Profile Ian Cade

I discovered the World Heritage list whilst studying in the Czech city of Olomouc in 2003, and since then I have spent a fair bit of my time visiting the sites and boring people with information about them. World Heritage sites provide a great way to hunt out the best bits of countries and can give you a look at some great parts of a country that you would otherwise not see. A few of my favourite sites have been the ones that I have made a special effort to get to see because of their place on the list; Dougga, Plantin Moretus Museum, Skellig Michael
I mostly take short trips around Europe, making the most of budget airlines special offers, seeing some of the continent’s great cities, visiting friends and also dragging my girlfriend, Aoife, to some pretty obscure places.
I try to travel outside Europe at least once a year and hope to tick off a few of the places on my wish list when money, politics and time enable this. Although there are not too many places in the world I would not love to see if the chance arose, here are some of the places a little further a field I spend most of my time reading about; The Silk Route, Mali, Nepal, Ethiopia, Peru...

Planned trips:
Gambia & Senegal
Northern France Lille & Paris

Investigating for future trips:
Western Ukraine, Moldova & Trans-Dniester
-Long Term-
London - Tokyo without flying including a trip on the Silk Route & Trans Siberian Railway

If anyone is interested, here is my very subjective score out of 10 that I have given each site:

10 Grand Canyon (USA), Rome (Ita)

9 Auschwitz (Pol), Vienna (Öst), Cesky Krumlov (CzR), Dougga (Tun), Plantin Moretus Museum (Bel), Vatican (Vat), Skellig Michael (Ire), Castles of Gwynedd (UK)

8 Wesminster (UK), Sydney Opera House (Aus), Trinity Column Olomouc (CzR), Prague (CzR), Paris (Fra), Sintra (Por), Belem (Por), Tunis (Tun), Amphitheatre El Jem (Tun), Works of Gaudi (Esp), Palau de la Musica Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau (Esp), Dresden (Deu), Santa Maria delle Grazie/ Last Supper (Ita), Neolithic Flint Mines Spiennes (Bel), Florence (Ita), Avignon (Fra), Marrakesh (Mrc), Strasbourg (Fra), Bamberg (Deu), Þingvellir (Ice), Bauhaus (Deu), Durham (UK), Zollverein (Deu)

7 Statue of Liberty (USA), Yosemite (USA), Stonehenge (UK), Kraków (Pol), Wielicka Salt Mine (Pol), Kutna Hora (CzR), Budapest (Mgr), Museuminsel (Deu), Luxembourg (Lux), Trier (Deu), Canterbury Cathedral (UK), Greenwich (UK), Horta Houses (Bel), Brugge (Bel), Kew Gardens (UK), Carthage (Tun), Kerkuane (Tun), Tugendhat Villa (CzR), Bru na Boynne (Ire), Ironbridge (UK), Telc (CzR), Litomyšl (CzR), Aachen Cathedral (Deu), Augustusburg Castle (Deu), Versailles (Fra), Mt St Michel (Fra,) Rietveld Schröderhuis (Ned), Arles (Fra), Pont Du Gard (Fra), Roman Theatre Orange (Fra), Lyon (Fra), Ait Ben-Haddou (Mrc), Lübeck (Deu), Würzburg (Deu), Rhine Valley (Deu), Valleta (Mlt), Syracuse (Ita), Bremen (Deu), Saltaire (UK), Cordoba (Esp), Seville (Esp)

6 Dorset Coast (UK), Schönbrunn (Öst), Belfries (Bel/Fra), Flemish Béguinages (Bel), La Grande Place Brussels (Bel), Porto (Por), Bath (UK), Blaenavon (UK), Sousse (Tun), Kairouan (Tun), Želena Hora Pilgrimage Church (CzR), Trebic (CzR), Tournai Cathedral (Bel), Modena Cathedral (Ita), Chatres Cathedral (Fra), Route Santiago (Fra), Kinderdijk (Ned), Beemster Polder (Ned), Essaouira (Mrc), Messel Fossil Pit (Deu), Giant's Causeway (UK), Hypogeum (Mlt), Val di Noto (Ita), Lutherstadt Wittenberg (Deu), Berlin Housing Estates (Deu) Skogskyrkogarden (Swe), La Lonja de Valencia (Esp), Donana NP (Esp), Palace Stoclet (Bel)

5 Tower of London (UK), Blue Mountains (Aus), Potsdam (Deu), Holašovice (CzR), Cahokia Mounds (USA), Liverpool (UK), Köln Cathedral (Deu), Amsterdam Defence Line (Ned), Maltesse Temples (Mlt), Dessau-Worlitz Gardens (Deu), Drottningholm (Swe), Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (UK), Speyer Cathedral (Deu), Jelling Mounds (Dnk)

4 Kromeriz(CzR), Blenhiem Palace (UK), Le Havre (Fra), Four Lifts Canal du Centre(Bel), Derwent Valley Mills (UK), Shockland (Ned) Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (Ned)


Visited WHS:

  1. Aachen Cathedral
  2. Amphitheater of El Jem
  3. Arles
  4. Auschwitz Birkenau
  5. Avignon
  6. Bamberg
  7. Bauhaus Sites
  8. Beemster Polder
  9. Belem
  10. Belfries
  11. Bend of the Boyne
  12. Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
  13. Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
  14. Blenheim Palace
  15. Brugge
  16. Budapest
  17. Cahokia Mounds
  18. Canterbury
  19. Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust
  20. Ceský Krumlov
  21. Chartres Cathedral
  22. City of Bath
  23. City of Luxembourg
  24. Cologne Cathedral
  25. Cordoba
  26. Cracow
  27. Defense Line of Amsterdam
  28. Derwent Valley Mills
  29. Doñana National Park
  30. Dorset and East Devon Coast
  31. Dougga/Thugga
  32. Drottningholm
  33. Durham Castle and Cathedral
  34. Flemish Béguinages
  35. Florence
  36. Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
  37. Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz
  38. Giant's Causeway
  39. Grand Canyon
  40. Grand Place, Brussels
  41. Greater Blue Mountains
  42. Gwynedd
  43. Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
  44. Holašovice
  45. Holy Trinity Column
  46. Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
  47. Ironbridge Gorge
  48. Jelling
  49. Kairouan
  50. Kew Gardens
  51. Kinderdijk
  52. Ksar of Aït-Ben-Haddou
  53. Kutná Hora
  54. La Lonja de la Seda
  55. Le Havre
  56. Litomyšl Castle
  57. Liverpool
  58. Luther Memorials
  59. Lübeck
  60. Lyon
  61. Major Town Houses
  62. Maritime Greenwich
  63. Medina of Essaouira
  64. Medina of Marrakesh
  65. Medina of Sousse
  66. Medina of Tunis
  67. Megalithic Temples of Malta
  68. Messel Pit
  69. Modena
  70. Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
  71. Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
  72. Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes
  73. Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
  74. Oporto
  75. Orange
  76. Palau de la Música Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau
  77. Paris, Banks of the Seine
  78. Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
  79. Plantin-Moretus Museum
  80. Pont du Gard
  81. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
  82. Potsdam
  83. Prague
  84. Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
  85. Rietveld Schröderhuis
  86. Rome
  87. Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
  88. Saltaire
  89. Santa Maria delle Grazie
  90. Schokland
  91. Schönbrunn
  92. Seville
  93. Sintra
  94. Site of Carthage
  95. Skellig Michael
  96. Skogskyrkogarden
  97. Speyer Cathedral
  98. Statue of Liberty
  99. Stoclet House
  100. Stonehenge
  101. Strasbourg-Grande îsle
  102. Sydney Opera House
  103. Syracuse
  104. Telc
  105. The Four Lifts
  106. Thingvellir
  107. Tower of London
  108. Town Hall and Roland, Bremen
  109. Trebíc
  110. Trier
  111. Tugendhat Villa
  112. Upper Middle Rhine Valley
  113. Val di Noto
  114. Valetta
  115. Vatican City
  116. Versailles
  117. Vienna
  118. Westminster
  119. Wieliczka Salt Mine
  120. Works of Antoni Gaudí
  121. Würzburg Residence
  122. Yosemite National Park
  123. Zollverein

Reviewed WHS:

  1. Greater Blue Mountains Area (Australia)
  2. Sydney Opera House (Australia)
  3. Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (Austria)
  4. Historic Centre of Vienna (Austria)
  5. Belfries of Belgium and France (Belgium)
  6. Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) (Belgium)
  7. Stoclet House (Belgium)
  8. Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai (Belgium)
  9. Plantin-Moretus Museum (Belgium)
  10. Flemish Béguinages (Belgium)
  11. The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault) (Belgium)
  12. Grand Place, Brussels (Belgium)
  13. Historic Centre of Brugge (Belgium)
  14. Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels) (Belgium)
  15. Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk at Zelena Hora (Czech Republic)
  16. Tugendhat Villa in Brno (Czech Republic)
  17. Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc (Czech Republic)
  18. Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of Saint Barbara and the Cathedral of our Lady at Sedlec (Czech Republic)
  19. Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz (Czech Republic)
  20. The Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Trebíc (Czech Republic)
  21. Holašovice Historical Village Reservation (Czech Republic)
  22. Historic Centre of Prague (Czech Republic)
  23. Litomyšl Castle (Czech Republic)
  24. Historic Centre of Ceský Krumlov (Czech Republic)
  25. Historic Centre of Telc (Czech Republic)
  26. Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church (Denmark)
  27. Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) (France)
  28. Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange (France)
  29. Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (France)
  30. Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments (France)
  31. Historic Site of Lyon (France)
  32. Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret (France)
  33. Strasbourg-Grande îsle (France)
  34. Paris, Banks of the Seine (France)
  35. Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (France)
  36. Chartres Cathedral (France)
  37. Historic Centre of Avignon (France)
  38. Palace and Park of Versailles (France)
  39. Speyer Cathedral (Germany)
  40. Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg (Germany)
  41. Upper Middle Rhine Valley (Germany)
  42. Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier (Germany)
  43. Aachen Cathedral (Germany)
  44. Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square (Germany)
  45. Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (Germany)
  46. Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (Germany)
  47. Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen (Germany)
  48. Cologne Cathedral (Germany)
  49. Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz (Germany)
  50. Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl (Germany)
  51. Town of Bamberg (Germany)
  52. Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Germany)
  53. Dresden Elbe Valley (Germany)
  54. Messel Pit Fossil site (Germany)
  55. The Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen (Germany)
  56. Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau (Germany)
  57. Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (Germany)
  58. Vatican City (Holy See)
  59. Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue (Hungary)
  60. Surtsey (Iceland)
  61. Þingvellir National Park (Iceland)
  62. Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne (Ireland)
  63. Skellig Michael (Ireland)
  64. Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-eastern Sicily) (Italy)
  65. Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (Italy)
  66. Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (Italy)
  67. Historic Centre of Florence (Italy)
  68. Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena (Italy)
  69. Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci (Italy)
  70. City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications (Luxembourg)
  71. Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (Malta)
  72. City of Valetta (Malta)
  73. Megalithic Temples of Malta (Malta)
  74. Medina of Marrakesh (Morocco)
  75. Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador) (Morocco)
  76. Ksar of Aït-Ben-Haddou (Morocco)
  77. Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) (Netherlands)
  78. Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout (Netherlands)
  79. Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) (Netherlands)
  80. Schokland and Surroundings (Netherlands)
  81. Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) (Netherlands)
  82. Defense Line of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  83. Cracow's Historic Centre (Poland)
  84. Auschwitz Birkenau - German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) (Poland)
  85. Wieliczka Salt Mine (Poland)
  86. Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belem in Lisbon (Portugal)
  87. Cultural Landscape of Sintra (Portugal)
  88. Historic Centre of Oporto (Portugal)
  89. Cathedral, Alcazar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (Spain)
  90. Doñana National Park (Spain)
  91. La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia (Spain)
  92. The Palau de la Música Catalana and the Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona (Spain)
  93. Historic Centre of Cordoba (Spain)
  94. Works of Antoni Gaudí (Spain)
  95. Royal Domain of Drottningholm (Sweden)
  96. Skogskyrkogarden (Sweden)
  97. Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis (Tunisia)
  98. Medina of Sousse (Tunisia)
  99. Kairouan (Tunisia)
  100. Dougga/Thugga (Tunisia)
  101. Medina of Tunis (Tunisia)
  102. Site of Carthage (Tunisia)
  103. Amphitheater of El Jem (Tunisia)
  104. Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (UK)
  105. Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (UK)
  106. Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (UK)
  107. Maritime Greenwich (UK)
  108. Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (UK)
  109. Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (UK)
  110. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (UK)
  111. Blenheim Palace (UK)
  112. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK)
  113. Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church (UK)
  114. Derwent Valley Mills (UK)
  115. Durham Castle and Cathedral (UK)
  116. City of Bath (UK)
  117. Saltaire (UK)
  118. Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast (UK)
  119. Tower of London (UK)
  120. Dorset and East Devon Coast (UK)
  121. Ironbridge Gorge (UK)
  122. Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site (USA)
  123. Statue of Liberty (USA)
  124. Yosemite National Park (USA)
  125. Grand Canyon National Park (USA)

Reviews of Tentative WHS:

  1. Le Westhoek, lieu de mémoire et monuments de la Grande Guerre (Belgium)
  2. Killarney National Park (Ireland)
  3. Heidelberg, town and castle (Germany)
  4. Western Stone Forts (Ireland)
  5. Leuven/Louvain, bâtiments universitaires, l'héritage de six siècles au sein du centre historique (Belgium)
  6. Cashel (Ireland)
  7. The Great Western Railway: Paddington- Bristol (selected parts) (UK)