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Luang Prabang

Tingmelvin - 24-Oct-23

Luang Prabang was my second stop in a trip that was bookended by Chiang Mai (currently on the T List) and Angkor (one of the most widely regarded WHS sites in the world), and even though it is smaller than the other two, I believe it deservedly belongs to the WHS List. Although some reviews liken the Lanna-style temples in Chiang Mai architecturally similar to those in Luang Prabang, I think there are subtle differences that differentiate the two. Nonetheless I don't think the temples are the main draw for Luang Prabang, unlike that in Chiang Mai, although you can very well cover most of it along Sisavangvong Road in half a day

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Modernist Kaunas

Tingmelvin - 18-Oct-23

From the current scores it is clear that Kaunas isn't viewed very highly here, but having been to most of the European countries, Kaunas's OUV clearly shines. It is the only city I have been to where modernist architecture plays a very central role, definitely a result of the christening of Kaunas as the interwar capital of Lithuania whilst Vilnius remained in Polish hands and the ensuing construction, and gave a markedly different vibe to every other European city I have visited. In fact, I don't think there is another European city-architectural inscription regarding the interwar period, but I'm happy to be corrected.

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Update 09.10.24
  • Forth Bridge
  • Canterbury
  • St. George, Bermuda
  • Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau
  • Route of Santiago de Compostela
  • Santiago de Compostela
  • Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District
  • Lübeck
  • Beijing Central Axis

    • 6 Countries Complete

    Armenia . Holy See . Luxembourg . Malta . San Marino . Singapore .

    Rating Stats
    Vatnajökull National Park 5
    Venice and its Lagoon 5
    Acropolis 4.5
    Ancient Kyoto 4.5
    Ancient Thebes 4.5
    Angkor 4.5
    Budapest 4.5
    Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 4.5
    Florence 4.5
    Fujisan 4.5
    Imperial Palace 4.5
    Prague 4.5
    Rome 4.5
    San Marino and Mount Titano 4.5
    Tallinn 4.5
    Valletta 4.5
    Vatican City 4.5
    Vienna 4.5
    Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.5
    Auschwitz Birkenau 4
    Beijing Central Axis 4
    Classical Gardens of Suzhou 4
    Cologne Cathedral 4
    Dubrovnik 4
    Edinburgh 4
    Giant's Causeway 4
    Great Wall 4
    Istanbul 4
    Kraków 4
    Luang Prabang 4
    Oporto 4
    Plantin-Moretus Museum 4
    Pyramids (Memphis) 4
    Riga 4
    Rila Monastery 4
    Schönbrunn 4
    Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 4
    Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 4
    Temple of Heaven 4
    Toledo 4
    West Lake 4
    Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 4
    Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
    Ancient Nara 3.5
    Belem 3.5
    Boyana Church 3.5
    Brugge 3.5
    City of Bath 3.5
    Genbaku Dome 3.5
    Grand Place, Brussels 3.5
    Gwynedd Castles 3.5
    Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 3.5
    Historic Cairo 3.5
    Lübeck 3.5
    Maritime Greenwich 3.5
    Modernist Kaunas 3.5
    Old City of Berne 3.5
    Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 3.5
    Paris, Banks of the Seine 3.5
    Santiago de Compostela 3.5
    Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 3.5
    St. George, Bermuda 3.5
    Statue of Liberty 3.5
    Thingvellir 3.5
    Westminster 3.5
    Blenheim Palace 3
    Bryggen 3
    Canterbury 3
    Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3
    City of Luxembourg 3
    Durham Castle and Cathedral 3
    Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 3
    Forth Bridge 3
    Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 3
    Haghpat and Sanahin 3
    Itsukushima Shrine 3
    Kew Gardens 3
    Kotor 3
    La Lonja de la Seda 3
    Medina of Marrakesh 3
    Melaka and George Town 3
    Monastery of Geghard 3
    Mostar 3
    Mtskheta 3
    Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3
    Plečnik's Ljubljana 3
    Royal Exhibition Building 3
    Segovia 3
    Singapore Botanic Gardens 3
    Summer Palace 3
    Thessalonika 3
    Trier 3
    Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3
    Vilnius 3
    Walled City of Baku 3
    Abbey of St Gall 2.5
    Avila 2.5
    Butrint 2.5
    Corfu 2.5
    Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.5
    Macao 2.5
    Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 2.5
    Route of Santiago de Compostela 2.5
    Tower of London 2.5
    Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.5
    Venetian Works of Defence 2.5
    Warsaw 2.5
    Gobustan Rock Art 2
    Jelling 2
    Megalithic Temples of Malta 2
    Santa Maria delle Grazie 2
    Botanical Garden, Padua 1.5
    Nice 1.5
    Dutch Water Defence Lines
    Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Jongmyo Shrine
    Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
    Major Town Houses
    Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
    Mount Taishan
    Nubian Monuments
    Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
    Thang Long
    The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
    1. "Baku Stage" Mountain (T)
    2. "Lok-Batan" Mud Cone (T)
    3. Abraj Al-Kuwait (T)
    4. Alexandria, ancient remains and the new library (T)
    5. Amalienborg and its district (T)
    6. Brooklyn Bridge (T)
    7. Central Park (T)
    8. City of York: historic urban core (T)
    9. City Walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (T)
    10. Early Chicago Skyscrapers (T)
    11. Egyptian Museum in Cairo (T)
    12. Ellis Island (T)
    13. Extension of the World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Prague" with the important Monuments in its Vicinity (T)
    14. Historical Lisbon, Global City (T)
    15. Hua Shan Scenic Area (T)
    16. Khor Dubai (T)
    17. Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malta (T)
    18. Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles (T)
    19. Les passages de Bruxelles / Les Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert (T)
    20. Manama, City of Trade, Multiculturalism and Religious Coexistence (T)
    21. Mdina (Citta Vecchia) (T)
    22. Monuments, Sites and Cultural Landscape of Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna (T)
    23. Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers- de l'Escaut aux anciens remparts de vers 1250 (T)
    24. Pombaline Lisbon (T)
    25. Sarajevo - unique symbol of universal multiculture - continual open city (T)
    26. Sharjah: the Gate to Trucial States (T)
    27. Surakhany, Atashgyakh (Fire - worshippers, temple - museum at Surakhany) (T)
    28. Tbilisi Historic District (T)
    29. The Architectural Works of Alvar Aalto - a Human Dimension to the Modern Movement (T)
    30. The Historic Centre of Sibiu and its Ensemble of Squares (T)
    31. The Old Town of Jakarta (T)
    32. The Padang Civic Ensemble (T)
    33. Thingvellir National Park (T)
    34. VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Thingvellir National Park (T)

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