Frederik Dawson

Netherlands \ Member since June 2006

#60 491 107 24

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

Recent Visits
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    May 19, 2025
    Nan Madol
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    April 21, 2025
    Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas
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    March 7, 2025
    Bryggen, Rjukan / Notodden, Røros, Urnes Stave Church, West Norwegian Fjords

About Frederik Dawson

Member since
June 2006
Country of Origin
Netherlands
Visits
Rank
#60
WHS
491
Tentative Sites
107
Website Participation
Reviews
250
Ratings

Ratings

World Heritage Sites
Tentative Sites
491 2
Photos
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Reviews by Frederik Dawson

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Bom Jesus do Monte by Frederik Dawson

Bom Jesus do Monte (Inscribed)

Bom Jesus do Monte

On my first visit to Portugal two decades ago, Bom Jesus do Monte was one of the destinations I planned to see, but I had to cut Bragas from the …

Viking Age Ring Fortresses by Frederik Dawson

Viking Age Ring Fortresses (Inscribed)

Viking Age Ring Fortresses

I visited two of five inscribed Viking Ring Fortresses, the unknown Borgring and the famous Trelleborg on my short trip to Denmark. On the way from Copenhagen to Stevn Klint, …

Ruins of León Viejo by Frederik Dawson

Ruins of León Viejo (Inscribed)

Ruins of León Viejo

I had a full day tour from Managua to visit two Nicaraguan World Heritage Sites, the two Leon. After breakfast, a driver picked me up from the hotel to Leon …

Rideau Canal by Frederik Dawson

Rideau Canal (Inscribed)

Rideau Canal

My original plan on Rideau Canal was just to see its famous locks at Ottawa’s city center but turned out I saw many parts of the canal from Ottawa to …

León Cathedral by Frederik Dawson

León Cathedral (Inscribed)

León Cathedral

I had a full day tour from Managua to visit two Nicaraguan World Heritage Sites, the two Leon. After ending the morning tour in Leon Viejo at 10 AM, my …

Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies by Frederik Dawson

Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academi… (Inscribed)

Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies

Back in 2018 because of the unbelievable expressway exit payment booth problem, I missed opportunity to visit Donam Seowon in Nonsan, five years later I returned to South Korea and …

Koh Ker by Frederik Dawson

Koh Ker (Inscribed)

Koh Ker

Originally not part of Dvaravati and Pre-Angkorian Arts trip arranged by ICOMOS I participated with. On the free day in Siem Reap, the separate excursion to Koh Ker had been …

Phnom Kulen by Frederik Dawson

Phnom Kulen (On tentative list)

Phnom Kulen

One of the things I got from my two weeks trip to explore pre-Angkorian and Dvaravati arts with ICOMOS international experts in Cambodia and Thailand is the problem of drafting …

Si Thep by Frederik Dawson

Si Thep (Inscribed)

Si Thep

I was fortunate to join ICOMOS international experts two weeks field trip to Cambodia and Thailand exploring pre-Angkorian and Dvaravati arts and this trip took me to Dvaravati Si Thep, …

Sambor Prei Kuk by Frederik Dawson

Sambor Prei Kuk (Inscribed)

Sambor Prei Kuk

I was fortunate to join ICOMOS international experts two weeks field trip to Cambodia and Thailand exploring pre-Angkorian and Dvaravati arts and Sambor Prei Kuk was one of the many …

Vézelay by Frederik Dawson

Vézelay (Inscribed)

Vézelay

The first thing we encountered at Vezelay was the long queue at parking meter, foreigners seemed to have problem with it and locals seemed to be happy with the situation. …

Burgundy by Frederik Dawson

Burgundy (Inscribed)

Burgundy

With great amazement, despite many trips to Cote d’Or with my family, I sadly found out that our favorite vineyards are outside UNESCO designated zone, and apart from having lunch …

Jelling by Frederik Dawson

Jelling (Inscribed)

Jelling

After reading many reviews in this community, we felt less interest to visit and really had no expectation from Jelling Site but to be able to complete all World Heritage …

Skocjan Caves by Frederik Dawson

Skocjan Caves (Inscribed)

Skocjan Caves

I visited Skocjan Cave in 2019, it was my favorite site in Slovenia but decided to wait and not to write a review until the decision of “Classical Karst” by …

Baekje Historic Areas by Frederik Dawson

Baekje Historic Areas (Inscribed)

Baekje Historic Areas

After four days of great joy in southwestern South Korea seeing many interesting sites, my friends and I drove back from Jeonju to Seoul in early morning with a plan …

Chichen-Itza by Frederik Dawson

Chichen-Itza (Inscribed)

Chichen-Itza

Originally, I planned to visit this world-famous site two times in two days, first day in the evening and next day early morning in order to avoid the hoard of …

Modena by Frederik Dawson

Modena (Inscribed)

Modena

To be honest my experience was tainted with my personal negative view toward this World Heritage Site, another Italian Romanesque cathedral in another Italian old beautiful renaissance city, everything seemed …

Dilmun Burial Mounds by Frederik Dawson

Dilmun Burial Mounds (Inscribed)

Dilmun Burial Mounds

I visited Dilmun Burial Mounds before UNESCO recognized its status. This World Heritage site was part of my private half day tour around Bahrain. Actually, It was not a part …

Hawaii Volcanoes by Frederik Dawson

Hawaii Volcanoes (Inscribed)

Hawaii Volcanoes

Late Autumn 2019 my friends unexpectedly canceled our group’s anticipated road trip from Halifax to Ottawa, Canada and changed to Hawaii instead with dubious reason that they wanted surf, sun …

Rock Islands by Frederik Dawson

Rock Islands (Inscribed)

Rock Islands

I was fortunate to finish my business trip in Taiwan few days before the pandemic reached this nation and the rest of Asia. During my time in Taiwan, I decided …

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