum 5.0
- Rila Monastery 5.0
- Nubian Monuments 5.0
- El Tajin 5.0
- Quebrada de Humahuaca 5.0
- Loire Valley 5.0
- Albi 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Ancient Thebes 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Teotihuacan 5.0
- Mont-Saint-Michel 5.0
- Bagan 5.0
- Burgundy 5.0
- Great Barrier Reef 5.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 5.0
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 5.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 5.0
- Victoria Falls 5.0
- Lut Desert 5.0
- St. Petersburg 4.5
- Tequila 4.5
- Guanajuato 4.5
- Iguazu National Park 4.5
- Cordoba 4.5
- Samarkand 4.5
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios 4.5
- Pyramids (Memphis) 4.5
- Versailles 4.5
- Lalibela 4.5
- Giant's Causeway 4.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 4.5
- Hegra 4.5
- Uluru 4.5
- Iguacu 4.5
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles 4.5
- Toledo 4.5
- Poblet Monastery 4.5
- Vatican City 4.5
- Vatnajökull National Park 4.5
- Cold winter deserts of Turan 4.5
- Yazd 4.5
- Persepolis 4.5
- Maymand 4.0
- Pont du Gard 4.0
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 4.0
- Chichen-Itza 4.0
- Vall de Boi 4.0
- Causses and Cévennes 4.0
- Fasil Ghebbi 4.0
- Guimarães 4.0
- Margravial Opera House 4.0
- The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria 4.0
- Cape Floral Region 4.0
- Vézelay 4.0
- Trogir 4.0
- Regensburg 4.0
- Grand Place, Brussels 4.0
- Tallinn 4.0
- Cologne Cathedral 4.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 4.0
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.0
- Fortifications of Vauban 4.0
- Viñales Valley 4.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 4.0
- Sighisoara 4.0
- Yosemite National Park 4.0
- Grand Canyon 4.0
- San Miguel de Allende 4.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 4.0
- Wadi Al-Hitan 4.0
- Granada 4.0
- Belem 4.0
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 4.0
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 4.0
- Strasbourg 4.0
- Taj Mahal 4.0
- Plitvice Lakes 4.0
- University of Coimbra 4.0
- Bourges Cathedral 4.0
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 4.0
- Amiens Cathedral 4.0
- Quito 4.0
- Dubrovnik 4.0
- Sukhothai 4.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 4.0
- Lübeck 4.0
- Shushtar 4.0
- Istanbul 4.0
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda 3.5
- Bukhara 3.5
- Prague 3.5
- Palenque 3.5
- Itchan Kala 3.5
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 3.5
- Sintra 3.5
- Tchogha Zanbil 3.5
- Split 3.5
- Kotor 3.5
- Reims 3.5
- Oporto 3.5
- Takht-e Soleyman 3.5
- Bam Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Statue of Liberty 3.5
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.5
- Soltaniyeh 3.5
- Mostar 3.5
- Fatehpur Sikri 3.5
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 3.5
- Fontainebleau 3.5
- Monastery of Batalha 3.5
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 3.5
- Belfries 3.5
- Canterbury 3.5
- Champagne 3.5
- Morelia 3.5
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 3.5
- Bahla Fort 3.5
- Novodevichy Convent 3.5
- Querétaro 3.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 3.5
- Stari Grad Plain 3.5
- Aflaj irrigation system 3.5
- Villages with Fortified Churches 3.5
- Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves 3.5
- Nancy 3.5
- Old Rauma 3.5
- Bamberg 3.5
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3.5
- Ancient Merv 3.5
- Kunya-Urgench 3.5
- Tiya 3.5
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu 3.5
- Lyon 3.5
- Chartres Cathedral 3.5
- Bordeaux 3.5
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 3.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 3.5
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá 3.5
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo 3.5
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 3.5
- Kinderdijk 3.5
- Seville 3.5
- Caceres 3.5
- Medina Azahara 3.5
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 3.5
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 3.5
- Flemish Béguinages 3.5
- Brugge 3.5
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 3.5
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.5
- Bellinzone 3.5
- Kakadu National Park 3.5
- Northern Martinique 3.5
- Sydney Opera House 3.5
- Willandra Lakes 3.5
- Historic Jeddah 3.5
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 3.5
- Sangay National Park 3.5
- Villa d'Este 3.5
- Etruscan Necropolises 3.5
- Pearling 3.0
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3.0
- Speyer Cathedral 3.0
- Würzburg Residence 3.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.0
- Kronborg Castle 3.0
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 3.0
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 3.0
- Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi 3.0
- Qutb Minar 3.0
- Aksum 3.0
- City of Luxembourg 3.0
- Simien National Park 3.0
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 3.0
- Chaîne des Puys 3.0
- Altamira Cave 3.0
- Elvas 3.0
- Saint-Emilion 3.0
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries 3.0
- Arles 3.0
- Vézère Valley 3.0
- Xochicalco 3.0
- Uxmal 3.0
- Provins 3.0
- Old Havana 3.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 3.0
- Persian Garden 3.0
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 3.0
- Masjed-e Jâme' 3.0
- Gulf of Porto 3.0
- Agra Fort 3.0
- Camino Real 3.0
- Edinburgh 3.0
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.0
- Antequera Dolmens Site 3.0
- Caves and Ice Age Art 3.0
- Thingvellir 3.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 3.0
- Rhaetian Railway 3.0
- Golestan Palace 3.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.0
- The Four Lifts 3.0
- Sceilg Mhichíl 3.0
- Jantar Mantar 3.0
- Puebla 3.0
- Historic Cairo 3.0
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 3.0
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 3.0
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites 3.0
- Westminster 3.0
- Australian Convict Sites 3.0
- Persian Caravanserai 3.0
- Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor 3.0
- Brú na Bóinne 3.0
- Old City of Berne 3.0
- Potsdam 3.0
- Dilmun Burial Mounds 3.0
- Qal'at al-Bahrain 3.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 3.0
- Colonia del Sacramento 3.0
- Al-Ahsa Oasis 3.0
- Shakhrisyabz 3.0
- Nessebar 3.0
- Tlacotalpan 3.0
- Evora 3.0
- Everglades 3.0
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 3.0
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 3.0
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 3.0
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 3.0
- Aachen Cathedral 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Pirin National Park 3.0
- Reichenau 2.5
- Boyana Church 2.5
- Turaif Quarter 2.5
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.5
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.5
- Sian Ka'an 2.5
- The Persian Qanat 2.5
- Tabriz Bazaar 2.5
- Pitons Management Area 2.5
- Tower of London 2.5
- Le Havre 2.5
- Petäjävesi Old Church 2.5
- Al Zubarah 2.5
- Orange 2.5
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 2.5
- Via Appia 2.5
- Greater Blue Mountains 2.5
- Wadden Sea 2.5
- Pasargadae 2.5
- Red Fort 2.5
- Colonies of Benevolence 2.5
- Monastery of Alcobaça 2.5
- Vizcaya Bridge 2.5
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 2.5
- Maritime Greenwich 2.5
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 2.5
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2.5
- Quseir Amra 2.5
- Hospicio Cabañas 2.5
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba 2.5
- Crespi d'Adda 2.5
- Primeval Beech Forests 2.5
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 2.5
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 2.5
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe 2.0
- Aranjuez 2.0
- Úbeda and Baeza 2.0
- Susa 2.0
- Gorham's Cave Complex 2.0
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 2.0
- Water Management System of Augsburg 2.0
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 2.0
- Sammallahdenmäki 2.0
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya 2.0
- Cordouan Lighthouse 2.0
- Messel Pit 2.0
- Longobards in Italy 2.0
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 2.0
- Par force hunting landscape 2.0
- Hedeby and Danevirke 2.0
- K’gari (formerly Fraser Island) 2.0
- Bisotun 2.0
- Major Town Houses 2.0
- Gondwana Rainforests 2.0
- Burgos Cathedral 2.0
- Canal du Midi 2.0
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 2.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 2.0
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.0
- Cienfuegos 2.0
- Tarraco 2.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 2.0
- Trier 2.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 2.0
- Kew Gardens 2.0
- Royal Exhibition Building 2.0
- Wet Tropics of Queensland 2.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 2.0
- ShUM Sites 2.0
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2.0
- Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites 2.0
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 2.0
- Mérida 2.0
- Jelling 1.5
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses 1.5
- Stoclet House 1.5
- Budj Bim Cultural Landscape 1.5
- Heritage of Mercury 1.5
- Nisa 1.5
- Robben Island 1.5
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 1.5
- Western Tien-Shan 1.5
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 1.5
- Van Nellefabriek 1.5
- Abbey of St Gall 1.5
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 1.5
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 1.5
- Atapuerca 1.5
- Qalhat 1.5
- Danube Limes 1.0
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 1.0
- Monte San Giorgio 1.0
- Lower German Limes 1.0
- Stevns Klint 1.0
- Melka Kunture and Balchit 1.0
- Donana National Park 1.0
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 0.5
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 0.5
Tentative Sites
- Kerman
- Historical city of Izamal
- Sacred Landscapes of Tigray
- The town of Melnik and the Rozhen Monastery
- Desert Castles of Ancient Khorezm
- Inle Lake
- Jerash Archaeological City
- Cathédrale de Saint-Denis
- Le Charolais-Brionnais
- Mujib Nature Reserve
- Rouen
- The Ancient Plovdiv
- Ancient cities of Upper Myanmar
- The Royal Sites of Ireland
- Great Sandy World Heritage Area
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers
- Varanasi
- Taq-e Bostan
- Patzcuaro
- Ring of cenotes of Chicxulub Crater
- Vila Viçosa
- The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia
- Plasencia - Monfragüe - Trujillo : Paysage méditer
- Columbus Memorial Places in Huelva
- Network of fortresses of Carcassonne
- Modern Architecture of Montevideo
- Centre ancien de Sarlat
- Domaine de Fontainebleau
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco)
- The Historic Centre of Sibiu
- The Jewish Cemetery of Altona Königstrasse
- Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle
- Delhi - A Heritage City
- Gondwana Rainforests extension
- Barbar Temple
- Manama
- Hôpital Notre-Dame à La Rose - Lessines
- La Rambla de la Cité de Montevideo
- Le champ de bataille de Waterloo
- Le Panorama de la Bataille de Waterloo
- Le noyau historique médiéval de Gand
- Les citadelles mosanes
- Jaén Cathedral
- Workers' Assembly Halls
- Leuven
- Amalienborg and its district
- City of Motovun
- Extension of Prague WHS
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Reviews by Jean Lecaillon


Agra Fort (Inscribed)
Agra Fort
The Agra Fort is a huge fort very similar to the Red fort in delhi. To be honnest, i'm not able to distinguish either one if i had two pictures …

Nisa (Inscribed)
Nisa
I feebly rated this site as the other members of the Community because it remains almost nothing of this old city. It looks like trenches of the WWI in a …

Tchogha Zanbil (Inscribed)
Tchogha Zanbil
Tchoga Zanbil is a nice and interesting pyramid but in my taste not so wonderful. I guess it depends on the people, one of my friend found it memorable, one …

Ancient Merv (Inscribed)
Ancient Merv
Gonur Depe and Merv belong to a very special country that I deeply recommend.
The site is composed of different and distant places which require small routes by car. …

Cathédrale de Saint-Denis (On tentative list)
Cathédrale de Saint-Denis
I lived around 8 years in St Denis and I can say a lot of things about it.
I think this site is very important and should be inscribed …

Albi (Inscribed)
Albi
Clearly one of my favorite WHS as you can see my rating.
The city is lovely but nothing rare. But the height of the visit is the Sainte-Cécile cathedral. …

Yazd (Inscribed)
Yazd
I visited Yazd in 2016 when it wasn't on the WH list. And even if UNESCO didn't inscribe it yet, it was one of my favorite place in Iran.
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Paris, Banks of the Seine (Inscribed)
Paris, Banks of the Seine
Firstly and to be honnest, I was born in Paris, I live in Paris and I work in Paris... I am probably partial but when you live in one of …

Maymand (Inscribed)
Maymand
I'm surprised by the ratings and the statements of the community concerning this WHS. I understand the bad experience of Alexander, it could happen elsewhere. I agree with Zoe, troglodyte …