Profile Iain Jackson

I have been 'bagging' World Heritage Sites since 1988. I was able to retire from work early, in 1992, and since then I have made 3 or 4 trips every year visiting sites. Nevertheless because new sites are inscribed every year there are now more which I have not visited than there were when I started 20 years ago.
After every visit I have written by hand a 2 page report of that visit noting the date, weather conditions, names of any companions, together with a description of the site and my impressions of it.


Visited WHS:

  1. Aachen Cathedral
  2. Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
  3. Abu Mena
  4. Acropolis
  5. Agra Fort
  6. Agrigento
  7. Ajanta Caves
  8. Aksum
  9. Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
  10. Alcala de Henares
  11. Aldabra Atoll
  12. Aleppo
  13. Altamira Cave
  14. Alto Douro
  15. Amiens Cathedral
  16. Amphitheater of El Jem
  17. Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains
  18. Ancient Kyoto
  19. Ancient Nara
  20. Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
  21. Angkor
  22. Angra do Heroismo
  23. Anjar
  24. Antigua Guatemala
  25. Anuradhapura
  26. Aquileia
  27. Aranjuez
  28. Archaeological Site of Aigai
  29. Archaeological Site of Delphi
  30. Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
  31. Arles
  32. Asante Traditional Buildings
  33. Assisi
  34. Asturian Monuments
  35. Atapuerca
  36. Atlantic Forest South-East
  37. Auschwitz Birkenau
  38. Avignon
  39. Avila
  40. Ayutthaya
  41. Baalbek
  42. Bagerhat
  43. Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery
  44. Bahá’i Holy Places
  45. Bahla Fort
  46. Bamberg
  47. Ban Chiang
  48. Banc d'Arguin
  49. Banska Stiavnica
  50. Baroque Churches
  51. Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
  52. Bauhaus Sites
  53. Belem
  54. Belfries
  55. Belize Barrier Reef
  56. Bellinzone
  57. Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest
  58. Bend of the Boyne
  59. Benedictine Convent of St. John
  60. Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
  61. Biblical Tells
  62. Birka and Hovgarden
  63. Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
  64. Blenheim Palace
  65. Borobudur
  66. Bosra
  67. Botanical Garden, Padua
  68. Bourges Cathedral
  69. Boyana Church
  70. Brasilia
  71. Brugge
  72. Bryggen
  73. Budapest
  74. Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
  75. Bukhara
  76. Burgos Cathedral
  77. Butrint
  78. Byblos
  79. Caceres
  80. Cahokia Mounds
  81. Calakmul
  82. Campeche
  83. Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
  84. Canaima National Park
  85. Canal du Midi
  86. Canterbury
  87. Carlsbad Caverns
  88. Cartagena
  89. Castel del Monte
  90. Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust
  91. Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
  92. Caves of the Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
  93. Centennial Hall
  94. Central University City Campus of the UNAM
  95. Cerrado Protected Areas
  96. Cesky Krumlov
  97. Chaco Culture
  98. Champaner-Pavagadh
  99. Chan Chan
  100. Changdeokgung Palace Complex
  101. Chartres Cathedral
  102. Chavin
  103. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
  104. Chichen-Itza
  105. Chitwan National Park
  106. Chola Temples
  107. Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
  108. Churches and Convents of Goa
  109. Churches of Chiloé
  110. Churches of Moldavia
  111. Churches of Peace
  112. Cilento and Vallo di Diano
  113. Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
  114. City of Bath
  115. City of Luxembourg
  116. Classical Gardens of Suzhou
  117. Classical Weimar
  118. Cliff of Bandiagara
  119. Coa Valley and Siega Verde
  120. Cologne Cathedral
  121. Colonia del Sacramento
  122. Comoé National Park
  123. Congonhas
  124. Convent of Christ in Tomar
  125. Convent of St. Gall
  126. Copan
  127. Cordoba
  128. Coro and its Port
  129. Costiera Amalfitana
  130. Cracow
  131. Crespi d'Adda
  132. Cuenca
  133. Cueva de las Manos
  134. Curonian Spit
  135. Cuzco
  136. Cyrene
  137. Dacian Fortresses
  138. Damascus
  139. Danube Delta
  140. Darien National Park
  141. Dazu Rock Carvings
  142. Decorated Grottoes of the Vézčre Valley
  143. Defence Line of Amsterdam
  144. Delos
  145. Dengfeng
  146. Derwent Valley Mills
  147. Desembarco del Granma National Park
  148. Diamantina
  149. Dinosaur Provincial Park
  150. Divrigi
  151. Djémila
  152. Djenné
  153. Djoudj
  154. Donana National Park
  155. Dougga/Thugga
  156. Drottningholm
  157. Dubrovnik
  158. Durham Castle and Cathedral
  159. Durmitor National Park
  160. El Escurial
  161. El Tajin
  162. Elephanta Caves
  163. Ellora Caves
  164. Engelsberg Ironworks
  165. Epidaurus
  166. Etruscan Necropolises
  167. Euphrasian Basilica in Porec
  168. Everglades
  169. Evora
  170. Falun Great Copper Mountain
  171. Fasil Ghebbi
  172. Fatehpur Sikri
  173. Ferapontov Monastery
  174. Ferrara
  175. First Coffee Plantations
  176. Flemish Béguinages
  177. Florence
  178. Fontainebleau
  179. Fort and Shalamar Gardens
  180. Fortified City of Carcassonne
  181. Fortress of Suomenlinna
  182. Forts and Castles Gold Coast
  183. Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda
  184. Fraser Island
  185. Frontiers of the Roman Empire
  186. Fujian Tulou
  187. Galapagos Islands
  188. Gammelstad
  189. Garajonay
  190. Garamba National Park
  191. Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
  192. Genbaku Dome
  193. Genoa
  194. Ghadames
  195. Giant's Causeway
  196. Glacier parks
  197. Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
  198. Goias
  199. Golden Mountains of Altai
  200. Golden Temple of Dambulla
  201. Gondwana Rainforests
  202. Granada
  203. Grand Canyon
  204. Grand Place, Brussels
  205. Graz
  206. Great Barrier Reef
  207. Great Smoky Mountains
  208. Great Wall
  209. Great Zimbabwe Ruins
  210. Greater Blue Mountains
  211. Gros Morne National Park
  212. Guanajuato
  213. Guimarăes
  214. Gulf of Porto
  215. Gunung Mulu
  216. Gusuku of Ryukyu
  217. Gwynedd Castles
  218. Gyeongju
  219. Göreme NP
  220. Ha Long Bay
  221. Haeinsa Temple
  222. Haghpat and Sanahin
  223. Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
  224. Hallstatt-Dachstein
  225. Hampi
  226. Hattusha
  227. Hawaii Volcanoes
  228. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
  229. Henderson Island
  230. Hierapolis-Pamukkale
  231. High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
  232. Hildesheim Cathedral and Church
  233. Himeji-jo
  234. Historic Cairo
  235. Hoi An
  236. Holasovice
  237. Hollókö
  238. Holy Trinity Column
  239. Horyu-ji Area
  240. Hospicio Cabanas
  241. Huanglong
  242. Huangshan
  243. Huascaran National Park
  244. Hué
  245. Humayun's Tomb
  246. Hwaseong Fortress
  247. Ibiza
  248. Ichkeul National Park
  249. Iguacu
  250. Iguazu National Park
  251. Imperial Palace
  252. Imperial Tombs
  253. Incense Route of the Negev
  254. Independence Hall
  255. Ironbridge Gorge
  256. Ischigualasto / Talampaya
  257. Island of Gorée
  258. Island of Mozambique
  259. Island of Patmos
  260. Isole Eolie
  261. Istanbul
  262. Itchan Kala
  263. Itsukushima Shrine
  264. Jelling
  265. Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba
  266. Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
  267. Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
  268. Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus
  269. Jiuzhaigou Valley
  270. Jongmyo Shrine
  271. Joya de Ceren
  272. Kaiping Diaolou
  273. Kairouan
  274. Kakadu National Park
  275. Kandy
  276. Karlskrona
  277. Kathmandu Valley
  278. Kazan Kremlin
  279. Kaziranga National Park
  280. Keoladeo National Park
  281. Kernavë Archeological Site
  282. Khajuraho Group of Monuments
  283. Khami Ruins
  284. Kiev
  285. Kilimanjaro National Park
  286. Kizhi Pogost
  287. Komodo National Park
  288. Kotor
  289. Kremlin and Red Square
  290. Kronborg Castle
  291. Ksar of Aďt-Ben-Haddou
  292. Kutna Hora
  293. L'Anse aux Meadows
  294. L'viv
  295. La Fortaleza
  296. La Lonja de la Seda
  297. Lake Baikal
  298. Lake Malawi
  299. Lalibela
  300. Land of Frankincense
  301. Laponian Area
  302. Las Medulas
  303. Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
  304. Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
  305. Leptis Magna
  306. Lima
  307. Loire Valley
  308. Longmen Grottoes
  309. Lord Howe Island
  310. Los Glaciares
  311. Lower Valley of the Awash
  312. Luang Prabang
  313. Luis Barragán House and Studio
  314. Lumbini
  315. Lushan National Park
  316. Luther Memorials
  317. Lübeck
  318. M'Zab Valley
  319. Macao
  320. Machu Picchu
  321. Madara Rider
  322. Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
  323. Mahabalipuram
  324. Mahabodhi Temple Complex
  325. Major Town Houses
  326. Malbork Castle
  327. Mammoth Cave
  328. Manu National Park
  329. Maritime Greenwich
  330. Masada
  331. Matera
  332. Maulbronn Monastery
  333. Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
  334. Mausoleum of the First Qin Emporer
  335. Mazagan
  336. Medina of Essaouira
  337. Medina of Fez
  338. Medina of Marrakesh
  339. Medina of Sousse
  340. Medina of Tetouan
  341. Medina of Tunis
  342. Megalithic Temples of Malta
  343. Meidan Emam, Esfahan
  344. Meknes
  345. Mérida
  346. Mesa Verde
  347. Messel Pit
  348. Meteora
  349. Mexico City
  350. Mir Castle
  351. Modena
  352. Moenjodaro
  353. Mogao Caves
  354. Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
  355. Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
  356. Monastery of Alcobaca
  357. Monastery of Batalha
  358. Monastery of Horezu
  359. Mont-Saint-Michel
  360. Monte San Giorgio
  361. Monticello
  362. Morelia
  363. Mount Athos
  364. Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha
  365. Mount Nimba
  366. Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System
  367. Mount Sanqingshan
  368. Mount Taishan
  369. Mount Wutai
  370. Mount Wuyi
  371. Mountain Railways of India
  372. Mountain Resort, Chengde
  373. Mtskheta
  374. Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
  375. Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
  376. Muskauer Park
  377. My Son
  378. Mystras
  379. Nahanni National Park
  380. Nancy
  381. Naples
  382. Nasca Lines
  383. National History Park
  384. Nemrut Dag
  385. Nessebar
  386. Nesvizh
  387. New Lanark
  388. Ngorongoro
  389. Nikko
  390. Niokolo-Koba National Park
  391. Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
  392. Novgorod
  393. Novodevichy Convent
  394. Nubian Monuments
  395. Oaxaca and Monte Alban
  396. Ohrid Region
  397. Old City of Acre
  398. Old City of Berne
  399. Old City of Jerusalem
  400. Old Havana
  401. Old Rauma
  402. Old Town Lunenburg
  403. Old Town of Galle
  404. Old Town of Lijiang
  405. Olinda
  406. Olympia
  407. Olympic National Park
  408. Oporto
  409. Orange
  410. Orkhon Valley
  411. Ouro Preto
  412. Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
  413. Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau
  414. Palenque
  415. Palmeral of Elche
  416. Palmyra
  417. Panamá
  418. Pannonhalma
  419. Paphos
  420. Paquimé
  421. Paris, Banks of the Seine
  422. Pattadakal
  423. Peking Man Site
  424. Peninsula Valdes
  425. Persepolis
  426. Petra
  427. Petroglyphs of the Mongolian Altai
  428. Petäjävesi Old Church
  429. Phong Nha - Ke Bang
  430. Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
  431. Pienza
  432. Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
  433. Pilgrimage Church of Wies
  434. Ping Yao
  435. Pirin National Park
  436. Plantin-Moretus Museum
  437. Plitvice Lakes
  438. Poblet Monastery
  439. Polonnaruva
  440. Pompei
  441. Pont du Gard
  442. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
  443. Popocatepetl monasteries
  444. Portobelo-San Lorenzo
  445. Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
  446. Potala Palace
  447. Potosi
  448. Potsdam
  449. Prague
  450. Prambanan
  451. Puebla
  452. Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
  453. Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
  454. Pyramids (Memphis)
  455. Pyrénées - Mount Perdu
  456. Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
  457. Qadisha Valley
  458. Qal'at al-Bahrain
  459. Québec
  460. Quedlinburg
  461. Queretaro
  462. Quirigua
  463. Quito
  464. Quseir Amra
  465. Qutb Minar
  466. Rammelsberg and Goslar
  467. Rapa Nui
  468. Ravenna
  469. Red Fort
  470. Redwood
  471. Reichenau
  472. Reims
  473. Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
  474. Rhodes
  475. Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
  476. Riga
  477. Rila Monastery
  478. Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve
  479. Robben Island
  480. Rock Art of Alta
  481. Rock Carvings in Tanum
  482. Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
  483. Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
  484. Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
  485. Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
  486. Roman Walls of Lugo
  487. Rome
  488. Roskilde Cathedral
  489. Route of Santiago de Compostela
  490. Royal Palace at Caserta
  491. Royal Palaces of Abomey
  492. Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
  493. Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
  494. Ruins of León Viejo
  495. Rřros
  496. Sabratha
  497. Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
  498. Safranbolu
  499. Sagarmatha National Park
  500. Saint-Emilion
  501. Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
  502. Salamanca
  503. Saltaire
  504. Salvador de Bahia
  505. Samarkand
  506. Sammallahdenmäki
  507. San Agustín
  508. San Cristobal de La Laguna
  509. San Gimignano
  510. San Miguel
  511. San Pedro de la Roca Castle
  512. Sana'a
  513. Sanchi
  514. Sangay National Park
  515. Sangiran Early Man Site
  516. Santa Cruz de Mompox
  517. Santa Maria de Guadelupe
  518. Santa Maria delle Grazie
  519. Santiago de Compostela
  520. Santo Domingo
  521. Săo Francisco Square
  522. Săo Luis
  523. Schokland
  524. Schönbrunn
  525. Segovia
  526. Selous Game Reserve
  527. Semmering Railway
  528. Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
  529. Serengeti
  530. Serra da Capivara
  531. Serra de Tramuntana
  532. Seville
  533. Sewell Mining Town
  534. SGang Gwaay
  535. Shakhrisyabz
  536. Shark Bay
  537. Shibam
  538. Shirakami-Sanchi
  539. Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
  540. Sian Ka'an
  541. Siena
  542. Sighisoara
  543. Sigiriya
  544. Simien National Park
  545. Sinharaja Forest
  546. Sintra
  547. Site of Carthage
  548. Skocjan Caves
  549. Skogskyrkogarden
  550. Solovetsky Islands
  551. South China Karst
  552. Southern Öland
  553. Speyer Cathedral
  554. Spissky Hrad & Levoca
  555. Split
  556. Srebarna Nature Reserve
  557. St. Kilda
  558. St. Petersburg
  559. Stari Ras and Sopocani
  560. Statue of Liberty
  561. Stoclet House
  562. Stonehenge
  563. Strasbourg
  564. Studenica Monastery
  565. Studley Royal Park
  566. Su Nuraxi di Barumini
  567. Sucre
  568. Sukhothai
  569. Summer Palace
  570. Sun Temple, Konarak
  571. Sundarbans National Park
  572. Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
  573. Sydney Opera House
  574. Syracuse
  575. Tadrart Acacus
  576. Taď National Park
  577. Taj Mahal
  578. Takht-i-Bahi
  579. Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves
  580. Tallinn
  581. Taos Pueblo
  582. Tarraco
  583. Tasmanian Wilderness
  584. Tassili n'Ajjer
  585. Taxila
  586. Tchogha Zanbil
  587. Te Wahipounamu
  588. Teide National Park
  589. Telc
  590. Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
  591. Temple of Heaven
  592. Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius
  593. Teotihuacan
  594. Tequila
  595. The Four Lifts
  596. The trulli of Alberobello
  597. Thessalonika
  598. Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
  599. Thracian tomb of Sveshtari
  600. Three parallel rivers of Yunnan
  601. Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng
  602. Tierradentro
  603. Tikal National Park
  604. Timbuktu
  605. Timgad
  606. Tipasa
  607. Tiya
  608. Tlacotalpan
  609. Toledo
  610. Tongariro National Park
  611. Torun
  612. Tower of Hercules
  613. Tower of London
  614. Trebic
  615. Trier
  616. Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
  617. Trinity Sergius Lavra
  618. Trogir
  619. Troy
  620. Tubbataha Reefs
  621. Tugendhat Villa
  622. Tyre
  623. Ubeda and Baeza
  624. Ujung Kulon National Park
  625. Uluru
  626. Um er-Rasas
  627. Upper Middle Rhine Valley
  628. Upper Svaneti
  629. Urbino
  630. Urnes Stave Church
  631. Uvs Nuur Basin
  632. Uxmal
  633. Val d'Orcia
  634. Val di Noto
  635. Vall de Boi
  636. Vallée de Mai
  637. Valletta
  638. Valparaiso
  639. Varberg Radio Station
  640. Vat Phou
  641. Vatican City
  642. Venice and its Lagoon
  643. Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
  644. Verona
  645. Versailles
  646. Vezelay
  647. Vicenza
  648. Victoria Falls
  649. Vienna
  650. Vigan
  651. Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
  652. Villa d'Este
  653. Villa Romana del Casale
  654. Villages with Fortified Churches
  655. Vilnius
  656. Vińales Valley
  657. Visby
  658. Vizcaya Bridge
  659. Vlkolinec
  660. Volubilis
  661. Völklingen Ironworks
  662. Warsaw
  663. Wartburg Castle
  664. Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
  665. West Lake
  666. Westminster
  667. Wet Tropics of Queensland
  668. Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
  669. White City of Tel-Aviv
  670. White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
  671. Wieliczka Salt Mine
  672. Willandra Lakes
  673. Wood Buffalo National Park
  674. Works of Antoni Gaudí
  675. Wulingyuan
  676. Würzburg Residence
  677. Xanthos-Letoon
  678. Xidi and Hongcun
  679. Xochicalco
  680. Yagul and Mitla
  681. Yakushima
  682. Yaroslavl
  683. Yellowstone
  684. Yin Xu
  685. Yosemite National Park
  686. Yungang Grottoes
  687. Yuso and Suso Monasteries
  688. Zabid
  689. Zacatecas
  690. Zamosc
  691. Zollverein

Reviewed WHS:

  1. Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad (Algeria)
  2. M'Zab Valley (Algeria)
  3. Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley (Andorra)
  4. Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks (Argentina)
  5. Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba (Argentina)
  6. Historic City of Sucre (Bolivia)
  7. Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia (Brazil)
  8. Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves (Brazil)
  9. Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda (Brazil)
  10. National Archaeological Park of Tierradentro (Colombia)
  11. San Agustín Archaeological Park (Colombia)
  12. Comoé National Park (Côte d'Ivoire)
  13. San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba (Cuba)
  14. Desembarco del Granma National Park (Cuba)
  15. Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the Southeast of Cuba (Cuba)
  16. Historic Centre (Chora) with the Monastery of Saint John "the Theologian" and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Patmos (Greece)
  17. Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (Guinea)
  18. Tchogha Zanbil (Iran)