Rouen is a beautiful town with rows of medieval half-timbered houses. It has a large impressive historic city centre and quite a few imposing Gothic churches headed by the famous …
Assif
Member since April 2008
#396 143 44 3
My most impressive site: Pompeii
Recent Visits
-
21Oct. 23, 2025Apulia: Matera, Romanesque Cathedrals in Puglia, Salento and the Barocco Leccese ...
-
01Aug. 15, 2025Workers' Assembly Halls
-
00Aug. 13, 2025Stourhead
Top 10 Missing
About Assif
- Member since
- April 2008
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #396
- WHS
- 143
- Tentative Sites
- 44
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 110
-
Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Vienna 5.0
- Vatican City 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Acropolis 5.0
- Pompei 5.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.5
- Cordoba 4.5
- Budapest 4.5
- Brú na Bóinne 4.5
- Brugge 4.5
- Versailles 4.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Granada 4.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4.5
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Siena 4.5
- Paphos 4.0
- Stonehenge and Avebury 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Split 4.0
- Dubrovnik 4.0
- Salzburg 4.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 4.0
- Kinderdijk 3.5
- Tugendhat Villa 3.5
- Everglades 3.5
- Bauhaus Sites 3.5
- Naples 3.5
- Masada 3.5
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 3.5
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 3.5
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 3.5
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.5
- Riga 3.5
- Quebrada de Humahuaca 3.5
- Verona 3.5
- Wadden Sea 3.5
- Strasbourg 3.5
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 3.5
- Bamberg 3.0
- Speyer Cathedral 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Lübeck 3.0
- Schönbrunn 3.0
- Potsdam 3.0
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Wartburg Castle 3.0
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 3.0
- Kotor 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 3.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.0
- Costiera Amalfitana 3.0
- Matera 3.0
- The trulli of Alberobello 3.0
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- Cesky Krumlov 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- Churches of Peace 3.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 3.0
- Mostar 3.0
- Biblical Tells 3.0
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 3.0
- Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin 3.0
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 3.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 3.0
- Zagori Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Quedlinburg 2.5
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 2.5
- Centennial Hall 2.5
- Primeval Beech Forests 2.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 2.5
- Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans 2.5
- Thessalonika 2.5
- Würzburg Residence 2.5
- Necropolis of Bet She'arim 2.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.5
- Telc 2.5
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 2.5
- Classical Weimar 2.5
- Trogir 2.5
- L'viv 2.5
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 2.5
- Medici Villas and Gardens 2.5
- Kew Gardens 2.5
- ShUM Sites 2.5
- Major Town Houses 2.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 2.5
- Antequera Dolmens Site 2.0
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 2.0
- Old City of Acre 2.0
- Church of Atlántida 2.0
- Semmering Railway 2.0
- Incense Route of the Negev 2.0
- Regensburg 2.0
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 2.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.0
- Mount Carmel Caves 2.0
- Abbey of St Gall 2.0
- Old City of Berne 2.0
- Fray Bentos 2.0
- Messel Pit 2.0
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 1.5
- Stecci 1.5
- Stralsund and Wismar 1.5
- Colonies of Benevolence 1.5
- Nice 1.0
- Vlkolinec 1.0
- Hedeby and Danevirke 1.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 1.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 1.0
- Colonia del Sacramento 1.0
- Fagus Factory 1.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 1.0
- White City of Tel-Aviv 1.0
- Flemish Béguinages 1.0
- Jelling 0.5
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 0.5
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 0.5
- Bahá’i Holy Places 0.5
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 0.5
Tentative Sites
- Jerusalem
- Rouen
- Rijal Almaa
- Parc National de la Serra da Bocaina
- Cathédrale de Saint-Denis
- Olympic Park Munich
- Timna
- Station écologique de Taim
- Degania & Nahalal
- La Leche Valley
- Le noyau historique médiéval de Gand
- Chachapoyas sites of the Utcubamba Valley
- Salento and the Barocco Leccese
- Triple-arch Gate at Dan
- Early Synagogues in the Galilee
- The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles
- The Hula
- White Mosque in Ramle
- Chamangá: A Rock Paintings Area
- Quartier de Peñarol
- City of Tigre and its rowing clubs
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- Blagaj
- Stolac
- Ston
- Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain
- Danube Natural and Cultural Landscape
- La Rambla de la Cité de Montevideo
- Hanbury botanical gardens
- Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town of Steyr
- The historic urban site of Pocitelj
- Battlefield of Ayacucho
- Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture
- The Jewish Cemetery of Altona Königstrasse
- Liftah
- The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli
- Bet She'an
- Green Belt
- Les citadelles mosanes
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers
- Kosice
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Italy)
- Caesarea
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco)
- D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944
- Ripa Pannonica in Hungary
- Hoge Kempen
- Priorat-Montsant-Siurana
- Kizilirmak Delta Wetland and Bird Sanctuary
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (France)
- Modern Architecture of Montevideo
- Arbel
- Ein Karem
- Horvat Minnim
- Makhteshim Country
- Sea of Galilee
- The Crusader Fortresses
- 133 58
- Locations
- 0
- Zones
- 0
Reserved for members.
Reviews by Assif
Page 3 of 6
Churches of Peace (Inscribed)
Churches of Peace
I recently visited the town of Swidnica where one of the two surviving Churches of Peace still stands. The town is about an hour away from Wroclaw and easily accessible …
Keep reading
Assif
11/09/12
National Park Hohe Tauern (Removed from tentat…)
National Park Hohe Tauern
NP Hohe Tauern is the largest in the Alps and the largest in Austria. It isn't what you would normally expect from a national park as there is extensive agriculture …
Keep reading
Assif
11/09/12
Ödön Lechner's independent pr… (On tentative list)
Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture
This nomination includes five buildings three of which are located in Budapest. I only visited two of the three in Budapest and found them both impressive from the outside. I …
Keep reading
Assif
20/05/12
Bauhaus Sites (Inscribed)
Bauhaus Sites
On my stay in Weimar we visited the two sites of the Bauhaus nomination that are there: the Bauhaus University and Haus am Horn.
Haus am Horn was built as …
Keep reading
Assif
19/05/12
Mudejar Architecture of Aragon (Inscribed)
Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
I attended a conference in Zaragoza and naturally used the opportunity to visit its share of the Mudejar WHS nomination. Three of the inscribed monuments are in Zaragoza and the …
Keep reading
Assif
19/05/12
Hallstatt-Dachstein (Inscribed)
Hallstatt-Dachstein
I agree with the other reviewers this should have been a mixed nomination. Nonetheless, Hallstatt as a cultural site has a lot to offer too. The current town has some …
Keep reading
Assif
19/05/12
Cultural Landscape of Innsbru… (Removed from tentat…)
Cultural Landscape of Innsbruck Nordkette Karwende
I did not quite understand what this cultural landscape is all about. Innsbruck has a nice historic city centre, but nothing exceptional, not even for Austria. The Alps make a …
Keep reading
Assif
22/11/11
Vlkolinec (Inscribed)
Vlkolinec
Before heading to Vlkolinec I read some reviews here and elsewhere and had the impression I was going to be disappointed by something underwhelming. Well, the village is extremely small …
Keep reading
Assif
30/10/11
Fertö/Neusiedlersee (Inscribed)
Fertö/Neusiedlersee
On a day trip from Vienna we travelled to Rust, by far the most famous resort aside the Neusiedlersee. It has a beautiful town square which makes most of the …
Keep reading
Assif
30/10/11
Wachau Cultural Landscape (Inscribed)
Wachau Cultural Landscape
On a day trip from Vienna I went to both Krems, Weißenkirchen and Dürnstein. Both proved to be quite a pleasant surprise.
Krems is the central town of the Wachau …
Keep reading
Assif
30/10/11
Natural Reserves of Tatras Mo… (On tentative list)
Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain
The Tatra Mountains are probably Slovakia's best known attraction. They are part of the Carpathian range which is currently divided between Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Romania as well as little chunks …
Keep reading
Assif
30/10/11
Wooden Churches of the Slovak… (Inscribed)
Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians
During my trip to the Tatra Mountains I have been to the historic town of Kezmarok (Käsmark) not far away from Levoca, which is another WHS. Kezmarok used to be …
Keep reading
Assif
30/10/11
Jerusalem (On tentative list)
Jerusalem
This extention encompasses Mount Zion just outside the city walls near the Zion Gate. This is one of two ajacent mountains, the other being the Olive Mountain, both of great …
Keep reading
Assif
03/06/11
No Image
Arbel (On tentative list)
Arbel
Mount Arbel (or Arbel Cliff) is a mountain near the Sea of Galilee with a lovely view of the lake. Apart from this I can hardly see any reason for …
Keep reading
Assif
15/05/11
Freiburg Cathedral (Removed from tentat…)
Freiburg Cathedral
I used to live and study in Freiburg and I enjoyed its picturesque old town a lot. The cathedral is certainly impressive, especially for a town that small. It is …
Keep reading
Assif
15/05/11
Modern Architecture of Montev… (On tentative list)
Modern Architecture of Montevideo
Montevideo is known for its Ciudad Vieja (Old City) which is mostly in Art Deco style with Palacio Selvo as the most iconic building. When I visited Uruguay Palacio Selvo …
Keep reading
Assif
15/05/11
Buenos Aires – La Plata (Removed from tentat…)
Buenos Aires – La Plata
The city of BA is a very pleasant and bustling city with much Neoclassical Eurpean style architecture. I do not know what reasons exactly might justify its inscription though. I …
Keep reading
Assif
28/12/09
Qhapaq Ñan (Inscribed)
Qhapaq Ñan
In Argentina this nomination includes multiple locations throughout the Eastern border from Jujuy to Mendosa. I guess it should include the Quebrada de Humahuaca as well. In Salta Province there …
Keep reading
Assif
28/12/09
Chamangá: A Rock Paintings Ar… (On tentative list)
Chamangá: A Rock Paintings Area
Chamanga was a true challenge to find. We went there by car from Montevideo travelling for two hours, first on a paved road and then 30 minutes on an unpaved …
Keep reading
Assif
12/12/09
Page 3 of 6