Jon Opol Profile

A late UNESCO site enthusiast, I guess part of my evolution as a traveler. Didn't really had them as a priority during trips until few years ago. Since I'm into historical, geological, and architectural sites, many were actually UNESCO listed and more were added in recent years. 

Philippines Last Update 17.10.24 296 WHS Visited 0 Reviews 273 WHS Rated 165 TWHS Visited

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Name
Jon Opol
Country
Philippines
Most Impressive
Petra, Great Zimbabwe, Machu Picchu, Venice, Memphis and its Necropolis

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Update 17.10.24
  • The Porticoes of Bologna
  • Royal Exhibition Building

    • 17 Countries Complete

    Antigua and Barbuda . Bahrain . Barbados . Cabo Verde . Dominican Republic . El Salvador . Eritrea . Ghana . Holy See . Luxembourg . Malawi . Nicaragua . Paraguay . San Marino . Singapore . Syria . Zambia .

    Rating Stats
    Huascaran National Park 5
    Lençóis Maranhenses National Park 5
    Osun-Osogbo 5
    Angkor 4.5
    Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 4.5
    Machu Picchu 4.5
    Masjed-e Jâme' 4.5
    Petra 4.5
    Victoria Falls 4.5
    Bagan 4
    Baroque Churches 4
    Borobudur 4
    Djenné 4
    Djémila 4
    Great Zimbabwe 4
    Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4
    Iguazu National Park 4
    Itchan Kala 4
    Lalibela 4
    Los Alerces National Park 4
    Meroe 4
    Nasca Lines 4
    Ngorongoro 4
    Palmyra 4
    Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 4
    Pyramids (Memphis) 4
    Quebrada de Humahuaca 4
    Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 4
    Samarkand 4
    Taj Mahal 4
    Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves 4
    Teotihuacan 4
    Tikal National Park 4
    Timgad 4
    Uxmal 4
    Vatnajökull National Park 4
    West Norwegian Fjords 4
    Ancient Kyoto 3.5
    Ancient Thebes 3.5
    Asmara 3.5
    Copán 3.5
    Costiera Amalfitana 3.5
    Crac des Chevaliers 3.5
    Cueva de las Manos 3.5
    Dubrovnik 3.5
    Grand Canyon 3.5
    Hospicio Cabañas 3.5
    Iguacu 3.5
    Khami Ruins 3.5
    Kremlin and Red Square 3.5
    M'Zab Valley 3.5
    Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.5
    Naples 3.5
    Novodevichy Convent 3.5
    Palenque 3.5
    Persepolis 3.5
    Sintra 3.5
    The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.5
    Vigan 3.5
    Agra Fort 3
    Albi 3
    Ancient villages of Northern Syria 3
    Antigua Guatemala 3
    Auschwitz Birkenau 3
    Bali Subak system 3
    Belfries 3
    Berat and Gjirokastra 3
    Bethlehem 3
    Brasilia 3
    Camino Real 3
    Campeche 3
    Central University City Campus of the UNAM 3
    Chan Chan 3
    Chichen-Itza 3
    Chongoni Rock Art 3
    Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 3
    City of Bath 3
    City of Luxembourg 3
    Cuzco 3
    Damascus 3
    Durmitor National Park 3
    Ephesus 3
    Fatehpur Sikri 3
    Fortified City of Carcassonne 3
    Forts and Castles Gold Coast 3
    Fujisan 3
    Goias 3
    Golestan Palace 3
    Greater Blue Mountains 3
    Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 3
    Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town 3
    Hierapolis-Pamukkale 3
    Himeji-jo 3
    Humayun's Tomb 3
    Ischigualasto / Talampaya 3
    Itsukushima Shrine 3
    Kandy 3
    Kathmandu Valley 3
    Kotor 3
    Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3
    Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 3
    Los Glaciares 3
    Luang Prabang 3
    Luis Barragán House and Studio 3
    Major Town Houses 3
    Maritime Greenwich 3
    Masada 3
    Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 3
    Medici Villas and Gardens 3
    Medina of Essaouira 3
    Medina of Fez 3
    Meidan Emam, Esfahan 3
    Meknes 3
    Mexico City and Xochimilco 3
    Mijikenda Kaya Forests 3
    Mir Castle 3
    Monastery of Geghard 3
    Mount Etna 3
    Nice 3
    Nubian Monuments 3
    Oaxaca and Monte Alban 3
    Old City of Jerusalem 3
    Old Havana 3
    Olinda 3
    Oporto 3
    Ouro Preto 3
    Pampulha 3
    Paramaribo 3
    Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 3
    Peninsula Valdes 3
    Persian Garden 3
    Plitvice Lakes 3
    Prambanan 3
    Puebla 3
    Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River 3
    Qhapaq Ñan 3
    Quito 3
    Qutb Minar 3
    Rabat 3
    Red Fort 3
    Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 3
    Rila Monastery 3
    Rio de Janeiro 3
    Salvador de Bahia 3
    San Gimignano 3
    San Marino and Mount Titano 3
    Segovia 3
    Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 3
    Siena 3
    Sighisoara 3
    St. Petersburg 3
    Stonehenge 3
    Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 3
    Sydney Opera House 3
    São Francisco Square 3
    São Luis 3
    Temple of Heaven 3
    Thingvellir 3
    Valletta 3
    Venetian Works of Defence 3
    Via Appia 3
    Virunga National Park 3
    Volubilis 3
    Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3
    Yazd 3
    Yogyakarta 3
    Aleppo 2.5
    Antigua Naval Dockyard 2.5
    Ayutthaya 2.5
    Bryggen 2.5
    Bukhara 2.5
    Cartagena 2.5
    Caves of Yagul and Mitla 2.5
    Colonia del Sacramento 2.5
    Congonhas 2.5
    Diamantina 2.5
    Drottningholm 2.5
    Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 2.5
    Flemish Béguinages 2.5
    Fort Jesus 2.5
    Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.5
    Gebel Barkal 2.5
    Gelati Monastery 2.5
    Guanacaste 2.5
    Historic Cairo 2.5
    Historic Jeddah 2.5
    Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus 2.5
    Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 2.5
    Kasbah of Algiers 2.5
    Kilimanjaro National Park 2.5
    L'viv 2.5
    La Fortaleza and San Juan 2.5
    Lübeck 2.5
    Matobo Hills 2.5
    Medina of Tétouan 2.5
    Melaka and George Town 2.5
    Mostar 2.5
    Mountain Railways of India 2.5
    Mtskheta 2.5
    Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 2.5
    Nesvizh 2.5
    Old City of Acre 2.5
    Panamá 2.5
    Paraty and Ilha Grande 2.5
    Plečnik's Ljubljana 2.5
    Popocatepetl monasteries 2.5
    Potsdam 2.5
    Qal'at al-Bahrain 2.5
    Québec 2.5
    Regensburg 2.5
    Riga 2.5
    Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 2.5
    Schönbrunn 2.5
    Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 2.5
    Sucre 2.5
    Tajik National Park 2.5
    Tallinn 2.5
    Tasmanian Wilderness 2.5
    The Porticoes of Bologna 2.5
    Torun 2.5
    Verona 2.5
    Vilnius 2.5
    Warsaw 2.5
    Zacatecas 2.5
    Asante Traditional Buildings 2
    Bahla Fort 2
    Bahá’i Holy Places 2
    Bamberg 2
    Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2
    Beijing Central Axis 2
    Bosra 2
    Bridgetown 2
    Canal du Midi 2
    Changdeokgung Palace Complex 2
    Cidade Velha 2
    Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 2
    Dilmun Burial Mounds 2
    Fasil Ghebbi 2
    Genbaku Dome 2
    Genoa 2
    Gobustan Rock Art 2
    Guanajuato 2
    Independence Hall 2
    Island of Gorée 2
    Island of Saint-Louis 2
    Joya de Ceren 2
    Lake Malawi 2
    León Cathedral 2
    Lima 2
    Macao 2
    Medina of Marrakesh 2
    Morelia 2
    Namhansanseong 2
    Pearling 2
    Querétaro 2
    Royal Exhibition Building 2
    Ruins of León Viejo 2
    San Miguel de Allende 2
    Santo Domingo 2
    Sian Ka'an 2
    Singapore Botanic Gardens 2
    Stoclet House 2
    Stone Spheres of the Diquís 2
    Stone Town of Zanzibar 2
    Sulaiman-Too 2
    Tipasa 2
    Tombs of Buganda Kings 2
    Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2
    Trang An 2
    Walled City of Baku 2
    White City of Tel-Aviv 2
    Turaif Quarter 1
    Valongo Wharf 1
    Acropolis
    Amsterdam Canal Ring
    Belem
    Brugge
    Budapest
    Cologne Cathedral
    Edinburgh
    Florence
    Grand Place, Brussels
    Istanbul
    Kraków
    Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
    Prague
    Rome
    Salzburg
    Statue of Liberty
    Tower of London
    Vatican City
    Venice and its Lagoon
    Vienna
    Westminster
    Works of Antoni Gaudí
    1. Aire naturelle protégée de Djalélo (T)
    2. Alexandria, ancient remains and the new library (T)
    3. Alpine and pre-alpine meadow and marsh landscapes (T)
    4. Amalienborg and its district (T)
    5. Amazonia Theaters (T)
    6. Ananuri (T)
    7. Ancient cities of Upper Myanmar : Innwa, Amarapura, Sagaing, Mingun, Mandalay (T)
    8. Ancient Kano City Walls and Asociated Sties (T)
    9. Archaeological and Historical National Park of Pueblo Viejo, La Vega (T)
    10. Archaeological Site and Historic Centre of Panamá City (T)
    11. Architecture Moderne du XX siècle de la Ville de Montevideo (T)
    12. Arte Rupestre Prehispanico en Republica Dominicana (T)
    13. Auckland Volcanic Fields (T)
    14. Awali oil settlement (T)
    15. Ayeyawady River Corridor (T)
    16. Bahá'í House of Worship at New Delhi (T)
    17. Barbar Temple (T)
    18. Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension) (T)
    19. Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble (T)
    20. Brooklyn Bridge (T)
    21. Caesarea (T)
    22. Camp de concentration de Tarrafal (T)
    23. Capital Fortifications of Hanyang : Hangyangdoseong Capital City Wall, Bukhansanseong Mountain Fortress and Tangchundaeseong Defense Wall (T)
    24. Casablanca, Ville du XXème siécle, carrefour d'influences (T)
    25. Cathédrale de Bamako (T)
    26. Central Park (T)
    27. Centre historique de Nova Sintra (T)
    28. Centre historique de Praia (T)
    29. Centre historique de São Filipe (T)
    30. Centro Histórico de Puebla (extension) (T)
    31. Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle (T)
    32. Chobe Linyanti System (T)
    33. Chocolate Hills Natural Monument (T)
    34. Chor-Bakr (T)
    35. Church of Santa Prisca and its Surroundings (T)
    36. Cité de Carcassonne et ses châteaux sentinelles de montagne (T)
    37. City Hall, Georgetown (T)
    38. City of Granada and its natural environment (T)
    39. Civil Rights Movement Sites (T)
    40. Coastal Cliffs (T)
    41. Colonial Urban Plan and Fortifications of the Walled City of Manila (T)
    42. Coral Stone Mosques of Maldives (T)
    43. Corcovado National Park and Isla del Cano Biological Reserve (T)
    44. Coron Island Natural Biotic Area (T)
    45. Cueva de las Manos and associated sites of the Pinturas river basin (T)
    46. Cultural Landscape of Innsbruck-Nordkette/Karwendel (T)
    47. Dahab (T)
    48. Delhi - A Heritage City (T)
    49. Dreams in Stone - the palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee (T)
    50. Early Chicago Skyscrapers (T)
    51. Early Synagogues in the Galilee (T)
    52. Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento, Rio de Janeiro (T)
    53. Egyptian Museum in Cairo (T)
    54. El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area (T)
    55. Ellis Island (T)
    56. Extension of the World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Prague" with the important Monuments in its Vicinity (T)
    57. Flinders Ranges (T)
    58. Former M-13 prison/ Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (former S-21)/ Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre (former Execution Site of S-21) (T)
    59. Gasumo, la source la plus méridionale du Nil (T)
    60. Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve System (T)
    61. Hamad Town Tumuli Moundfield (T)
    62. Historic Center of the City of Trujillo (T)
    63. Historical Centre of Puerto Plata (T)
    64. Historical city of Izamal (Izamal, Mayan continuity in an Historical City) (T)
    65. Historical Lisbon, Global City (T)
    66. Iconic Riverfront of the Historic City of Varanasi (T)
    67. Îles volcaniques de Sao Tomé et Principe (T)
    68. Inle Lake (T)
    69. Insular area and bay of Colonia del Sacramento (T)
    70. Jame' (Congregational) Mosque of Esfahan (T)
    71. Jerash Archaeological City (Ancient Meeting Place of East and West) (T)
    72. Jerusalem (T)
    73. Jewish Cemetery in Sarajevo (T)
    74. Kakum National Park (T)
    75. Kerma (T)
    76. Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malta (T)
    77. Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization (T)
    78. Kyiv: Saint Sophia Cathedral with Related Monastic Buildings, St. Cyril's and St. Andrew's Churches, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (T)
    79. La Brea Pitch Lake (T)
    80. La Grande Case dans la Chefferie traditionnelle des Grassfields (T)
    81. La Payunia, Campos Volcánicos Llancanelo y Payún Matrú (T)
    82. La Rambla (promenade maritime) de la Cité de Montevideo (T)
    83. La réserve de Biosphère de la Mare aux Hippopotames de Bala (T)
    84. La résidence royale du Burundi: Le cas de Gishora (T)
    85. La ville de Porto-Novo: quartiers anciens et Palais Royal (T)
    86. Lac Abbeh (T)
    87. Lake Tana Island Monasteries and its Adjacent Wetland Natural and Cultural Heritages (T)
    88. Lake Titicaca (T)
    89. Le centre historique de Tétouan (T)
    90. Le Lac Assal (T)
    91. Le lac Tanganyika (T)
    92. Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles (T)
    93. Le paysage urbain historique de la ville de Djibouti et ses bâtiments spécifiques (T)
    94. Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Italy) (T)
    95. Les Mausolées Royaux de Numidie, de la Maurétanie et les monuments funéraires pré-islamiques (Algeria) (T)
    96. Les oasis à foggaras et les ksour du Grand Erg Occidental (T)
    97. Les passages de Bruxelles / Les Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert (T)
    98. Les paysages naturels de la région d'Obock (T)
    99. Les roças de Monte Café, Agua-lzé e Sundy de São Tomé e Príncipe (T)
    100. Maaloula (T)
    101. Maasai Mara Game Reserve (T)
    102. Manama, City of Trade, Multiculturalism and Religious Coexistence (T)
    103. Massif du Mont-Blanc (T)
    104. Mayon Volcano Natural Park (T)
    105. Mdina (Citta Vecchia) (T)
    106. Mon cities : Bago, Hanthawaddy (T)
    107. Moulay Idriss Zerhoun (T)
    108. Mt. Pulag National Park (T)
    109. Mt. Soraksan Nature Reserve (T)
    110. Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab (T)
    111. Noréas de Hama (T)
    112. Nuruosmaniye Complex (T)
    113. Oke Idanre (Idanre Hill) (T)
    114. Old Dongola (T)
    115. Olympic Park Munich (T)
    116. Ordubad historical and architectural reserve (T)
    117. Orheiul Vechi Archaeological Landscape (T)
    118. Palais de la Culture, ancien siège du Ministere de l'Education et de la Santé, Rio de Janeiro (T)
    119. Parc des Aurès avec les établissements oasiens des gorges du Rhoufi et d’El Kantara (T)
    120. Parc Naturel de Fogo – Chã das Caldeiras (T)
    121. Patzcuaro, Site of Humanistic Memory and Cultural Confluence (T)
    122. Persepolis and other relevant buildings (T)
    123. Protected area of Lake Atitlán: multiple use (T)
    124. Royal Residences of Sinaia (T)
    125. Saar Heritage Park (T)
    126. Sacred Titicaca Lake (T)
    127. Salines de Pedra de Lume (T)
    128. Sarajevo - unique symbol of universal multiculture - continual open city (T)
    129. Sea of Galilee & its Ancient Sites (T)
    130. Sites marquants de la Route de l’Esclave au Bénin (T)
    131. Sites, lieux et itineraires augustiniens du Maghreb central (T)
    132. South of Ricaurte Province (T)
    133. St. Paul Church, St. Pauls Well and surrounding historic quarters (T)
    134. St.Georges Anglican Cathedral (T)
    135. Surakhany, Atashgyakh (Fire - worshippers, temple - museum at Surakhany) (T)
    136. Susha historical and architectural reserve (T)
    137. Sya, centre historique de Bobo-Dioulasso (T)
    138. Tana Toraja (T)
    139. Tashkent makhallas (T)
    140. Tashkent Modernist Architecture. Modernity and tradition in Central Asia (T)
    141. Tayrona and Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Parks and their Archaeological Sites (T)
    142. Tbilisi Historic District (T)
    143. Tenzug - Tallensi settlements (T)
    144. The African Great Rift Valley - The Maasai Mara (T)
    145. The Ancient Plovdiv (T)
    146. The Architectural Works of Alvar Aalto - a Human Dimension to the Modern Movement (T)
    147. The Collection of Historical Bridges (T)
    148. The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles (T)
    149. The Historic Centre of Sibiu and its Ensemble of Squares (T)
    150. The Historic Towns and Landscape of Taal Volcano and its Caldera Lake (T)
    151. The historic urban site of Počitelj (T)
    152. The mausoleum of Nakhinchevan (T)
    153. The monasteries of Tatev and Tatevi Anapat and the adjacent areas of the Vorotan Valley (T)
    154. The Monuments of the Kingdom of Kerma and Dokki Geil (T)
    155. The Old Town of Jakarta (T)
    156. The Padang Civic Ensemble (T)
    157. The Sugar Cultural Landscape of Negros and Panay Islands (T)
    158. The Temple of Soleb (T)
    159. Thingvellir National Park (T)
    160. Town of Chichicastenango (T)
    161. University City of Bogotá (T)
    162. Ver-o-Peso (T)
    163. VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Thingvellir National Park (T)
    164. Volcan Masaya National Park (T)
    165. Zone Giraphe (T)

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