João Aender Profile

I have been interested in WHS for some time now and my focus is to visit those in South America, though I usually travel overseas at least once a year.
I have visited all 22 Brazilian WHS and my next goal is to do the same in Argentina. 
Whenever I can, I will review South American WHS in this excellent website and I also review them in my own website (www.aender.com.br), in Portuguese language.

Brazil Last Update 11.12.24 314 WHS Visited 11 Reviews 312 WHS Rated 108 TWHS Visited

Visited Sites João Aender

Load map Toggle Missing/Visited

Legend

  • ●● Cultural
  • ●● Natural
  • ●● Mixed

Recent Reviews João Aender

Atlantic Forest South-East

João Aender Brazil - 15-Oct-23

Atlantic Forest South-East

I visited another State Park that composes this WHS: Intervales. Atlantic Forest South-East is the only WHS in the State of São Paulo and some pristine areas of the State are within it. My favorites are Cardoso Island (a remote area where cars and new inhabitants are prohibited) and PETAR (full of caves, waterfalls and crystal-clear rivers). Intervales was a private area until 1995, when it became a State Park. The buildings formerly used for private purposes now belong to the State of São Paulo and are used as lodges. Interestingly, they are inside the park so that you can start your trekkings right after leaving front door. Intervales also has caves, waterfalls, cloud subtropical forest and rivers, none of those are as remarkable as the mentioned beforehand

Read On

Pampulha

João Aender Brazil - 26-Aug-14

Pampulha Architectural Ensemble is Brazil probably Brazil's next nomination for inscription in WHS list. Pampulha is the name of a upper-class suburb of Belo Horizonte city and was designed by Oscar Niemeyer, a famous architect (who died in 2012 at 104), also responsible for the construction of Brasilia (another WHS). The most famous elemento of Pampulha ensemble is Sao Francisco Church, a tiny temple by the lake shore, which is considered one of Niemeyer's early masterpieces and inspiration for many other buildings in the same style worldwide. I was there last weekend, in a sunny and relaxing Sunday afternoon.

Read On

Discovery Coast

João Aender Brazil - 16-Aug-14

It was surprising to me to see this WHS hasn't been yet reviewed. Discovery Coast is by no means a difficult place to reach or uninteresting area to be looked down, all the way around. It is made up of several Atlantic Rainforest reserves, most of them close to Porto Seguro, a vibrant city (and with a famous carnival) that is also situated in the area where the first Portuguese colonizers arrived in Brazil (year 1500).

I have visited this reserves many times when I was a kid and also recently with my father. I could not see (and I doubt there is, at least for the casual tourist) any significant distinction between Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest (in States of Bahia and Espírito Santo) and the Atlantic Forest South-East situated more southerly (in São Paulo and Paraná States).

Read On

Central Amazon Conservation Complex

João Aender Brazil - 25-Feb-13

During carnival this year, unlike most Brazilians, I opted not to party, but, instead, to reach Central Amazon Conservation Complex, the WHS Brazil dedicated to its largest bioma.

First stop is Manaus, a large 2-million people city situated in the heart of Amazon forest. After that, with a rental car one must drive 200 km (paved roads in good condition) to a town called Novo Airão, from where you can easily visit the Anavilhanas National Park (it is no longer an Ecological Station since 2008). Anavilhanas comprises an average of 400 river islands and islets, depending on the dry or wet season. All of them are located within the Rio Negro (Black River), the largest blackwater river in the world and one of the most important tributary rivers of Amazon River.

Read On

Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis

João Aender Brazil - 04-Feb-13

Last weekend I visited the Brazilian part of this WHS, that is São Miguel das Missões. I had previously visited the Argentinian ruins of San Ignacio Miní, and these two sites are probably the best preserved of all inscribed Jesuit Missions of the Guarani ruins (the Paraguayan ones are a separate WHS).

The former São Miguel das Missões church has a remarkable façade and also a very interesting museum of guarani christian art, including a bell used when the mission was active.

There are some other ruins nearby, worth visiting, but only the São Miguel ruins were declared WHS in Brazil.

Read On

Profile Data

Name
João Aender
Country
Brazil
Most Impressive
Machu Picchu, Petra, Jerusalem, Rome, Uluru, Los Glaciares,Great Barrier Reef, Igua�u/Iguaz�, Pen�nsula Vald�s
Proposal
Paraty, Chapada Diamantina and Jalap�o (Brazil)

Recently Visited WHS

Update 11.12.24
  • Arab-Norman Palermo
  • Mount Etna
  • Syracuse
  • Val di Noto
  • Villa Romana del Casale
  • Agrigento

    • 17 Countries Complete

    Andorra . Barbados . Belize . Cabo Verde . Dominican Republic . El Salvador . Holy See . Lesotho . Luxembourg . Malta . Nicaragua . Paraguay . Saint Kitts and Nevis . San Marino . Singapore . Uruguay . Zambia .

    Rating Stats
    Ancient Kyoto 5
    Assisi 5
    Brazilian Atlantic Islands 5
    Central Amazon Conservation Complex 5
    Cuzco 5
    Florence 5
    Fujisan 5
    Galapagos Islands 5
    Great Barrier Reef 5
    Iguazu National Park 5
    Ischigualasto / Talampaya 5
    Los Alerces National Park 5
    Los Glaciares 5
    Matera 5
    Old City of Jerusalem 5
    Old Havana 5
    Palenque 5
    Pantanal 5
    Peninsula Valdes 5
    Petra 5
    Prague 5
    Quirigua 5
    Rapa Nui 5
    Rome 5
    Ruins of León Viejo 5
    San Marino and Mount Titano 5
    Serra da Capivara 5
    Tikal National Park 5
    Uluru 5
    Vatican City 5
    Venice and its Lagoon 5
    Victoria Falls 5
    Yellowstone 5
    Aachen Cathedral 4.5
    Ancient Nara 4.5
    Ancient Thebes 4.5
    Angkor 4.5
    Baalbek 4.5
    Bethlehem 4.5
    Chichen-Itza 4.5
    Convent of Christ in Tomar 4.5
    Copán 4.5
    Costiera Amalfitana 4.5
    Fraser Island 4.5
    Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4.5
    Itsukushima Shrine 4.5
    Kraków 4.5
    Machu Picchu 4.5
    Masada 4.5
    Monastery of Alcobaça 4.5
    Monastery of Batalha 4.5
    Nubian Monuments 4.5
    Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.5
    Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4.5
    Quito 4.5
    Route of Santiago de Compostela 4.5
    Sian Ka'an 4.5
    Tongariro National Park 4.5
    Vallée de Mai 4.5
    Vienna 4.5
    Wachau Cultural Landscape 4.5
    Bahá’i Holy Places 4
    Belize Barrier Reef 4
    Berat and Gjirokastra 4
    Budapest 4
    Canterbury 4
    Cape Floral Region 4
    Cerrado Protected Areas 4
    Cilento and Vallo di Diano 4
    Genbaku Dome 4
    Genoa 4
    Guanacaste 4
    Guimarães 4
    Haeinsa Temple 4
    Horyu-ji Area 4
    Iguacu 4
    Istanbul 4
    Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus 4
    Nikko 4
    Novgorod 4
    Ohrid Region 4
    Ouro Preto 4
    Paraty and Ilha Grande 4
    Paris, Banks of the Seine 4
    Poblet Monastery 4
    Pompei 4
    Puebla 4
    Pyramids (Memphis) 4
    Quebrada de Humahuaca 4
    Québec 4
    Rabat 4
    Ravenna 4
    Rio de Janeiro 4
    Salvador de Bahia 4
    San Gimignano 4
    San Miguel de Allende 4
    St. Petersburg 4
    Stonehenge 4
    Toledo 4
    Trier 4
    Valletta 4
    Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 4
    Westminster 4
    Bom Jesus do Monte 3.5
    Brasilia 3.5
    Butrint 3.5
    Castel del Monte 3.5
    Cidade Velha 3.5
    Coa Valley and Siega Verde 3.5
    Cordoba 3.5
    Dubrovnik 3.5
    Evora 3.5
    Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 3.5
    Fray Bentos 3.5
    Granada 3.5
    Guanajuato 3.5
    Göreme NP and Cappadocia 3.5
    Historic Cairo 3.5
    Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos 3.5
    Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.5
    Lençóis Maranhenses National Park 3.5
    Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.5
    Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 3.5
    Mexico City and Xochimilco 3.5
    Mostar 3.5
    Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.5
    Olinda 3.5
    Oporto 3.5
    Popocatepetl monasteries 3.5
    Potsdam 3.5
    Preah Vihear Temple 3.5
    Qadisha Valley 3.5
    Qhapaq Ñan 3.5
    Riga 3.5
    Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.5
    Santiago de Compostela 3.5
    Siena 3.5
    Split 3.5
    Strasbourg 3.5
    Sukhothai 3.5
    Teotihuacan 3.5
    Tiwanaku 3.5
    Tower of London 3.5
    Verona 3.5
    Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.5
    Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3.5
    Volubilis 3.5
    Willemstad 3.5
    Works of Antoni Gaudí 3.5
    Amphitheater of El Jem 3
    Antigua Guatemala 3
    Aquileia 3
    Atlantic Forest South-East 3
    Auschwitz Birkenau 3
    Australian Fossil Mammal Sites 3
    Belem 3
    Blenheim Palace 3
    Boyana Church 3
    Brimstone Hill Fortress 3
    Brugge 3
    Caral-Supe 3
    Cartagena 3
    Chan Chan 3
    Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3
    Church of Atlántida 3
    City of Bath 3
    Cologne Cathedral 3
    Colonia del Sacramento 3
    Congonhas 3
    Diamantina 3
    Discovery Coast 3
    Fortress of Suomenlinna 3
    Grand Place, Brussels 3
    Great Spa Towns of Europe 3
    Gwynedd Castles 3
    Himeji-jo 3
    Independence Hall 3
    Jongmyo Shrine 3
    Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3
    Kutna Hora 3
    León Cathedral 3
    Lima 3
    Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 3
    Maloti-Drakensberg Park 3
    Medina of Fez 3
    Medina of Marrakesh 3
    Megalithic Temples of Malta 3
    Meknes 3
    Modena 3
    Mount Etna 3
    Naples 3
    Old City of Acre 3
    Old City of Berne 3
    Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 3
    Paramaribo 3
    Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 3
    Plitvice Lakes 3
    Rila Monastery 3
    Royal Palace at Caserta 3
    Salamanca 3
    Santa Maria delle Grazie 3
    Santo Domingo 3
    Segovia 3
    Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 3
    Singapore Botanic Gardens 3
    Sintra 3
    Skocjan Caves 3
    St. George, Bermuda 3
    Studley Royal Park 3
    Sydney Opera House 3
    Syracuse 3
    Tarraco 3
    University of Coimbra 3
    Val di Noto 3
    Valparaiso 3
    Venetian Works of Defence 3
    Versailles 3
    Vilnius 3
    Viñales Valley 3
    Wet Tropics of Queensland 3
    Xochicalco 3
    Abbey of St Gall 2.5
    Amsterdam Canal Ring 2.5
    Anjar 2.5
    Avila 2.5
    Ayutthaya 2.5
    Belfries 2.5
    Bridgetown 2.5
    Byblos 2.5
    Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2.5
    Central University City Campus of the UNAM 2.5
    Dong Phayayen 2.5
    Durham Castle and Cathedral 2.5
    Edinburgh 2.5
    El Fuerte de Samaipata 2.5
    Etruscan Necropolises 2.5
    Flemish Béguinages 2.5
    Gondwana Rainforests 2.5
    Gyeongju 2.5
    Joya de Ceren 2.5
    Kairouan 2.5
    Kew Gardens 2.5
    Mafra 2.5
    Maritime Greenwich 2.5
    Medina of Sousse 2.5
    Nancy 2.5
    Panamá 2.5
    Plečnik's Ljubljana 2.5
    Robben Island 2.5
    Roman Walls of Lugo 2.5
    Royal Joseon Tombs 2.5
    Statue of Liberty 2.5
    Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves 2.5
    Tallinn 2.5
    Tyre 2.5
    Villa d'Este 2.5
    Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 2.5
    Alcala de Henares 2
    Alto Douro 2
    Australian Convict Sites 2
    Camino Real 2
    Carthage 2
    Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2
    City of Luxembourg 2
    Dorset and East Devon Coast 2
    Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 2
    El Escurial 2
    Ferrara 2
    Goias 2
    Greater Blue Mountains 2
    Hahoe and Yangdong 2
    Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba 2
    Kotor 2
    La Fortaleza and San Juan 2
    Longobards in Italy 2
    Luis Barragán House and Studio 2
    Major Town Houses 2
    Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 2
    Pampulha 2
    Plantin-Moretus Museum 2
    Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 2
    Rideau Canal 2
    Schönbrunn 2
    Stari Grad Plain 2
    São Luis 2
    The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 2
    The Porticoes of Bologna 2
    The trulli of Alberobello 2
    Tower of Hercules 2
    Trogir 2
    Via Appia 2
    Aflaj irrigation system 1.5
    Aranjuez 1.5
    Bahla Fort 1.5
    Churches of Chiloé 1.5
    Heritage of Mercury 1.5
    Medina of Tunis 1.5
    Querétaro 1.5
    Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 1.5
    White City of Tel-Aviv 1.5
    Botanical Garden, Padua 1
    Corfu 1
    Frontiers of the Roman Empire 1
    Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 1
    Royal Exhibition Building 1
    São Francisco Square 1
    The Four Lifts 1
    Valongo Wharf 1
    Qalhat 0.5
    Saltaire 0.5
    Stoclet House 0.5
    Agrigento
    Arab-Norman Palermo
    Villa Romana del Casale
    1. Abraj Al-Kuwait (T)
    2. Amazonia Theaters (T)
    3. Anavilhanas Ecological Station (T)
    4. Archaeological Site and Historic Centre of Panamá City (T)
    5. Architecture Moderne du XX siècle de la Ville de Montevideo (T)
    6. Auckland Volcanic Fields (T)
    7. Bet She'an (T)
    8. Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble (T)
    9. Brooklyn Bridge (T)
    10. Camp de concentration de Tarrafal (T)
    11. Capital Fortifications of Hanyang : Hangyangdoseong Capital City Wall, Bukhansanseong Mountain Fortress and Tangchundaeseong Defense Wall (T)
    12. Casablanca, Ville du XXème siécle, carrefour d'influences (T)
    13. Central Park (T)
    14. Centre historique de Praia (T)
    15. Centre historique de São Filipe (T)
    16. Chalchuapa (T)
    17. Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle (T)
    18. Chobe Linyanti System (T)
    19. Cittadella (Victoria - Gozo) (T)
    20. City of Granada and its natural environment (T)
    21. City of Tigre and its rowing clubs (T)
    22. Classical Karst (in Slovene language: Klasicni kras) (T)
    23. Coastal Cliffs (T)
    24. Cultural Itinerary of Ecuador's Trans-Andean Train (T)
    25. Cultural Landscape of Paranapiacaba: Village and railway systems in the Serra do Mar Mountain Range, São Paulo (T)
    26. Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum (T)
    27. Diocletian's Palace and the Historical Nucleus of Split (extension) (T)
    28. Early Synagogues in the Galilee (T)
    29. Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento, Rio de Janeiro (T)
    30. Ein Karem, a village and its cultural landscape (T)
    31. Ellis Island (T)
    32. Extension of the World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Prague" with the important Monuments in its Vicinity (T)
    33. Fagaloa Bay - Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone (T)
    34. Grenadines Island Group (T)
    35. Grenadines Island Group (Grenada) (T)
    36. Head Office and Garden of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (T)
    37. Historic zone of Basseterre (T)
    38. Historical Lisbon, Global City (T)
    39. Insular area and bay of Colonia del Sacramento (T)
    40. Jerusalem (T)
    41. Kermadec Islands and Marine reserve (T)
    42. Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malta (T)
    43. La Moneda Palace (T)
    44. La Rambla (promenade maritime) de la Cité de Montevideo (T)
    45. Le noyau historique ou la 'Cuve' de Gand, et les deux abbayes qui sont à son origine (T)
    46. Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco) (T)
    47. Les passages de Bruxelles / Les Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert (T)
    48. Les témoignages matériels de la construction de l’État des Pyrénées : la Co-principauté d’Andorre (A) (T)
    49. Leuven/Louvain, batiments universitaires, l'héritage de six siècles au sein du centre historique (T)
    50. Maltese Catacomb Complexes (T)
    51. Manono, Apolima and Nuulopa Cultural Landscape (T)
    52. Mdina (Citta Vecchia) (T)
    53. Mission Ruins of Venn's Town (T)
    54. Monuments, Sites and Cultural Landscape of Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna (T)
    55. Moulay Idriss Zerhoun (T)
    56. Ngwenya Mines (T)
    57. Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers- de l'Escaut aux anciens remparts de vers 1250 (T)
    58. Orheiul Vechi Archaeological Landscape (T)
    59. Palais de la Culture, ancien siège du Ministere de l'Education et de la Santé, Rio de Janeiro (T)
    60. Parc National de la Serra da Bocaina (Sao Paulo - Rio de Janeiro) (T)
    61. Parc Naturel de Fogo – Chã das Caldeiras (T)
    62. Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods (T)
    63. Plantations in West Curacao (T)
    64. Pombaline Lisbon (T)
    65. Qawra/Dwejra (T)
    66. QUMRAN: Caves and Monastery of the Dead Sea Scrolls (T)
    67. Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta (T)
    68. Route of the Franciscan Evangelisation (T)
    69. Route of the to Dominique Evangelisation (T)
    70. Routes of Santiago de Compostela in Portugal (T)
    71. Sacred Titicaca Lake (T)
    72. Salento and the Barocco Leccese (T)
    73. Salines de Pedra de Lume (T)
    74. San Francisco Church and Convent (T)
    75. Sarajevo - unique symbol of universal multiculture - continual open city (T)
    76. Sea of Galilee & its Ancient Sites (T)
    77. Seaflower Marine Protected Area (T)
    78. Serra da Capivara National Park and Permanent Preservation Areas (T)
    79. Sheikh Abdullah Al-Jabir Palace (T)
    80. Sierra de las Quijadas National Park (T)
    81. Sistema Ferrocarril Pte. Carlos Antonio Lopez (T)
    82. St. George Fortified System (T)
    83. St. George Historic District (T)
    84. System of Fortifications at the Confluence of the Rivers Danube and Váh in Komárno - Komárom (Slova) (T)
    85. Temple of Hator built by Ramses III (T)
    86. Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura (T)
    87. Thaba-Bosiu National Monument (T)
    88. The Crusader Fortresses (T)
    89. The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles (T)
    90. The historic urban site of Počitelj (T)
    91. The Industrial Heritage of Barbados: The Story of Sugar and Rum (T)
    92. The La Soufrière National Park (T)
    93. The natural and architectural ensemble of Blagaj (T)
    94. The Route of The Rivers (T)
    95. The Royal Sites of Ireland: Cashel, Dún Ailinne, Hill of Uisneach, Rathcroghan Complex, and Tara Complex (T)
    96. The Transhumance: The Royal Shepherd's Track (T)
    97. Town of Chichicastenango (T)
    98. Trakai Historical National Park (T)
    99. Valle Calchaquí (T)
    100. Ver-o-Peso (T)
    101. Victoria Lines Fortifications (T)
    102. Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan, Nakhon Si Thammarat (T)

    Reviewed TWHS

    Top 50 Missing Sites

    1. Atacama Desert
    2. Devils Island (on French Guiana)
    3. Ephesus
    4. Historic University Towns of Oxford and Cambridge
    5. Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol
    6. Jericho
    7. Kaieteur National Park, Iwokrama Forest and the Kanuku Mountains
    8. La Brea Pitch Lake
    9. Lake Titicaca
    10. Panama Canal
    11. Pharaonic Temples of Kom Ombo and Edfu
    12. Scrovegni's Chapel
    13. Sistema Vial Andino/Qhapaq Ñan
    14. Varanasi