Profile Assif Am-David

I first got exposed to the whs list about two years ago. This website certainly contributed to my interest in it as I find the very idea of enlisting cultural and natural goods in order to preserve them for future generations a great one.
I wouldn't visit a whs only because it is one ; I try to visit sites which I would find interesting regardless of the list (not all sites seem appealing to me). However, the list has revealed to me some interesting sites I wouldn't probably have travelled to otherwise. It is also interesting to analyse the choices of sites as they sometimes expose us to valuable information, usually unavailable in the normal tourist guide.
I love travelling and try to travel 2-3 times a year. Living in Israel, flights abroad are quite expensive so I hope money will not limit me too much in the future so that I can keep up to my current paste.
My main fields of interest are music, history of art, linguistics, philosophy, theatre and current politics. Natural sciences, cooking, archaeology, history and cinema take a second place.


Visited WHS:

  1. Acropolis
  2. Amsterdam Canal Ring
  3. Bahá’i Holy Places
  4. Bauhaus Sites
  5. Bellinzone
  6. Biblical Tells
  7. Budapest
  8. Centennial Hall
  9. Cesky Krumlov
  10. Churches of Peace
  11. Classical Weimar
  12. Cologne Cathedral
  13. Colonia del Sacramento
  14. Convent of St. Gall
  15. Cracow
  16. Dubrovnik
  17. Fertö/Neusiedlersee
  18. Florence
  19. Fortifications of Vauban
  20. Frontiers of the Roman Empire
  21. Genoa
  22. Hallstatt-Dachstein
  23. Incense Route of the Negev
  24. Istanbul
  25. Kew Gardens
  26. Kotor
  27. L'viv
  28. Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
  29. Lübeck
  30. Masada
  31. Mostar
  32. Mount Carmel Caves
  33. Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
  34. Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
  35. Naples
  36. Old City of Acre
  37. Old City of Berne
  38. Old City of Jerusalem
  39. Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
  40. Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau
  41. Paphos
  42. Paris, Banks of the Seine
  43. Petra
  44. Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
  45. Pompei
  46. Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
  47. Potsdam
  48. Prague
  49. Primeval Beech Forests
  50. Quebrada de Humahuaca
  51. Regensburg
  52. Reichenau
  53. Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans
  54. Riga
  55. Rome
  56. Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
  57. Salzburg
  58. Santa Maria delle Grazie
  59. Schönbrunn
  60. Semmering Railway
  61. Spissky Hrad & Levoca
  62. Split
  63. Strasbourg
  64. Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
  65. Telc
  66. Thessalonika
  67. Tower of London
  68. Trogir
  69. Tugendhat Villa
  70. Upper Middle Rhine Valley
  71. Venice and its Lagoon
  72. Verona
  73. Versailles
  74. Vienna
  75. Vlkolinec
  76. Wachau Cultural Landscape
  77. Westminster
  78. White City of Tel-Aviv
  79. Wieliczka Salt Mine
  80. Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians
  81. Works of Antoni Gaudí
  82. Würzburg Residence

Reviewed WHS:

  1. Quebrada de Humahuaca (Argentina)
  2. Historic Centre of Vienna (Austria)
  3. Fertö/Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape (Austria)
  4. Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape (Austria)
  5. Wachau Cultural Landscape (Austria)
  6. Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar (Bosnia Herzegovina)
  7. Old City of Dubrovnik (Croatia)
  8. Historic Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian (Croatia)
  9. Paphos (Cyprus)
  10. Painted Churches in the Troödos Region (Cyprus)
  11. Strasbourg-Grande Ile (France)
  12. Fortifications of Vauban (France)
  13. Upper Middle Rhine Valley (Germany)
  14. Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau (Germany)
  15. Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (Germany)
  16. Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Germany)
  17. Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof (Germany)
  18. Dresden Elbe Valley (Germany)
  19. Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (Germany)
  20. Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika (Greece)
  21. Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue (Hungary)
  22. Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (Israel)
  23. Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee (Israel)
  24. The Biblical Tells and Ancient Water Systems -- Megiddo, Hazor and Beer Sheba (Israel)
  25. Incense Route and Desert Cities of the Negev (Israel)
  26. White City of Tel-Aviv - the Modern Movement (Israel)
  27. Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves (Israel)
  28. Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (Italy)
  29. Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (Italy)
  30. Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (Italy)
  31. Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (Italy)
  32. City of Verona (Italy)
  33. Historic Centre of Naples (Italy)
  34. Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (Montenegro)
  35. Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (Netherlands)
  36. Cracow's Historic Centre (Poland)
  37. Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica (Poland)
  38. Levoca, Spissky and the Associated Cultural Monuments (Slovakia)
  39. The Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area (Slovakia)
  40. Vlkolinec (Slovakia)
  41. Mudejar Architecture of Aragon (Spain)
  42. Works of Antoni Gaudí (Spain)
  43. Old City of Berne (Switzerland)
  44. Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Switzerland)
  45. Convent of St. Gall (Switzerland)
  46. Historic Areas of Istanbul (Turkey)
  47. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK)
  48. The Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans (Ukraine)
  49. L'viv - the Ensemble of the Historic Centre (Ukraine)

Reviews of Tentative WHS:

  1. Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town of Steyr (Austria)
  2. The Industrial Complexes at Ostrava (Czech Republic)
  3. Heidelberg, town and castle (Germany)
  4. Bet She'an (Israel)
  5. Beth She'arim (Israel)
  6. Caesarea (Israel)
  7. Degania & Nahalal (Israel)
  8. Makhteshim Country (Israel)
  9. Early Synagogues in the Galilee (Israel)
  10. Region of the Caves & Hiding: bet Guvrin- Maresha (Israel)
  11. The Crusader Fortresses (Israel)
  12. The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles (Israel)
  13. Timna (Israel)
  14. Sea of Galilee & its Ancient Sites (Israel)
  15. Triple-arch Gate at Dan & Sources of the Jordan (Israel)
  16. White Mosque in Ramle (Israel)
  17. Shakespeare's Stratford (UK)
  18. Extension of the location of Spišský hrad and its associated cultural monuments with Levoča and the work of Master Paul (Slovakia)
  19. The concept of the lenticular historical town core of Kosice City (Slovakia)
  20. Cappella degli Scrovegni (Italy)
  21. Centro Storico di Pavia e Certosa (Italy)
  22. The historic urban site of Počitelj (Bosnia Herzegovina)
  23. The natural and architectural ensemble of Blagaj (Bosnia Herzegovina)
  24. The natural and architectural ensemble of Stolac (Bosnia Herzegovina)
  25. Horvat Minnim (Israel)
  26. The Great Rift Valley - migratory routes - The Hula (Israel)
  27. Historical-town planning ensemble of Ston with Mali Ston, connecting walls, the Mali Ston Bay nature reserve, Stonsko Po (Croatia)
  28. Chamangá: A Rock Paintings Area (Uruguay)
  29. Ville de Buenos Aires: Paysage Culturel (Argentina)
  30. Qhapaq Nan - Camino Principal Andino (Argentina)
  31. La Rambla (promenade maritime) de la Cité de Montévideo (Uruguay)
  32. Architecture Moderne du XX sičcle de la Ville de Montevideo (Uruguay)
  33. Arbel (arbel, nebe shueb, horns of hittim) (Israel)
  34. Freiburg Cathedral (Germany)
  35. Jerusalem (Israel)
  36. Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain (Slovakia)
  37. Cultural Landscape of Innsbruck-Nordkette/Karwendel (Austria)
  38. The West Bohemian Spa Triangle (Czech Republic)
  39. Ödön Lechner’s independent pre-modern architecture (Hungary)
  40. National Park "Hohe Tauern" (Austria)
  41. Rouen : ensemble urbain ŕ pans de bois, cathédrale, église Saint-Ouen, église Saint Maclou (France)
  42. Archaeological Site of Nikopolis (Greece)
  43. Church of St Elizabeth Marburg (Germany)
  44. Stecaks - Mediaeval Tombstones (Bosnia Herzegovina)