I was close to Bosra 5 months ago, when I visited Umm Al-Jimal. That Jordanian WHS lies just some 25km away and is said to have been within the …
Els Slots
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- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Hampi 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Ennedi Massif 5.0
- Taj Mahal 5.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.5
- Manu National Park 4.5
- Calakmul 4.5
- Nasca Lines 4.5
- Bali Subak system 4.5
- Ngorongoro 4.5
- Grand Canyon 4.5
- Kakadu National Park 4.5
- Sagarmatha National Park 4.5
- Florence 4.5
- Meroe 4.5
- Mountain Railways of India 4.5
- Caral-Supe 4.5
- Bukhara 4.5
- Granada 4.5
- Willandra Lakes 4.5
- Uluru 4.5
- Virunga National Park 4.5
- Sigiriya 4.5
- Ilulissat Icefjord 4.5
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 4.5
- Petra 4.5
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- Galapagos Islands 4.0
- Arab-Norman Palermo 4.0
- Ahwar of Southern Iraq 4.0
- Kunya-Urgench 4.0
- Damascus 4.0
- Rila Monastery 4.0
- Wadi Al-Hitan 4.0
- Tikal National Park 4.0
- St. Petersburg 4.0
- Altamira Cave 4.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.0
- Palenque 4.0
- Cordoba 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Lake Baikal 4.0
- Giant's Causeway 4.0
- Pattadakal 4.0
- Serra da Capivara 4.0
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments 4.0
- Samarkand 4.0
- Brazilian Atlantic Islands 4.0
- Beijing Central Axis 4.0
- Toledo 4.0
- Hani Rice Terraces 4.0
- The trulli of Alberobello 4.0
- Ravenna 4.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 4.0
- Mostar 4.0
- Los Glaciares 4.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 4.0
- Chan Chan 4.0
- Prague 4.0
- Ancient Kyoto 4.0
- Val di Noto 4.0
- Upper Svaneti 4.0
- Vatnajökull National Park 4.0
- Iguazu National Park 4.0
- Namib Sand Sea 4.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.0
- Acropolis 4.0
- Sangha Trinational 4.0
- Meteora 4.0
- Fujian Tulou 4.0
- Epidaurus 4.0
- Ancient Merv 4.0
- São Luis 4.0
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang 4.0
- Ancient Thebes 4.0
- Lakes of Ounianga 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 4.0
- Elvas 4.0
- Peninsula Valdes 4.0
- Ajanta Caves 4.0
- West Norwegian Fjords 4.0
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 4.0
- Sun Temple, Konarak 4.0
- Mahabalipuram 4.0
- Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha 4.0
- Chavin 4.0
- Chola Temples 4.0
- Kaziranga National Park 4.0
- Gulf of California 4.0
- Mesa Verde 4.0
- Surtsey 4.0
- Taxila 4.0
- Takht-e Soleyman 4.0
- Haghpat and Sanahin 4.0
- Medina of Fez 4.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 4.0
- Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi 4.0
- Sceilg Mhichíl 4.0
- Puebla 4.0
- Teide National Park 4.0
- Chichen-Itza 4.0
- Ancient Nara 4.0
- Rainforests of the Atsinanana 4.0
- Nubian Monuments 4.0
- Djenné 4.0
- Ouro Preto 4.0
- Rock Islands 4.0
- Selimiye Mosque 4.0
- Churches of Chiloé 4.0
- Gebel Barkal 4.0
- Pompei 4.0
- Cliff of Bandiagara 4.0
- Dougga/Thugga 4.0
- Nemrut Dag 4.0
- Hattusha 4.0
- Loire Valley 4.0
- Churches of Moldavia 4.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 4.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 4.0
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban 4.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 4.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 4.0
- Chitwan National Park 4.0
- Stone Town of Zanzibar 4.0
- Bagan 4.0
- Chaco Culture 4.0
- Orkhon Valley 4.0
- Gros Morne National Park 4.0
- Borobudur 4.0
- Wadi Rum 4.0
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex 4.0
- Arequipa 4.0
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.0
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.0
- Djoudj 4.0
- Viñales Valley 4.0
- Assisi 4.0
- Mana Pools 4.0
- Ogasawara Islands 4.0
- Great Zimbabwe 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Victoria Falls 4.0
- Yakushima 4.0
- Sukhothai 4.0
- Okavango Delta 4.0
- Dubrovnik 4.0
- Pantanal 4.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.0
- Vilnius 4.0
- Imperial Palace 4.0
- Mogao Caves 4.0
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 4.0
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 4.0
- Aachen Cathedral 4.0
- Aksum 4.0
- Lalibela 4.0
- Wulingyuan 4.0
- Gunung Mulu 4.0
- Western Tien-Shan 4.0
- Potala Palace 4.0
- Ping Yao 4.0
- Baalbek 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Seville 4.0
- Dazu Rock Carvings 4.0
- Kandy 4.0
- Hué 4.0
- Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos 4.0
- Ambohimanga 4.0
- Serengeti 4.0
- Churches of Peace 4.0
- Haeinsa Temple 4.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 4.0
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 3.5
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.5
- Stone Spheres of the Diquís 3.5
- Bolgar 3.5
- Nessebar 3.5
- Trang An 3.5
- Segovia 3.5
- Crac des Chevaliers 3.5
- Studenica Monastery 3.5
- Bursa and Cumalikizik 3.5
- Mystras 3.5
- Studley Royal Park 3.5
- Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves 3.5
- Sangay National Park 3.5
- Rani-ki-Vav 3.5
- Westminster 3.5
- Butrint 3.5
- Tower of London 3.5
- Golestan Palace 3.5
- Edinburgh 3.5
- Copán 3.5
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 3.5
- Rwenzori Mountains 3.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.5
- El Pinacate 3.5
- Simien National Park 3.5
- Mount Etna 3.5
- Mtskheta 3.5
- Gelati Monastery 3.5
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.5
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 3.5
- Cueva de las Manos 3.5
- Rhodes 3.5
- Olympia 3.5
- Delos 3.5
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 3.5
- Island of Patmos 3.5
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya 3.5
- Heritage of Mercury 3.5
- L'viv 3.5
- Ancient Ksour 3.5
- Huascaran National Park 3.5
- Lima 3.5
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo 3.5
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá 3.5
- Moenjodaro 3.5
- Takht-i-Bahi 3.5
- Makli, Thatta 3.5
- Pearling 3.5
- Volubilis 3.5
- Medina of Tétouan 3.5
- Guanajuato 3.5
- Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino 3.5
- Paquimé 3.5
- Monastery of Geghard 3.5
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 3.5
- Bassari Country 3.5
- Uxmal 3.5
- Causses and Cévennes 3.5
- Xochicalco 3.5
- Carthage 3.5
- Amphitheater of El Jem 3.5
- Kairouan 3.5
- Kilimanjaro National Park 3.5
- Longobards in Italy 3.5
- Villages with Fortified Churches 3.5
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites 3.5
- Fagus Factory 3.5
- Wooden Churches of Maramures 3.5
- Dacian Fortresses 3.5
- Angra do Heroismo 3.5
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 3.5
- Hiraizumi 3.5
- Anjar 3.5
- Byblos 3.5
- Tyre 3.5
- Qadisha Valley 3.5
- Prambanan 3.5
- Palmyra 3.5
- Brugge 3.5
- Old Havana 3.5
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios 3.5
- Split 3.5
- Plitvice Lakes 3.5
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 3.5
- Saloum Delta 3.5
- Fasil Ghebbi 3.5
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 3.5
- Pitons of Reunion 3.5
- Torun 3.5
- Malbork Castle 3.5
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 3.5
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 3.5
- Historic Cairo 3.5
- Tak'alik Ab'aj 3.5
- Santa Cruz de Mompox 3.5
- Tierradentro 3.5
- San Agustín 3.5
- Baroque Churches 3.5
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 3.5
- Mont-Saint-Michel 3.5
- Sambor Prei Kuk 3.5
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 3.5
- Vézère Valley 3.5
- Fontainebleau 3.5
- Royal Joseon Tombs 3.5
- Luang Prabang 3.5
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 3.5
- Trinity Sergius Lavra 3.5
- The Sundarbans 3.5
- Preah Vihear Temple 3.5
- Costiera Amalfitana 3.5
- Potosi 3.5
- Hegra 3.5
- Matera 3.5
- Ayutthaya 3.5
- Siena 3.5
- Tiwanaku 3.5
- Fuerte de Samaipata 3.5
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles 3.5
- Aquileia 3.5
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3.5
- Samarra 3.5
- Agrigento 3.5
- Villa Romana del Casale 3.5
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 3.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3.5
- Salvador de Bahia 3.5
- Bom Jesus do Congonhas 3.5
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana 3.5
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 3.5
- Gulf of Porto 3.5
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 3.5
- Bourges Cathedral 3.5
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 3.5
- Lyon 3.5
- Saint-Emilion 3.5
- Cesky Krumlov 3.5
- Kutna Hora 3.5
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 3.5
- Diamantina 3.5
- Teotihuacan 3.5
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 3.5
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3.5
- Québec 3.5
- Vienna 3.5
- Tsodilo 3.5
- Yungang Grottoes 3.5
- South China Karst 3.5
- Sewell Mining Town 3.5
- Iguacu 3.5
- Lamu Old Town 3.5
- Vat Phou 3.5
- Yin Xu 3.5
- Aranjuez 3.5
- Falun Great Copper Mountain 3.5
- Willemstad 3.5
- Ellora Caves 3.5
- Syracuse 3.5
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 3.5
- Soltaniyeh 3.5
- Vigan 3.5
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 3.5
- Paramaribo 3.5
- Berat and Gjirokastra 3.5
- Quebrada de Humahuaca 3.5
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka 3.5
- Everglades 3.5
- Discovery Coast 3.5
- Mapungubwe 3.5
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 3.5
- Pico Island 3.5
- Białowieża Forest 3.5
- Cape Floral Region 3.5
- Tasmanian Wilderness 3.5
- Um er-Rasas 3.5
- Thingvellir 3.5
- Divrigi 3.5
- Itchan Kala 3.5
- Khami Ruins 3.5
- Ohrid Region 3.5
- Anuradhapura 3.5
- Vall de Boi 3.5
- Curonian Spit 3.5
- Andrefana Dry Forests 3.5
- Polonnaruva 3.5
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 3.5
- Kinderdijk 3.5
- Tallinn 3.5
- Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng 3.5
- León Cathedral 3.5
- Old Town of Lijiang 3.5
- Ancient villages of Northern Syria 3.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.5
- Monastery of Batalha 3.5
- Vatican City 3.5
- Bauhaus Sites 3.5
- Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli 3.5
- Classical Weimar 3.5
- Yogyakarta 3.5
- Lençóis Maranhenses National Park 3.5
- Fatehpur Sikri 3.5
- Zagori Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Gordion 3.5
- Aleppo 3.5
- Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor 3.5
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 3.5
- Quanzhou 3.5
- Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple 3.5
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 3.5
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 3.5
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 3.5
- Humayun's Tomb 3.5
- Qutb Minar 3.5
- Churches and Convents of Goa 3.5
- Elephanta Caves 3.5
- Auschwitz Birkenau 3.5
- Sundarbans National Park 3.5
- Sanchi 3.5
- Hatra 3.5
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries 3.5
- Quseir Amra 3.5
- Nikko 3.5
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus 3.5
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 3.5
- Timbuktu 3.5
- Urnes Stave Church 3.5
- Rock Art of Alta 3.5
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 3.5
- Amami-Oshima Island 3.5
- St. George, Bermuda 3.5
- Land of Frankincense 3.5
- Visby 3.5
- Sheki 3.5
- Longmen Grottoes 3.5
- Los Alerces National Park 3.5
- Laponian Area 3.5
- Aphrodisias 3.5
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu 3.5
- Bosra 3.5
- Verona 3.5
- Sintra 3.5
- Göbekli Tepe 3.5
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 3.5
- Quito 3.5
- Ani 3.5
- Gusuku of Ryukyu 3.5
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 3.5
- Shirakami-Sanchi 3.5
- Robben Island 3.5
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 3.5
- Mount Taishan 3.5
- Great Wall 3.5
- Plain of Jars 3.5
- Jiuzhaigou Valley 3.5
- Huanglong 3.5
- Quirigua 3.5
- Summer Palace 3.5
- Temple of Heaven 3.5
- Mount Wuyi 3.5
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 3.5
- Hoi An 3.5
- My Son 3.5
- Mistaken Point 3.5
- Ephesus 3.5
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.0
- Xanthos-Letoon 3.0
- Safranbolu 3.0
- Belfries 3.0
- Flemish Béguinages 3.0
- Major Town Houses 3.0
- Oporto 3.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 3.0
- Speyer Cathedral 3.0
- Antigua Guatemala 3.0
- Himeji-jo 3.0
- Itsukushima Shrine 3.0
- Gammelstad 3.0
- Southern Öland 3.0
- Salamanca 3.0
- Agra Fort 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 3.0
- Asturian Monuments 3.0
- Salzburg 3.0
- Semmering Railway 3.0
- Schönbrunn 3.0
- Graz 3.0
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Walled City of Baku 3.0
- Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur 3.0
- Mir Castle 3.0
- Belize Barrier Reef 3.0
- Sucre 3.0
- Olinda 3.0
- Brasilia 3.0
- Atlantic Forest South-East 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Monticello 3.0
- Taos Pueblo 3.0
- Carlsbad Caverns 3.0
- Shakhrisyabz 3.0
- Birka and Hovgarden 3.0
- Engelsberg Ironworks 3.0
- Kinabalu Park 3.0
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 3.0
- Santo Domingo 3.0
- Trier 3.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 3.0
- Potsdam 3.0
- Quedlinburg 3.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.0
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.0
- Bamberg 3.0
- Völklingen Ironworks 3.0
- Messel Pit 3.0
- Reichenau 3.0
- El Escurial 3.0
- Santiago de Compostela 3.0
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 3.0
- Garajonay 3.0
- Mérida 3.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 3.0
- San Cristobal de La Laguna 3.0
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary 3.0
- Brú na Bóinne 3.0
- Riga 3.0
- Ruins of León Viejo 3.0
- Colonia del Sacramento 3.0
- Røros 3.0
- Bryggen 3.0
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 3.0
- Gyeongju 3.0
- Isole Eolie 3.0
- Imperial Tombs 3.0
- Holy Trinity Column 3.0
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 3.0
- Bardejov Town 3.0
- Xidi and Hongcun 3.0
- Abbey of St Gall 3.0
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP 3.0
- Fossil Hominid Sites 3.0
- Paphos 3.0
- Huangshan 3.0
- Mountain Resort, Chengde 3.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 3.0
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn 3.0
- Mount Kenya 3.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 3.0
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 3.0
- Pirin National Park 3.0
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 3.0
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.0
- Stari Ras and Sopocani 3.0
- Durmitor National Park 3.0
- Kotor 3.0
- Ironbridge Gorge 3.0
- Stonehenge and Avebury 3.0
- Gwynedd Castles 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- Island of Gorée 3.0
- Forts and Castles Gold Coast 3.0
- Asante Traditional Buildings 3.0
- Thessalonika 3.0
- Banska Stiavnica 3.0
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 3.0
- Banc d'Arguin 3.0
- Rohtas Fort 3.0
- Morelia 3.0
- El Tajin 3.0
- Hospicio Cabañas 3.0
- Kerkuane 3.0
- Medina of Sousse 3.0
- Monastery of Horezu 3.0
- Monastery of Alcobaça 3.0
- Castel del Monte 3.0
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.0
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 3.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.0
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 3.0
- Cartagena 3.0
- Chartres Cathedral 3.0
- Arles 3.0
- Strasbourg 3.0
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 3.0
- Petäjävesi Old Church 3.0
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 3.0
- Crespi d'Adda 3.0
- San Gimignano 3.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.0
- Naples 3.0
- Ferrara 3.0
- Urbino 3.0
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 3.0
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- Canal du Midi 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 3.0
- Litomysl Castle 3.0
- L'Anse aux Meadows 3.0
- Miguasha National Park 3.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- Guimarães 3.0
- Tombs of Buganda Kings 3.0
- Derwent Valley Mills 3.0
- New Lanark 3.0
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex 3.0
- Three parallel rivers of Yunnan 3.0
- Kunta Kinteh Island 3.0
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda 3.0
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 3.0
- Matobo Hills 3.0
- Mazagan 3.0
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 3.0
- Champaner-Pavagadh 3.0
- Tanbaly 3.0
- Novodevichy Convent 3.0
- Kernavė 3.0
- Shiretoko 3.0
- Vredefort Dome 3.0
- Nesvizh 3.0
- Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works 3.0
- Le Havre 3.0
- Qal'at al-Bahrain 3.0
- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries 3.0
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.0
- Stone Circles of Senegambia 3.0
- Tequila 3.0
- Genoa 3.0
- Aflaj irrigation system 3.0
- Jeju 3.0
- Sydney Opera House 3.0
- Kaiping Diaolou 3.0
- Bordeaux 3.0
- Corfu 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine 3.0
- Twyfelfontein 3.0
- Nisa 3.0
- Gobustan Rock Art 3.0
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- Fortifications of Vauban 3.0
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 3.0
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs 3.0
- Saryarka 3.0
- San Miguel de Allende 3.0
- Rhaetian Railway 3.0
- Wadden Sea 3.0
- Dolomites 3.0
- Sulaiman-Too 3.0
- Tower of Hercules 3.0
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 3.0
- Australian Convict Sites 3.0
- Jantar Mantar 3.0
- Hahoe and Yangdong 3.0
- Albi 3.0
- Thang Long 3.0
- Kenya Lake System 3.0
- West Lake 3.0
- Coffee Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Al Ain 3.0
- Serra de Tramuntana 3.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 3.0
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 3.0
- Rio de Janeiro 3.0
- Western Ghats 3.0
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 3.0
- Fujisan 3.0
- University of Coimbra 3.0
- Red Bay Basque Whaling Station 3.0
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 3.0
- Medici Villas and Gardens 3.0
- Van Nellefabriek 3.0
- Corvey 3.0
- Namhansanseong 3.0
- Grand Canal 3.0
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 3.0
- Pyu Ancient Cities 3.0
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 3.0
- Pergamon 3.0
- Poverty Point 3.0
- Stevns Klint 3.0
- Blue and John Crow Mountains 3.0
- Burgundy 3.0
- Fray Bentos 3.0
- Tusi Sites 3.0
- Baekje Historic Areas 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- Forth Bridge 3.0
- Rjukan / Notodden 3.0
- Kaeng Krachan Forest 3.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.0
- Stecci 3.0
- Archaeological site of Philippi 3.0
- Nalanda 3.0
- Umm Al-Jimāl 3.0
- Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 3.0
- Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies 3.0
- Antequera Dolmens Site 3.0
- Pampulha 3.0
- Kulangsu 3.0
- Caves and Ice Age Art 3.0
- Naumburg Cathedral 3.0
- Babylon 3.0
- Sviyazhsk 3.0
- Talayotic Menorca 3.0
- Ivrea 3.0
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 3.0
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes 3.0
- Medina Azahara 3.0
- Roșia Montană 3.0
- Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines 3.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.0
- Memorial Sites of Genocide 3.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 3.0
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3.0
- Paraty and Ilha Grande 3.0
- Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu 3.0
- Jomon Prehistoric Sites 3.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 3.0
- Cordouan Lighthouse 3.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 3.0
- Koh Ker 3.0
- Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas 3.0
- Via Appia 3.0
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 3.0
- Gedi 3.0
- Khinalig 3.0
- Old Town of Galle 3.0
- Horyu-ji Area 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Cahokia Mounds 3.0
- City of Luxembourg 3.0
- Joya de Ceren 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Donana National Park 3.0
- Fort and Shalamar Gardens 3.0
- Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco 3.0
- Hortobágy 3.0
- Versailles 3.0
- Old Town Lunenburg 3.0
- Zollverein 3.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3.0
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 3.0
- Kii Mountain Range 3.0
- Cidade Velha 3.0
- Tabriz Bazaar 3.0
- Rabat 3.0
- Bom Jesus do Monte 3.0
- Niah Caves 3.0
- Ban Chiang 3.0
- 17th Century Port Royal 3.0
- Mount Athos 2.5
- Guanacaste 2.5
- Niokolo-Koba National Park 2.5
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 2.5
- Maritime Greenwich 2.5
- Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia 2.5
- Morne Trois Pitons 2.5
- Erbil Citadel 2.5
- Tomioka Silk Mill 2.5
- Historic Jeddah 2.5
- Valletta 2.5
- Rock Carvings in Tanum 2.5
- Mammoth Cave 2.5
- Independence Hall 2.5
- Phu Phrabat 2.5
- Champagne 2.5
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 2.5
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.5
- Bagerhat 2.5
- Boyana Church 2.5
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 2.5
- Kazan Kremlin 2.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 2.5
- Lushan National Park 2.5
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 2.5
- Canterbury 2.5
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- Lübeck 2.5
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.5
- Lake District 2.5
- Keoladeo National Park 2.5
- Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan 2.5
- Church of Atlántida 2.5
- Bellinzone 2.5
- Pienza 2.5
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2.5
- Qalhat 2.5
- Liangzhu Archaeological Site 2.5
- Skocjan Caves 2.5
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun 2.5
- Tarraco 2.5
- Muskauer Park 2.5
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 2.5
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 2.5
- Trebic 2.5
- Valparaiso 2.5
- San Antonio Missions 2.5
- Migratory Bird Sanctuaries China 2.5
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.5
- Macao 2.5
- Cienfuegos 2.5
- Medina of Essaouira 2.5
- Thimlich Ohinga 2.5
- Vizcaya Bridge 2.5
- Tugendhat Villa 2.5
- Cologne Cathedral 2.5
- Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands 2.5
- Arslantepe Mound 2.5
- Cuenca 2.5
- Nancy 2.5
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 2.5
- Nice 2.5
- Si Thep 2.5
- Kuldiga 2.5
- Würzburg Residence 2.5
- Camagüey 2.5
- Mijikenda Kaya Forests 2.5
- Reims 2.5
- Poblet Monastery 2.5
- Vézelay 2.5
- Pannonhalma 2.5
- Ibiza 2.5
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 2.5
- Zamość 2.5
- Warsaw 2.5
- Avila 2.5
- Trogir 2.5
- Medina of Tunis 2.5
- Wartburg Castle 2.5
- Luther Memorials 2.5
- Tlacotalpan 2.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.5
- Zacatecas 2.5
- Meknes 2.5
- Mycenae and Tiryns 2.5
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 2.5
- Çatalhöyük 2.5
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.5
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 2.0
- Sighisoara 2.0
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 2.0
- San Marino and Mount Titano 2.0
- Danube Delta 2.0
- Choirokoitia 2.0
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.0
- Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens 2.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 2.0
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 2.0
- Hopewell 2.0
- Bahla Fort 2.0
- ESMA Site Museum 2.0
- Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art 2.0
- Alcala de Henares 2.0
- Mount Sanqingshan 2.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 2.0
- Vlkolinec 2.0
- Sammallahdenmäki 2.0
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 2.0
- Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius 2.0
- Peking Man Site 2.0
- Fort Jesus 2.0
- Old Rauma 2.0
- Moidams 2.0
- Orange 2.0
- Vegaøyan 2.0
- Central Highlands 2.0
- Val d'Orcia 2.0
- Margravial Opera House 2.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 2.0
- Kew Gardens 2.0
- Úbeda and Baeza 2.0
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 2.0
- Dacian Limes 2.0
- Kronborg Castle 2.0
- Mafra 2.0
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai 2.0
- Monte San Giorgio 2.0
- Hollókö 2.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 2.0
- Tokaji Wine Region 2.0
- Cold winter deserts of Turan 2.0
- Colonies of Benevolence 2.0
- Querétaro 2.0
- Camino Real 2.0
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 2.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 2.0
- Saltaire 2.0
- Island of Saint-Louis 2.0
- The Four Lifts 2.0
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 2.0
- Caves of Yagul and Mitla 2.0
- Aapravasi Ghat 2.0
- Provins 2.0
- Risco Caido 2.0
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 2.0
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 2.0
- São Francisco Square 2.0
- Grimeton Radio Station 2.0
- Las Medulas 2.0
- China Danxia 2.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 2.0
- Holasovice 2.0
- Troy 2.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2.0
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge 2.0
- Campeche 2.0
- Rideau Canal 2.0
- Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos 2.0
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 2.0
- Amiens Cathedral 2.0
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales 2.0
- ShUM Sites 2.0
- Ichkeul National Park 2.0
- Cuzco 2.0
- Gorham's Cave Complex 2.0
- Al Zubarah 2.0
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.0
- Laurisilva of Madeira 2.0
- Genbaku Dome 2.0
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats 2.0
- Hedeby and Danevirke 2.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.0
- Lumbini 2.0
- Telc 2.0
- Palmeral of Elche 2.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 2.0
- Chinchorro Culture 2.0
- Modena 2.0
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 2.0
- Blenheim Palace 2.0
- Modernist Kaunas 2.0
- Evora 2.0
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe 2.0
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 2.0
- Par force hunting landscape 2.0
- Drottningholm 2.0
- Le Morne 2.0
- Žatec – Landscape of Hops 2.0
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 2.0
- Madara Rider 2.0
- Okinoshima Island 2.0
- As-Salt 2.0
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2.0
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2.0
- Caceres 2.0
- Royal Palace at Caserta 2.0
- Burgos Cathedral 2.0
- Sado Island Gold Mines 2.0
- Old City of Berne 1.5
- Bahá’i Holy Places 1.5
- Santiniketan 1.5
- Danube Limes 1.5
- Gaya Tumuli 1.5
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 1.5
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 1.5
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.5
- Bridgetown 1.5
- Evaporitic Karst and Caves 1.5
- Regensburg 1.5
- Kladruby nad Labem 1.5
- Centennial Hall 1.5
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 1.5
- Neolithic Orkney 1.5
- Chengjiang Fossil Site 1.5
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 1.5
- Sangiran Early Man Site 1.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 1.5
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 1.5
- Srebarna Nature Reserve 1.5
- Stari Grad Plain 1.5
- Valongo Wharf 1.5
- Grand Pré 1.5
- Chaîne des Puys 1.5
- Ahmadabad 1.5
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine 1.5
- Djerba 1.5
- Sítio Roberto Burle Marx 1.5
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses 1.0
- Lenggong Valley 1.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 1.0
- Alto Douro 1.0
- Royal Exhibition Building 1.0
- Hyrcanian Forests 1.0
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst 1.0
- Sian Ka'an 1.0
- Turaif Quarter 1.0
- Schokland 1.0
- Lower German Limes 1.0
- Stoclet House 1.0
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 1.0
- Dilmun Burial Mounds 1.0
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 1.0
- The Prosecco Hills 1.0
- Atapuerca 1.0
- Beemster Polder 1.0
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 1.0
- Karlskrona 1.0
Tentative Sites
- Old City of Mosul
- Sarajevo
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt
- Jerash Archaeological City
- Yapese Disk Money Regional Sites
- Moulay Idriss Zerhoun
- Benguela Current
- Etosha Pan
- Ram Janaki Temple
- City of Granada and its natural environment
- Svalbard Archipelago
- Sultan Bayezid II Complex
- Aalto Works
- Wooden Monasteries of Konbaung Period
- Ancient City of Kaunos
- La Haute Ville d’Antananarivo
- Ancien site industriel de Mantasoa
- Mughal and Colonial Temples of Bangladesh
- Hejaz Railway
- Port of Banbhore
- Uch Sharif monuments
- Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam
- Grand Trunk Road sites
- Tombs of Jahangir, Asif Khan and Akbari Sarai
- Modern Architecture of Montevideo
- Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins NPs
- Fell and Pali Aike Caves
- Fishriver Canyon
- Naletale Cluster of Dzimbabwes
- China-Egypt hydrological sites
- Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta
- Alba Julia
- Triolet French Drugstore
- Sumela Monastery
- Valle Calchaquí
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Hikone-Jo
- Sun Temple, Modhera
- Ekamra Kshetra
- The Qutb Shahi Monuments of Hyderabad
- Tarrafal Concentration Camp
- Wazir Khans Mosque, Lahore
- Gorge of Samaria National Park
- Dzongs
- The mausoleum of Nakhichevan
- Garni and the ‘Basalt Organ’ Columnar Joint
- Tatev Monastery and Vorotan Gorge
- National Museum of Qatar
- Cultural Landscape of Mahasthan and Karatoya River
- Chiang Mai
- Central Park
- Apamee
- Noréas de Hama
- Ugrarit
- Ancient Kamakura
- Amarbayasgalant monastery
- Badshahi Mosque, Lahore
- Chaukhandi Tombs, Karachi
- Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites
- Asuka-Fujiwara
- Centre historique d'Irkoutsk
- Ananuri
- Chor-Bakr
- Bahoutdin Architectural Complex
- Ngwenya Mines
- Baghdad Rusafa
- Anatolian Seljuks Madrasahs
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers
- Egyptian Museum
- Enclos paroissiaux du Finistère
- Sharjah: the Gate to Trucial States
- Harran and Sanliurfa
- Chobe Linyanti System
- Old Dongola
- The Royal Sites of Ireland
- The Medieval Town of Tansen
- Lalish Temple
- Dana Biosphere Reserve
- Torfajökull Volcanic System / Fjallabak Reserve
- Mývatn and Laxá
- The Turf House Tradition
- Archaeological Sites of the Ancient Shu State
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- Ancient cities of Upper Myanmar
- Corcovado and Isla del Cano
- Bishop's Basilica and Mosaics of Philippopolis
- Silk Roads Sites in Kyrgyzstan
- Lake Tana Island Monasteries and Wetland
- Amazonia Theaters
- Ver-o-Peso
- Serra da Capivara National Park
- Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento
- The Historical City of Masouleh
- Varanasi
- The Archeological complex of Banteay Chhmar
- Iznik
- Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization
- Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization
- Khor Dubai
- Baltic Klint
- L'Ile d'Arwad
- Uplistsikhe Cave Town
- The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia
- Surakhany, Atashgyakh
- The Danube Limes (Croatia)
- Fortifications at Komárno
- Hôpital Notre-Dame à La Rose - Lessines
- Kokino Archaeo-astronomical Site
- L'amphitheatre de Durres
- Centre ancien de Sarlat
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- Medieval Settlement of Kirtipur
- The Historical Port City of Izmir
- Alvaro Siza's Architecture
- Vila Viçosa
- Old Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Batroun
- The Ancient City of Nineveh
- Sites of the Busan Wartime Capital
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco)
- Bouches de Bonifacio
- Tartus
- Plantations in West Curacao
- Les sites à fossiles néandertaliens de Wallonie
- Saar Heritage Park
- Barbar Temple
- Manama
- Kaboud Mosque
- Les coules de Petite Valachie
- Derawar and the Desert Forts of Cholistan
- Amedy city
- Le palais de Princes Eveques de Liège
- Centre historique de Praia
- The Bachkovo Monastery
- Azraq
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum
- Cara Sucia / El Imposible
- Chalchuapa
- Ciudad Vieja / La Bermuda
- Canal del Dique - Dike Canal
- Ancient Greek Theatres
- Civita di Bagnoregio
- Tet el Bad
- La Rambla de la Cité de Montevideo
- Nahr el-Kalb
- Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble
- Pobiti Kamani Natural Monument
- San Pedro de Atacama
- Les citadelles mosanes
- Delhi - A Heritage City
- Casablanca
- Paysage culturel d'Azougui
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles
- Andaman Sea Nature Reserves of Thailand
- Sungai Buloh Leprosarium
- Baquedano Street
- Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise
- 984 157
- Locations
- 237
- Zones
- 268
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Reviews by Els Slots
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Maaloula (On tentative list)
Maaloula - Feast of the Cross
One of the charms of Northern Iraq, Northern Syria and Lebanon is the existence of remote Christian sites. Sometimes these are relict landscapes, but there are also thriving religious communities. …
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Els Slots
27/09/25
L'Ile d'Arwad (On tentative list)
Arwad
Arwad is a small island that was settled in the early 2nd millennium BC by the Phoenicians. The still inhabited island lies across the sea from the Syrian port of …
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Els Slots
19/09/25
Ugrarit (On tentative list)
Ugarit
The Tentative Site of Ugarit (or Ugrarit) lies just outside the Syrian coastal city of Latakia. The archeological site is fenced, staffed, has some information panels in Arabic, English and …
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Els Slots
19/09/25
Apamee (On tentative list)
Apamea
Let's start this sobering review with a Fun Fact: Apamea was named after Apamee, the first wife of Seleucid ruler Seleucus I Nicator (c. 358 BC – 281 BC). His …
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Els Slots
18/09/25
Ancient villages of Northern … (Inscribed)
Serjilla
The Ancient Villages of Northern Syria have been inaccessible during Syria’s Civil War due to their proximity to the front line between the Syrian Army and the “rebel” capital of …
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Els Slots
17/09/25
Aleppo (Inscribed)
Ruined
Along with Palmyra, Aleppo presents the saddest story among Syria’s WHS. Tours in the past would allocate two days to it, spending the night in one of the traditional Syrian …
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Els Slots
16/09/25
Crac des Chevaliers (Inscribed)
Castles of Syria
When I started preparing for a visit to this WHS, I was wondering why this site is not limited to the famous Crac des Chevaliers only, but also includes Saladin …
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Els Slots
14/09/25
Palmyra (Inscribed)
Palmyra
Palmyra is pretty far ‘out there’: on the 3-hour drive from Damascus, the only thing we saw was desert. It still needs a special permit to access (I visited in …
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Els Slots
13/09/25
Noréas de Hama (On tentative list)
Waterwheels of Hama
The waterwheels of Hama are one of the most iconic images of Syria. With their history of lifting water and supplying it into aqueducts to be used for irrigation since …
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Els Slots
12/09/25
Damascus (Inscribed)
Hidden treasures of Damascus
Somehow Damascus felt very familiar: it is the quintessential Old Town of the Middle East, with narrow alleyways and busy souks selling everything, from spices to lingerie. Numerous comparisons came …
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Els Slots
07/09/25
Rachid Karami International F… (Inscribed)
The White Elephant of Tripoli
A visit to Tripoli’s Rachid Karami International Fair Grounds not only brought me one ‘tick’ closer to 1,000, but it also corrected a very annoying near miss that I had …
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Els Slots
06/09/25
Nahr el-Kalb (On tentative list)
Nahr el-Kalb
The commemorative stelae of Nahr el-Kalb have always fascinated me, although this quirky site probably already has earned enough international recognition by its inscription in the Memory of the World …
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Els Slots
05/09/25
Wooded meadows (On tentative list)
Wooded Meadows
Estonia’s Tentative List isn’t exactly a cause for excitement, and an entry just called “Wooded meadows” sounds even less appealing than “Baltic Klint”. Still, these wooded meadows are a typical …
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Els Slots
23/08/25
Struve Geodetic Arc (Inscribed)
Struve's Roots
Visiting your first component of the Struve Geodetic Arc is a rite of passage for a WH Traveller: it marks the moment that you have gone from a tourist enjoying …
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Els Slots
21/08/25
Baltic Klint (On tentative list)
Estonian Klint
The Baltic Klint is actually the North Estonian Klint, a site that has been on Estonia’s dormant Tentative List since 2004. Although we have put in a good community effort …
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Els Slots
20/08/25
Tallinn (Inscribed)
Tallinn: All Vertical
After 24(!) years, I returned to Tallinn. My first visit in 2001 was a day trip by ferry from Helsinki; this time, I stayed for 1.5 days as part of …
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Els Slots
20/08/25
Thimlich Ohinga (Inscribed)
Thimlich Ohinga
Even seven years after its inscription as a WHS, Thimlich Ohinga is still one of the 20 least visited by our members. Only three were there before me, and this …
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Els Slots
04/07/25
Kenya Lake System (Inscribed)
Kenya Lake System
It’s a miracle that this WHS is not In Danger, or that this issue is not being discussed. Since approximately 2015, the Kenyan Lake System has experienced severe flooding. The …
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Els Slots
01/07/25
Lamu Old Town (Inscribed)
Lamu Old Town
I stayed for two nights in a renovated traditional house along one of the narrow alleyways of the Old Town of Lamu. I enjoyed being woken up by the call …
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Els Slots
26/06/25
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