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Fixed plans for 2013 include Serbia/Bosnia/Montenegro (May), Guyana/Suriname (August) and Taiwan (November).

Not too many WHS in the last 2 trips, so several weekends around Europe will have to make up for that!

For an overview of past trips:
My visits


Visited WHS:

  1. Aachen Cathedral
  2. Aapravasi Ghat
  3. Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
  4. Acropolis
  5. Agra Fort
  6. Agrigento
  7. Ajanta Caves
  8. Aksum
  9. Albi
  10. Alcala de Henares
  11. Altamira Cave
  12. Alto Douro
  13. Amiens Cathedral
  14. Amsterdam Canal Ring
  15. Ancient Kyoto
  16. Ancient Merv
  17. Ancient Nara
  18. Angkor
  19. Anjar
  20. Antigua Guatemala
  21. Anuradhapura
  22. Aranjuez
  23. Archaeological Site of Aigai
  24. Archaeological Site of Delphi
  25. Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
  26. Arequipa
  27. Asante Traditional Buildings
  28. Assisi
  29. Asturian Monuments
  30. Atapuerca
  31. Australian Convict Sites
  32. Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
  33. Avila
  34. Ayutthaya
  35. Baalbek
  36. Bagerhat
  37. Bahá’i Holy Places
  38. Bali Subak system
  39. Bamberg
  40. Banska Stiavnica
  41. Bardejov Town
  42. Baroque Churches
  43. Bauhaus Sites
  44. Beemster Polder
  45. Belem
  46. Belfries
  47. Bellinzone
  48. Bend of the Boyne
  49. Benedictine Convent of St. John
  50. Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
  51. Birka and Hovgarden
  52. Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
  53. Blenheim Palace
  54. Bordeaux
  55. Borobudur
  56. Botanical Garden, Padua
  57. Boyana Church
  58. Brasilia
  59. Bridgetown
  60. Brugge
  61. Bryggen
  62. Budapest
  63. Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
  64. Bukhara
  65. Burgos Cathedral
  66. Byblos
  67. Caceres
  68. Camagüey
  69. Camino Real
  70. Canal du Midi
  71. Canterbury
  72. Caral-Supe
  73. Carlsbad Caverns
  74. Castel del Monte
  75. Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust
  76. Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
  77. Causses and Cévennes
  78. Caves of the Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
  79. Centennial Hall
  80. Central Highlands
  81. Chaco Culture
  82. Chan Chan
  83. Changdeokgung Palace Complex
  84. Chartres Cathedral
  85. Chavin
  86. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
  87. Chitwan National Park
  88. Choirokoitia
  89. Chola Temples
  90. Churches and Convents of Goa
  91. Churches of Chiloé
  92. Churches of Moldavia
  93. Churches of Peace
  94. Cienfuegos
  95. Cilento and Vallo di Diano
  96. City of Bath
  97. City of Luxembourg
  98. Classical Gardens of Suzhou
  99. Classical Weimar
  100. Cliff of Bandiagara
  101. Cologne Cathedral
  102. Colonia del Sacramento
  103. Congonhas
  104. Convent of Christ in Tomar
  105. Convent of St. Gall
  106. Cordoba
  107. Costiera Amalfitana
  108. Cracow
  109. Cuenca
  110. Cuzco
  111. Dacian Fortresses
  112. Danube Delta
  113. Dazu Rock Carvings
  114. Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland
  115. Defence Line of Amsterdam
  116. Derwent Valley Mills
  117. Diamantina
  118. Djenné
  119. Donana National Park
  120. Dong Phayayen
  121. Dorset and East Devon Coast
  122. Drottningholm
  123. Durham Castle and Cathedral
  124. Durmitor National Park
  125. Echmiatsin and Zvartnots
  126. Edinburgh
  127. El Escurial
  128. El Fuerte de Samaipata
  129. Ellora Caves
  130. Elvas
  131. Engelsberg Ironworks
  132. Epidaurus
  133. Etruscan Necropolises
  134. Evora
  135. Fagus Factory
  136. Falun Great Copper Mountain
  137. Fasil Ghebbi
  138. Fatehpur Sikri
  139. Ferrara
  140. Flemish Béguinages
  141. Florence
  142. Fontainebleau
  143. Fortifications of Vauban
  144. Fortified City of Carcassonne
  145. Fortress of Suomenlinna
  146. Forts and Castles Gold Coast
  147. Frontiers of the Roman Empire
  148. Gamzigrad-Romuliana
  149. Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
  150. Genbaku Dome
  151. Genoa
  152. Giant's Causeway
  153. Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
  154. Golden Temple of Dambulla
  155. Granada
  156. Grand Canyon
  157. Grand Place, Brussels
  158. Graz
  159. Great Smoky Mountains
  160. Great Wall
  161. Greater Blue Mountains
  162. Guimarăes
  163. Gusuku of Ryukyu
  164. Gwynedd Castles
  165. Gyeongju
  166. Göreme NP
  167. Ha Long Bay
  168. Haeinsa Temple
  169. Haghpat and Sanahin
  170. Hahoe and Yangdong
  171. Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
  172. Hallstatt-Dachstein
  173. Hampi
  174. Hattusha
  175. Hierapolis-Pamukkale
  176. Hildesheim Cathedral and Church
  177. Himeji-jo
  178. Hiraizumi
  179. Hoi An
  180. Holy Trinity Column
  181. Horyu-ji Area
  182. Huanglong
  183. Huangshan
  184. Huascaran National Park
  185. Hué
  186. Humayun's Tomb
  187. Hwaseong Fortress
  188. Iguacu
  189. Iguazu National Park
  190. Ilulissat Icefjord
  191. Imperial Palace
  192. Imperial Tombs
  193. Independence Hall
  194. Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
  195. Ironbridge Gorge
  196. Ischigualasto / Talampaya
  197. Isole Eolie
  198. Istanbul
  199. Itchan Kala
  200. Itsukushima Shrine
  201. Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
  202. Jantar Mantar
  203. Jeju
  204. Jelling
  205. Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba
  206. Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
  207. Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
  208. Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus
  209. Jiuzhaigou Valley
  210. Jongmyo Shrine
  211. Kaiping Diaolou
  212. Kakadu National Park
  213. Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
  214. Kandy
  215. Kathmandu Valley
  216. Keoladeo National Park
  217. Kew Gardens
  218. Khajuraho Group of Monuments
  219. Kiev
  220. Kii Mountain Range
  221. Kilimanjaro National Park
  222. Kinderdijk
  223. Kremlin and Red Square
  224. Kronborg Castle
  225. Ksar of Aďt-Ben-Haddou
  226. Kunya-Urgench
  227. Kutna Hora
  228. La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
  229. La Lonja de la Seda
  230. Lalibela
  231. Las Medulas
  232. Laurisilva of Madeira
  233. Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
  234. Le Morne
  235. Lima
  236. Liverpool
  237. Loire Valley
  238. Longmen Grottoes
  239. Longobards in Italy
  240. Luang Prabang
  241. Lumbini
  242. Lushan National Park
  243. Luther Memorials
  244. Lübeck
  245. Lyon
  246. Macao
  247. Machu Picchu
  248. Mahabalipuram
  249. Major Town Houses
  250. Mammoth Cave
  251. Mantua and Sabbioneta
  252. Manu National Park
  253. Maritime Greenwich
  254. Matera
  255. Maulbronn Monastery
  256. Mausoleum of the First Qin Emporer
  257. Medina of Fez
  258. Medina of Marrakesh
  259. Megalithic Temples of Malta
  260. Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic Bridge
  261. Meknes
  262. Melaka and George Town
  263. Mérida
  264. Mesa Verde
  265. Messel Pit
  266. Mexico City
  267. Mining Sites of Wallonia
  268. Modena
  269. Mogao Caves
  270. Monastery of Alcobaca
  271. Monastery of Batalha
  272. Monastery of Geghard
  273. Monastery of Horezu
  274. Monte San Giorgio
  275. Monticello
  276. Morne Trois Pitons
  277. Mostar
  278. Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha
  279. Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System
  280. Mount Taishan
  281. Mountain Railways of India
  282. Mountain Resort, Chengde
  283. Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
  284. Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
  285. Muskauer Park
  286. My Son
  287. Mystras
  288. Nancy
  289. Naples
  290. Nasca Lines
  291. Nemrut Dag
  292. Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes
  293. New Lanark
  294. Ngorongoro
  295. Nikko
  296. Nisa
  297. Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
  298. Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
  299. Novodevichy Convent
  300. Oaxaca and Monte Alban
  301. Old City of Berne
  302. Old City of Jerusalem
  303. Old Havana
  304. Old Rauma
  305. Old Town of Galle
  306. Old Town of Lijiang
  307. Olympia
  308. Oporto
  309. Orkhon Valley
  310. Ouro Preto
  311. Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
  312. Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau
  313. Palenque
  314. Palmeral of Elche
  315. Pannonhalma
  316. Pantanal
  317. Paphos
  318. Paris, Banks of the Seine
  319. Pattadakal
  320. Pearling
  321. Peking Man Site
  322. Peninsula Valdes
  323. Petra
  324. Petäjävesi Old Church
  325. Phong Nha - Ke Bang
  326. Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
  327. Pienza
  328. Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
  329. Ping Yao
  330. Plantin-Moretus Museum
  331. Poblet Monastery
  332. Polonnaruva
  333. Pompei
  334. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
  335. Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
  336. Potala Palace
  337. Potosi
  338. Potsdam
  339. Prague
  340. Prambanan
  341. Primeval Beech Forests
  342. Provins
  343. Qadisha Valley
  344. Qal'at al-Bahrain
  345. Quebrada de Humahuaca
  346. Quedlinburg
  347. Quseir Amra
  348. Qutb Minar
  349. Rammelsberg and Goslar
  350. Rapa Nui
  351. Ravenna
  352. Red Fort
  353. Regensburg
  354. Reims
  355. Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
  356. Rhaetian Railway
  357. Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
  358. Rietveld Schröderhuis
  359. Riga
  360. Rila Monastery
  361. Rio de Janeiro
  362. Rock Carvings in Tanum
  363. Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
  364. Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin
  365. Roman Walls of Lugo
  366. Rome
  367. Roskilde Cathedral
  368. Route of Santiago de Compostela
  369. Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
  370. Royal Exhibition Building
  371. Royal Palace at Caserta
  372. Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
  373. Sagarmatha National Park
  374. Saint-Emilion
  375. Salamanca
  376. Salzburg
  377. Samarkand
  378. Sammallahdenmäki
  379. San Gimignano
  380. San Marino and Mount Titano
  381. Sanchi
  382. Sangiran Early Man Site
  383. Santa Maria de Guadelupe
  384. Santa Maria delle Grazie
  385. Schokland
  386. Schönbrunn
  387. Segovia
  388. Semmering Railway
  389. Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
  390. Serengeti
  391. Seville
  392. Shakhrisyabz
  393. Shirakami-Sanchi
  394. Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
  395. Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
  396. Siena
  397. Sighisoara
  398. Sigiriya
  399. Simien National Park
  400. Sintra
  401. Skogskyrkogarden
  402. South China Karst
  403. Speyer Cathedral
  404. Spissky Hrad & Levoca
  405. Split
  406. St. Petersburg
  407. Stari Grad Plain
  408. Stari Ras and Sopocani
  409. Stoclet House
  410. Stone Town of Zanzibar
  411. Stonehenge
  412. Stralsund and Wismar
  413. Strasbourg
  414. Studenica Monastery
  415. Sucre
  416. Sukhothai
  417. Summer Palace
  418. Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
  419. Sydney Opera House
  420. Syracuse
  421. Taj Mahal
  422. Tallinn
  423. Taos Pueblo
  424. Tarraco
  425. Tasmanian Wilderness
  426. Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
  427. Temple of Heaven
  428. Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius
  429. Teotihuacan
  430. Thang Long
  431. The Four Lifts
  432. The Sundarbans
  433. The trulli of Alberobello
  434. Thessalonika
  435. Three parallel rivers of Yunnan
  436. Tikal National Park
  437. Timbuktu
  438. Tiwanaku
  439. Toledo
  440. Tower of Hercules
  441. Tower of London
  442. Town Hall and Roland, Bremen
  443. Trebic
  444. Trier
  445. Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
  446. Trogir
  447. Tugendhat Villa
  448. Tyre
  449. Ubeda and Baeza
  450. Uluru
  451. Um er-Rasas
  452. Upper Middle Rhine Valley
  453. Urbino
  454. Urnes Stave Church
  455. Val d'Orcia
  456. Val di Noto
  457. Valletta
  458. Valparaiso
  459. Varberg Radio Station
  460. Vat Phou
  461. Vatican City
  462. Venice and its Lagoon
  463. Verona
  464. Versailles
  465. Vicenza
  466. Vienna
  467. Vigan
  468. Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
  469. Villa d'Este
  470. Villa Romana del Casale
  471. Villages with Fortified Churches
  472. Vilnius
  473. Vińales Valley
  474. Vizcaya Bridge
  475. Vlkolinec
  476. Volubilis
  477. Völklingen Ironworks
  478. Wadden Sea
  479. Wadi Rum
  480. Warsaw
  481. Wartburg Castle
  482. West Lake
  483. Westminster
  484. Wieliczka Salt Mine
  485. Willandra Lakes
  486. Wooden Churches of Maramures
  487. Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians
  488. Works of Antoni Gaudí
  489. Würzburg Residence
  490. Xidi and Hongcun
  491. Yakushima
  492. Yin Xu
  493. Yungang Grottoes
  494. Yuso and Suso Monasteries
  495. Zollverein

Reviews of Tentative WHS:

  1. Ram Janaki Temple (Nepal)
  2. Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki (Japan)
  3. Gorge of Samaria National Park (Greece)
  4. Le Westhoek, lieu de mémoire et monuments de la Grande Guerre (Belgium)
  5. Mahansthangarh and its Environs (Bangladesh)
  6. Mdina (Citta Vecchia) (Malta)
  7. System of Fortifications at the Confluence of the Rivers Danube and Váh in Komárno - Komárom (Hungary)
  8. City of La Plata, Foundational Urban Area (Argentina)
  9. Casa Curutchet (Argentina)
  10. Valle Calchaquí (Argentina)
  11. Jozani - Chwaka Bay Conservation Area (Tanzania)
  12. Orvieto (Italy)
  13. Mount Vernon (USA)
  14. Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings (USA)
  15. Serpent Mound (USA)
  16. Thomas Jefferson Buildings (USA)
  17. Dinosaur Ichnite Sites of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain)
  18. Yogyakarta Palace Complex (Indonesia)
  19. Moulay Idriss Zerhoun (Morocco)
  20. Cultural Landscape of Bali Province (Indonesia)
  21. Elephant Cave (Indonesia)
  22. Kakum National Park (Ghana)
  23. Voormalige Nazorgkolonie en Sanatorium Zonnestraal (Netherlands)
  24. Silk Roads Sites in Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan)
  25. Silk Roads Sites in Turkmenistan (Turkmenistan)
  26. Les sites miniers majeurs de Wallonie (Belgium)
  27. Mattanchery Palace, Ernakulam, Kerala (India)
  28. Black River Gorges National Park (Mauritius)
  29. Barbar Temple (Bahrain)
  30. Hamad Town Tumuli Moundfield (Bahrain)
  31. Pearling and its cultural landscapes in Bahrain (Bahrain)
  32. Saar Heritage Park (Bahrain)
  33. That Luang de Vientiane (Laos)
  34. Sites Megalithiques de la province de Xieng Khouang (Laos)
  35. Archaeological Complex of Pachacamac (Peru)
  36. Historic Center of the City of Trujillo (Peru)
  37. Cal Orck'o: Footprints of time (Bolivia)
  38. Hill Forts of Rajasthan (India)
  39. Oeuvre urbaine et architecturale de Le Corbusier (Switzerland)
  40. Van Nelle Fabriek (Van Nelle Factory) (Netherlands)
  41. Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie (Netherlands)
  42. Eise Eisinga Planetarium (Netherlands)
  43. Frontiers of the Roman Empire (extension) (Netherlands)
  44. Bassin minier du Nord Pas-de-Calais (France)
  45. Centre Historique de Saida (Lebanon)
  46. Ensemble du site naturel de la region du Chouf (Lebanon)
  47. Centre Historique de Tripoli / Mina (Lebanon)
  48. Fujisan (Japan)
  49. Jômon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaidô, Northern Tôhoku, and other regions (Japan)
  50. Main Building of the National Museum of Western Art (Japan)
  51. Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura (Japan)
  52. Jerash Archaeological City (Ancient Meeting Place of East and West) (Jordan)
  53. The Baptismal Site (Bethany beyond the Jordan) (Jordan)
  54. Dana Biosphere Reserve (Jordan)
  55. Coimbra University (Portugal)
  56. Speicherstadt and Chilehaus with Kontorhaus District (Germany)
  57. Christiansfeld, the Town (Denmark)
  58. VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Danevirke and Hedeby (Germany)
  59. Stecaks - Mediaeval Tombstones (Bosnia Herzegovina)
  60. Sarajevo - unique symbol of universal multiculture - continual open city (Bosnia Herzegovina)