Pocitelj is situated on a hill near Mostar and is easily accessible by bus. As many other Bosnian sites, this town is Ottoman in style. It is a historic fortified …
Assif
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About Assif
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- April 2008
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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
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Reviews by Assif
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The historic urban site of Po… (On tentative list)
The historic urban site of Pocitelj
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Assif
23/09/08
Fortifications of Vauban (Inscribed)
Fortifications of Vauban
I've been to Neuf-Brisach (Neubreisach) in Alsace a few times (on my way to nearby beautiful and touristic Colmar). It is a small town near the German border with monstrous …
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Assif
08/07/08
Historic centre of Pavia and … (Removed from tentat…)
Historic centre of Pavia and Chartreuse
Pavia has the second largest Carthusian monastery in Italy (the largest by the way is Padula which is already on the list). It isn't far from Milan to go by …
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Assif
26/05/08
Padua’s fourteenth-century fr… (Inscribed)
Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
I went to Padua especially to see this marvelous Giotto capella and it was even more striking than I had expected. Giotto was indeed a genious. Padua by the way …
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Assif
26/05/08
Kosice (On tentative list)
Kosice
Kosice is a beautiful Central European town and despite being the second largest agglomeration in Slovakia with approximately half a million inhabitants it gives the visitor an impression of being …
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Assif
25/05/08
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White Mosque in Ramle (On tentative list)
White Mosque in Ramle
Ramle used to be the Arab capital of Israel during the Middle Ages and is the only town in Israel erected by the Arabs from a scratch. Surprisingly enough, although …
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Assif
25/05/08
Sea of Galilee (On tentative list)
Sea of Galilee
I cannot find out what exactly the proposed area should include. The Sea of Galilee, regardless of its Chritsian holy status, is indeed surrounded by numerous ancient sites. Their intergrity …
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Assif
25/05/08
Timna (On tentative list)
Timna
Timna is a marvellous geological park beautifully set in the Negev desert. It also shows the remains of an ancient copper mine, of the oldest of its sort in the …
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Assif
24/05/08
The Galilee Journeys of Jesus… (On tentative list)
The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles
I would like to review two of the proposed sites in this serial nomination: Nazareth and Seppheris.
Nazareth is a typical Arab town (and the largest in Israel). Its …
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Assif
24/05/08
The Crusader Fortresses (On tentative list)
The Crusader Fortresses
Israel offers several sites with ruins of Crusaders' fortresses (about a dozen of them including Aqua Bella, Chateau Pelerin, Yehiam). I have been to Montfort, Belvoir and Apolonia and there …
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Assif
24/05/08
Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvr… (Inscribed)
Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin
Bet Guvrin-Maresha is a large archaeological park with abundant testimonies to its different inhabitants in the course of history including Edomites, Phoenicians, Greeks, Jews, Romans, Crusaders and Arabs. The site …
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Assif
24/05/08
Early Synagogues in the Galil… (On tentative list)
Early Synagogues in the Galilee
It is true the Galilee is crowded with early synagogues (Peki'in, Gush Halav, Meron, Amud, Baram, Navoria - just to name a few). The most impressive site I've been to …
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Assif
24/05/08
Caesarea (On tentative list)
Caesarea
Despite having lived in Caesarea for several years I see no reason to inscribe it. Bet Shean is a much more impressive Roman city in Israel and is on the …
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Assif
24/05/08
Necropolis of Bet She'arim (Inscribed)
Necropolis of Bet She'arim
This site was a sacred Jewish burial place during the late Roman period, when Beth Shearim was among the most significant Jewish sites. The site became important when Rabbi Judah …
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Assif
24/05/08
Residence of Bukovinian & Dal… (Inscribed)
Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans
I've been to Czernovitz (Chernivtsi) in summer 2007 as a part of a genealogical trip. The city used to be populated with by Jews and Germans and this is still …
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Assif
24/05/08
Bet She'an (On tentative list)
Bet She'an
Bet Shean used to be the most important city in the Decapolis - an alliance of 6 Roman cities in the Levant. It was additionally the largest Roman city in …
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Assif
24/05/08
Bahá’i Holy Places (Inscribed)
Bahá’i Holy Places
The only Bahai site in Israel I've been to is the Bahai Temple in Haifa. It's situated atop the Carmel and overlooks the harbour and the German Colony. The gardens …
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Assif
24/05/08
Iron Trail with Erzberg and t… (On tentative list)
Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town of Steyr
The only part of this nomination I visited is the the town of Steyr. Steyr is one of many nice historical little towns in Central Europe. It's situated on the …
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Assif
24/05/08
Biblical Tells (Inscribed)
Biblical Tells
Megiddo is situated on a hill overlooking the Yizrael Valley. The view is beautiful. The site is one of the most important ones in Israel. I found it a bit …
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Assif
29/04/08
Kraków (Inscribed)
Kraków
I agree with everyone saying Cracow is a great city. I think so too. I would like to focus my review on my visit to Kazimierz - the Jewish ghetto …
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Assif
23/04/08
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