Novodevichy Convent is a real treasure of Moscow apart from the famous Kremlin and Red Square, with the interesting historical link with Russian imperial family in every perspectives; served as …
Frederik Dawson
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My most impressive site: Rapa Nui, Yellowstone
My proposal for a new site: Royal palaces and temples in Bangkok / Engineering Feats of Niagara Falls / Panama Canal / Haussmann's Paris
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About Frederik Dawson
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World Heritage Sites
- Gunung Mulu 5.0
- Te Wahipounamu 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Teotihuacan 5.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 5.0
- Yellowstone 5.0
- Dolomites 4.5
- Ellora Caves 4.5
- Machu Picchu 4.5
- Vienna 4.5
- Chichen-Itza 4.5
- Ravenna 4.5
- Mesa Verde 4.5
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.5
- St. Petersburg 4.5
- Uxmal 4.5
- Bukhara 4.5
- Wulingyuan 4.5
- Samarkand 4.5
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.5
- Redwood 4.5
- Siena 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Rock Islands 4.5
- Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing 4.5
- Sukhothai 4.5
- Granada 4.5
- Vatican City 4.5
- Rome 4.5
- Florence 4.5
- Grand Canyon 4.5
- Loire Valley 4.5
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 4.5
- Borobudur 4.5
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 4.5
- Prambanan 4.5
- Glacier parks 4.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.5
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 4.5
- Ajanta Caves 4.5
- Vatnajökull National Park 4.5
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- West Norwegian Fjords 4.5
- Nasca Lines 4.5
- Ancient Kyoto 4.5
- Bauhaus Sites 4.0
- Acropolis 4.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.0
- Koh Ker 4.0
- Itsukushima Shrine 4.0
- Seville 4.0
- Toledo 4.0
- Edinburgh 4.0
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 4.0
- South China Karst 4.0
- Summer Palace 4.0
- Temple of Heaven 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Québec 4.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.0
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.0
- Three parallel rivers of Yunnan 4.0
- Cesky Krumlov 4.0
- Hué 4.0
- Dazu Rock Carvings 4.0
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 4.0
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 4.0
- Itchan Kala 4.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 4.0
- Gwynedd Castles 4.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.0
- Ayutthaya 4.0
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 4.0
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 4.0
- Kinabalu Park 4.0
- Great Wall 4.0
- Polonnaruva 4.0
- Chan Chan 4.0
- Grand Canal 4.0
- Cuzco 4.0
- Lyon 4.0
- Assisi 4.0
- Carlsbad Caverns 4.0
- Chaco Culture 4.0
- Mont-Saint-Michel 4.0
- Taos Pueblo 4.0
- Grand Place, Brussels 4.0
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4.0
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 4.0
- Historic Cairo 4.0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 4.0
- Brugge 4.0
- Lake District 4.0
- Longmen Grottoes 4.0
- Sigiriya 4.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 4.0
- Major Town Houses 4.0
- Old Town of Lijiang 4.0
- Canterbury 4.0
- Schönbrunn 4.0
- Fatehpur Sikri 4.0
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 4.0
- Versailles 4.0
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 4.0
- Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha 4.0
- Vézère Valley 4.0
- Taj Mahal 4.0
- Churches of Peace 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Westminster 4.0
- Bali Subak system 4.0
- Ujung Kulon National Park 4.0
- Plain of Jars 4.0
- The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria 4.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 4.0
- Tugendhat Villa 4.0
- Cordoba 4.0
- Ping Yao 4.0
- Sambor Prei Kuk 4.0
- Pyu Ancient Cities 4.0
- Ancient Nara 4.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 4.0
- Skocjan Caves 4.0
- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries 4.0
- Segovia 4.0
- Bom Jesus do Monte 3.5
- Sydney Opera House 3.5
- Albi 3.5
- Everglades 3.5
- Bellinzone 3.5
- Avignon 3.5
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 3.5
- Bordeaux 3.5
- Bourges Cathedral 3.5
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.5
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 3.5
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 3.5
- Blenheim Palace 3.5
- Causses and Cévennes 3.5
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 3.5
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 3.5
- Kew Gardens 3.5
- Valletta 3.5
- Stonehenge and Avebury 3.5
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Avila 3.5
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 3.5
- Salamanca 3.5
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 3.5
- Fontainebleau 3.5
- Trinity Sergius Lavra 3.5
- Pienza 3.5
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 3.5
- Medici Villas and Gardens 3.5
- Nancy 3.5
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.5
- FRIM Selangor 3.5
- Yogyakarta 3.5
- Strasbourg 3.5
- Nan Madol 3.5
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.5
- Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas 3.5
- Kinderdijk 3.5
- Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto 3.5
- Fujisan 3.5
- Genbaku Dome 3.5
- Gusuku of Ryukyu 3.5
- Himeji-jo 3.5
- Kii Mountain Range 3.5
- Nikko 3.5
- Yungang Grottoes 3.5
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 3.5
- Hoi An 3.5
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang 3.5
- Aquileia 3.5
- Trang An 3.5
- Tubbataha Reefs 3.5
- Western Tien-Shan 3.5
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai 3.5
- Preah Vihear Temple 3.5
- China Danxia 3.5
- My Son 3.5
- Valparaiso 3.5
- Arequipa 3.5
- Manu National Park 3.5
- Santiago de Compostela 3.5
- Salzburg 3.5
- Mammoth Cave 3.5
- Statue of Liberty 3.5
- Genoa 3.5
- Aachen Cathedral 3.5
- San Gimignano 3.5
- Verona 3.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.5
- Villa d'Este 3.5
- Quito 3.5
- Agra Fort 3.5
- Churches and Convents of Goa 3.5
- Humayun's Tomb 3.5
- Oporto 3.5
- Western Ghats 3.5
- Mount Wutai 3.5
- City of Luxembourg 3.5
- Urnes Stave Church 3.5
- Van Nellefabriek 3.5
- Yakushima 3.5
- Bahla Fort 3.5
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 3.5
- Tropical Rainforest Sumatra 3.5
- Belem 3.5
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 3.5
- Monastery of Batalha 3.5
- Sintra 3.5
- Bamberg 3.5
- Olympia 3.5
- Corfu 3.5
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 3.5
- Lübeck 3.5
- Luther Memorials 3.5
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Regensburg 3.5
- Berat and Gjirokastra 3.5
- Trier 3.5
- Wartburg Castle 3.5
- Mystras 3.5
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3.5
- Mycenae and Tiryns 3.5
- Puebla 3.5
- West Lake 3.5
- Tongariro National Park 3.5
- Alto Douro 3.5
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 3.5
- Olympic National Park 3.5
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 3.5
- Visby 3.5
- Anuradhapura 3.5
- Maritime Greenwich 3.0
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites 3.0
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 3.0
- Semmering Railway 3.0
- Pearling 3.0
- Flemish Béguinages 3.0
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 3.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 3.0
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 3.0
- Imperial Tombs 3.0
- Macao 3.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 3.0
- Champagne 3.0
- Chartres Cathedral 3.0
- Orange 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- Reims 3.0
- Saint-Emilion 3.0
- Gyeongju 3.0
- Haeinsa Temple 3.0
- Hahoe and Yangdong 3.0
- Hwaseong Fortress 3.0
- Horyu-ji Area 3.0
- Shiretoko 3.0
- Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng 3.0
- Sangay National Park 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- Huascaran National Park 3.0
- Lima 3.0
- Independence Hall 3.0
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3.0
- Elephanta Caves 3.0
- Jantar Mantar 3.0
- Qutb Minar 3.0
- Pannonhalma 3.0
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn 3.0
- University of Coimbra 3.0
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 3.0
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 3.0
- Speyer Cathedral 3.0
- Stralsund and Wismar 3.0
- Würzburg Residence 3.0
- Camino Real 3.0
- Sian Ka'an 3.0
- Drottningholm 3.0
- Southern Öland 3.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 3.0
- Old Town of Galle 3.0
- Sinharaja Forest 3.0
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 3.0
- Old City of Berne 3.0
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 3.0
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- Forth Bridge 3.0
- Studley Royal Park 3.0
- El Escurial 3.0
- Novgorod 3.0
- Novodevichy Convent 3.0
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- Qal'at al-Bahrain 3.0
- Luang Prabang 3.0
- Ferrara 3.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 3.0
- Urbino 3.0
- Val d'Orcia 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 3.0
- Litomysl Castle 3.0
- Cuenca 3.0
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River 3.0
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 3.0
- Mount Etna 3.0
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 3.0
- Hawaii Volcanoes 3.0
- Kaeng Krachan Forest 3.0
- Wadden Sea 3.0
- Burgundy 3.0
- Vézelay 3.0
- Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves 3.0
- Darien National Park 3.0
- Willemstad 3.0
- León Cathedral 3.0
- Joya de Ceren 3.0
- Paphos 3.0
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 3.0
- Epidaurus 3.0
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 3.0
- Fagus Factory 3.0
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.0
- Quedlinburg 3.0
- Røros 3.0
- Bryggen 3.0
- Ban Chiang 3.0
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 3.0
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 3.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.0
- Abbey of St Gall 3.0
- Guanacaste 3.0
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 3.0
- Amiens Cathedral 3.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 3.0
- Jeju 3.0
- Kaiping Diaolou 3.0
- Central Highlands 3.0
- Pimachiowin Aki 3.0
- Antequera Dolmens Site 3.0
- Phu Phrabat 3.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 3.0
- Naumburg Cathedral 3.0
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 3.0
- Amami-Oshima Island 3.0
- Gaya Tumuli 3.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 3.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 3.0
- Si Thep 3.0
- Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor 3.0
- Cold winter deserts of Turan 3.0
- Niah Caves 3.0
- Beijing Central Axis 3.0
- Cambodian Memorial Sites 3.0
- Belfries 3.0
- Yaroslavl 2.5
- Royal Joseon Tombs 2.5
- Jongmyo Shrine 2.5
- Guimarães 2.5
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 2.5
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 2.5
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 2.5
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region 2.5
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 2.5
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.5
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2.5
- Baroque Churches 2.5
- Ivrea 2.5
- Kutna Hora 2.5
- Centennial Hall 2.5
- Völklingen Ironworks 2.5
- Tower of London 2.5
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 2.5
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 2.5
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 2.5
- Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies 2.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 2.5
- Telc 2.5
- Monastery of Alcobaça 2.5
- Baekje Historic Areas 2.5
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 2.5
- Falun Great Copper Mountain 2.5
- Aflaj irrigation system 2.5
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo 2.5
- Namhansanseong 2.5
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 2.5
- Mafra 2.5
- Rjukan / Notodden 2.5
- Surtsey 2.5
- Choirokoitia 2.5
- Graz 2.5
- Aranjuez 2.5
- Papahanaumokuakea 2.5
- Evaporitic Karst and Caves 2.5
- Yen Tu 2.5
- Engelsberg Ironworks 2.5
- Red Fort 2.5
- Keoladeo National Park 2.5
- Provins 2.5
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 2.5
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 2.5
- Thingvellir 2.5
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 2.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.5
- Stone Spheres of the Diquís 2.5
- Kronborg Castle 2.5
- Butrint 2.5
- Evora 2.5
- San Antonio Missions 2.5
- Via Appia 2.5
- Cahokia Mounds 2.5
- Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan 2.5
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.5
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.5
- Campeche 2.5
- The Four Lifts 2.5
- Zollverein 2.5
- Vat Phou 2.5
- Shakhrisyabz 2.5
- Kladruby nad Labem 2.5
- Thang Long 2.5
- Tomioka Silk Mill 2.5
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 2.5
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.5
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá 2.5
- Cologne Cathedral 2.5
- Classical Weimar 2.5
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.5
- Ruins of León Viejo 2.5
- Hiraizumi 2.5
- Longobards in Italy 2.5
- Primeval Beech Forests 2.5
- San Marino and Mount Titano 2.5
- Kandy 2.5
- Holasovice 2.0
- Hedeby and Danevirke 2.0
- The Prosecco Hills 2.0
- Poverty Point 2.0
- Rideau Canal 2.0
- Birka and Hovgarden 2.0
- Danube Limes 2.0
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.0
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats 2.0
- Corvey 2.0
- Australian Convict Sites 2.0
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun 2.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.0
- Budj Bim Cultural Landscape 2.0
- Canal du Midi 2.0
- Beemster Polder 2.0
- Par force hunting landscape 2.0
- Lower German Limes 2.0
- Tusi Sites 2.0
- Lenggong Valley 2.0
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 2.0
- Shirakami-Sanchi 2.0
- ShUM Sites 2.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 2.0
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine 2.0
- Rhaetian Railway 2.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2.0
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 2.0
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses 2.0
- Trebic 2.0
- Alcala de Henares 2.0
- Holy Trinity Column 2.0
- Saltaire 2.0
- Karlskrona 2.0
- New Lanark 2.0
- Ironbridge Gorge 2.0
- Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream 2.0
- Reichenau 2.0
- Heritage of Mercury 2.0
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 2.0
- Derwent Valley Mills 2.0
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.0
- Modena 2.0
- Okinoshima Island 2.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.0
- Stevns Klint 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Dilmun Burial Mounds 2.0
- Monte San Giorgio 2.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 1.5
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 1.5
- Royal Exhibition Building 1.5
- Colonies of Benevolence 1.5
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 1.5
- Schokland 1.0
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Reviews by Frederik Dawson
Trinity Sergius Lavra (Inscribed)
Trinity Sergius Lavra
A small town just around 70 km. north of Moscow is Sergiev Posad or Zagorsk during Soviet time. As the former center of Russian Orthodox Church for many centuries, the …
Vat Phou (Inscribed)
Vat Phou
Southern Laos is famous for its cultural diversity and natural beauty especially many beautiful waterfalls, but traveling in this region can not be completed if not visited the 1,500 years …