The highlights at Kew Gardens are the two greenhouses from the Victorian period, the Temperate House and the Palm House. Both are marvellous examples of glass and iron structures. The …
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About Hubert
- Member since
- October 2011
- Country of Origin
- Austria
Visits
- Rank
- #95
- WHS
- 396
- Tentative Sites
- 91
Website Participation
- Reviews
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Rome 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Ancient Kyoto 4.5
- Teotihuacan 4.5
- Pompei 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Florence 4.5
- Bauhaus Sites 4.5
- Kraków 4.5
- Sintra 4.5
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.5
- Vatican City 4.5
- Dubrovnik 4.5
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.5
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.5
- Prague 4.0
- Dolomites 4.0
- Toledo 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Aachen Cathedral 4.0
- Cesky Krumlov 4.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.0
- Plitvice Lakes 4.0
- Maritime Greenwich 4.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 4.0
- Meteora 4.0
- Granada 4.0
- Rila Monastery 4.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 4.0
- Versailles 4.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 4.0
- Villa Romana del Casale 4.0
- Ancient Nara 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.0
- Vienna 4.0
- Mount Etna 4.0
- Loire Valley 4.0
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 4.0
- Tugendhat Villa 4.0
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 4.0
- Neolithic Orkney 4.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.0
- Arab-Norman Palermo 3.5
- Westminster 3.5
- Masada 3.5
- Verona 3.5
- Segovia 3.5
- Aquileia 3.5
- Fagus Factory 3.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.5
- Selimiye Mosque 3.5
- Ferrara 3.5
- Ravenna 3.5
- Naples 3.5
- Laurisilva of Madeira 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Matera 3.5
- Brugge 3.5
- Costiera Amalfitana 3.5
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3.5
- Zollverein 3.5
- Classical Weimar 3.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.5
- Lyon 3.5
- Siena 3.5
- The trulli of Alberobello 3.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.5
- Monastery of Batalha 3.5
- Monastery of Alcobaça 3.5
- Oporto 3.5
- Vilnius 3.5
- Elvas 3.5
- Wartburg Castle 3.5
- Val di Noto 3.5
- Arles 3.5
- Syracuse 3.5
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.5
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 3.5
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 3.5
- Riga 3.5
- Hattusha 3.5
- Acropolis 3.5
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 3.5
- Bursa and Cumalikizik 3.5
- Nikko 3.5
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 3.5
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 3.5
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 3.5
- Edinburgh 3.5
- Cordoba 3.5
- Ephesus 3.5
- Seville 3.5
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 3.5
- Teide National Park 3.5
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu 3.5
- Budapest 3.5
- Zagori Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Mont-Saint-Michel 3.5
- Las Medulas 3.5
- City of Bath 3.5
- Stonehenge and Avebury 3.5
- Forth Bridge 3.0
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 3.0
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 3.0
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Trier 3.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.0
- Bamberg 3.0
- Völklingen Ironworks 3.0
- Fortifications of Vauban 3.0
- Isole Eolie 3.0
- Salamanca 3.0
- Cuenca 3.0
- Major Town Houses 3.0
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 3.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 3.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 3.0
- Margravial Opera House 3.0
- Guimarães 3.0
- Alto Douro 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- Corfu 3.0
- Fontainebleau 3.0
- Strasbourg 3.0
- Cartagena 3.0
- Mystras 3.0
- Gwynedd Castles 3.0
- Vizcaya Bridge 3.0
- Kew Gardens 3.0
- Santiago de Compostela 3.0
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 3.0
- Assisi 3.0
- Asturian Monuments 3.0
- Castel del Monte 3.0
- Altamira Cave 3.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 3.0
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 3.0
- Split 3.0
- Old Rauma 3.0
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 3.0
- Graz 3.0
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 3.0
- San Gimignano 3.0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.0
- Agrigento 3.0
- Aphrodisias 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- Cordouan Lighthouse 3.0
- Curonian Spit 3.0
- Bordeaux 3.0
- City of Luxembourg 3.0
- Medina of Tétouan 3.0
- Holy Trinity Column 3.0
- Salzburg 3.0
- Kinderdijk 3.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 3.0
- Vézère Valley 3.0
- Pergamon 3.0
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 3.0
- Telc 3.0
- Saint-Emilion 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Safranbolu 3.0
- Banska Stiavnica 3.0
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst 3.0
- Skocjan Caves 3.0
- Albi 3.0
- Kii Mountain Range 3.0
- Horyu-ji Area 3.0
- Canal du Midi 3.0
- Vall de Boi 3.0
- Himeji-jo 3.0
- San Marino and Mount Titano 2.5
- Flemish Béguinages 2.5
- Québec 2.5
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2.5
- Trogir 2.5
- Kutna Hora 2.5
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 2.5
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 2.5
- Causses and Cévennes 2.5
- Champagne 2.5
- Chartres Cathedral 2.5
- Amiens Cathedral 2.5
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 2.5
- Le Havre 2.5
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 2.5
- Ironbridge Gorge 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- Tower of London 2.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 2.5
- Urbino 2.5
- Longobards in Italy 2.5
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 2.5
- Val d'Orcia 2.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 2.5
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 2.5
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.5
- Van Nellefabriek 2.5
- Bryggen 2.5
- Churches of Peace 2.5
- Centennial Hall 2.5
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 2.5
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 2.5
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 2.5
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 2.5
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 2.5
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 2.5
- Antequera Dolmens Site 2.5
- Poblet Monastery 2.5
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 2.5
- Heritage of Mercury 2.5
- Statue of Liberty 2.5
- Cologne Cathedral 2.5
- Regensburg 2.5
- Speyer Cathedral 2.5
- Lübeck 2.5
- Caves and Ice Age Art 2.5
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 2.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.5
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 2.5
- Würzburg Residence 2.5
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 2.5
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2.5
- University of Coimbra 2.5
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 2.5
- Naumburg Cathedral 2.5
- Stevns Klint 2.5
- Wadden Sea 2.5
- Boyana Church 2.5
- Nessebar 2.5
- Pirin National Park 2.5
- Zamość 2.5
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 2.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 2.5
- El Escurial 2.5
- Mérida 2.5
- Lake District 2.5
- Fujisan 2.5
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2.5
- ShUM Sites 2.5
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 2.5
- The Prosecco Hills 2.5
- Petäjävesi Old Church 2.5
- Tallinn 2.5
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 2.5
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 2.5
- The Four Lifts 2.5
- Canterbury 2.5
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries 2.5
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 2.5
- Thessalonika 2.5
- Troy 2.5
- Çatalhöyük 2.5
- Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia 2.5
- Gordion 2.5
- Via Appia 2.5
- Evaporitic Karst and Caves 2.5
- Úbeda and Baeza 2.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 2.0
- Pienza 2.0
- Crespi d'Adda 2.0
- Burgundy 2.0
- San Cristobal de La Laguna 2.0
- Burgos Cathedral 2.0
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 2.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 2.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 2.0
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe 2.0
- Tower of Hercules 2.0
- Gorham's Cave Complex 2.0
- Schönbrunn 2.0
- Bellinzone 2.0
- Ivrea 2.0
- Messel Pit 2.0
- Bourges Cathedral 2.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 2.0
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 2.0
- Derwent Valley Mills 2.0
- Archaeological site of Philippi 2.0
- Reims 2.0
- Orange 2.0
- Muskauer Park 2.0
- Alcala de Henares 2.0
- Modernist Kaunas 2.0
- Tomioka Silk Mill 2.0
- Chaîne des Puys 2.0
- Provins 2.0
- Medina Azahara 2.0
- Evora 2.0
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 2.0
- Avila 2.0
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.0
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.0
- Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines 2.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 2.0
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 2.0
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes 2.0
- Xanthos-Letoon 2.0
- Old City of Berne 2.0
- Hedeby and Danevirke 2.0
- Bom Jesus do Monte 2.0
- Caceres 2.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 2.0
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales 2.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.0
- Kernavė 2.0
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 2.0
- Medici Villas and Gardens 2.0
- Palmeral of Elche 2.0
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 2.0
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 2.0
- Kladruby nad Labem 2.0
- New Lanark 2.0
- Royal Palace at Caserta 2.0
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 2.0
- Sammallahdenmäki 2.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.0
- Belfries 2.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.0
- Semmering Railway 2.0
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 2.0
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 1.5
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 1.5
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.5
- Pannonhalma 1.5
- Vézelay 1.5
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 1.5
- Donana National Park 1.5
- Tarraco 1.5
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun 1.5
- Vlkolinec 1.5
- Bardejov Town 1.5
- Abbey of St Gall 1.5
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 1.5
- Aranjuez 1.5
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 1.5
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine 1.5
- Trebic 1.5
- Colonies of Benevolence 1.5
- Danube Limes 1.5
- Genoa 1.5
- Litomysl Castle 1.5
- Modena 1.5
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 1.5
- The Flow Country 1.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 1.5
- Atapuerca 1.5
- Blenheim Palace 1.5
- Studley Royal Park 1.5
- Monte San Giorgio 1.5
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 1.5
- Nancy 1.5
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses 1.5
- Jelling 1.5
- Kronborg Castle 1.5
- Luther Memorials 1.5
- Žatec – Landscape of Hops 1.5
- Reichenau 1.5
- Quedlinburg 1.5
- Srebarna Nature Reserve 1.5
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 1.5
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 1.5
- Stoclet House 1.5
- Saltaire 1.0
- Madara Rider 1.0
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 1.0
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 1.0
- Hollókö 1.0
- Corvey 1.0
- Beemster Polder 1.0
- Mafra 1.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 1.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 1.0
- Holasovice 1.0
- Schokland 1.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 1.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 1.0
- Lower German Limes 1.0
- Par force hunting landscape 0.5
- Tokaji Wine Region 0.5
- Hortobágy 0.5
Tentative Sites
- Levadas of Madeira Island
- Seljuk Caravanserais from Denizli to Dogubeyazit
- City of York
- Iznik
- The Marble Basin of Carrara
- Mountain-top Hotel Television Transmitter Ještěd
- Olympic Park Munich
- Aalto Works
- The Ringed Seal Archipelagos of Lake Saimaa
- Enclos paroissiaux du Finistère
- Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf (EXT)
- Sultan Bayezid II Complex
- Rade de Marseille
- Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization
- The wider area of Mount Olympus
- La Camargue
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- Le palais de Princes Eveques de Liège
- Hangar Y
- Kosice
- The historic town of Korcula
- Priorat-Montsant-Siurana
- Ston
- Amalienborg and its district
- Bishop's Basilica and Mosaics of Philippopolis
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers
- Alvaro Siza's Architecture
- Bussaco cultural landscape
- Domaine de Fontainebleau
- Orvieto
- Renaissance Houses at Slavonice
- Le chemin de fer de Cerdagne
- Alpine and pre-alpine meadows
- The Spa at Luhacovice
- Jaen Cathedral
- Central Park
- Italica
- Franja Partisan Hospital
- The late ancient tomb of Silistra
- Pobiti Kamani Natural Monument
- Aguas Livres Aqueduct
- Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture
- Bulwarked Frontier Fortifications
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town of Steyr
- The Jewish Cemetery of Altona Königstrasse
- The Ancient Plovdiv
- Pombaline Lisbon
- Cathédrale de Saint-Denis
- Ripa Pannonica in Hungary
- Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte
- The Silver Route
- Ensemble de grottes à concrétions Sud de la France
- The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia
- Arsenal de Rochefort
- Centre ancien de Sarlat
- The Fortress of Terezín
- Extension of Prague WHS
- Le noyau historique médiéval de Gand
- Le champ de bataille de Waterloo
- Le Panorama de la Bataille de Waterloo
- Les sites à fossiles néandertaliens de Wallonie
- El Ferrol of the Illustration Historical Heritage
- Valle Salado de Añana
- La Rioja and Rioja Alavesa Vine and Wine CL
- Group of Mozarabic buildings on Iberian Peninsula
- Citadel of Alessandria
- Early Medieval Benedictine settlements
- The Television Tower Stuttgart
- Pretzien Weir
- European Paper Mills
- European Paper Mills
- Archaeological site of Laodikeia
- St. Nicholas Church
- Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization
- Anatolian Seljuks Madrasahs
- Ancient City of Aspendos
- Archaeological Site of Assos
- Basilica Therma
- The Historical Port City of Izmir
- Mothia Island and Lilibeo
- European Paper Mills
- Empuries Greek Archaeological ensemble
- Odunpazari Historical Urban Site
- Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise
- Ancienne chocolaterie Menier à Noisiel
- Trakai Historical National Park
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles
- D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944
- The royal necropolis of Seuthopolis
- Vila Viçosa
- Bulwarked Fortresses of the Raia
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Fishpond Network in the Trebon Basin
- Leuven
- Volterra
- Metz Royale et Impériale
- Montagne Sainte-Victoire et sites cezaniens
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Reviews by Hubert
Tower of London (Inscribed)
Tower of London
There is no doubt that the Tower is worthy to be on the WH list because of its historical significance. However, every time when I visited London, I've viewed the …
Westminster (Inscribed)
Westminster
Certainly, the Houses of Parliament is a must see. All tourists take photos from the Westminster Bridge or the opposite bank of the Thames. My photo is from the inside …
San Cristobal de La Laguna (Inscribed)
San Cristobal de La Laguna
San Cristobal de la Laguna was the ancient capital of Tenerife and is still its cultural centre. Today, La Laguna and the modern capital Santa Cruz form a contiguous urban …
Teide National Park (Inscribed)
Teide National Park
In November 2007, we spent one week on Tenerife to escape the cold weather in Austria. We visited the Mount Teide National Park as a day trip from our accommodation …
Museumsinsel (Museum Island) (Inscribed)
Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
The best known and most impressive of the five museums is undoubtedly the Pergamon Museum. It is primarily known for the examples of ancient architecture such as the Pergamon Altar, …
Berlin Modernism Housing Esta… (Inscribed)
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
I can imagine that for some people it is difficult to understand why these housing estates are a WHS. Certainly many visitors think: What is so special here? That looks …
Vienna (Inscribed)
Vienna
Why another review about Vienna? Vienna is one of the WHS with the most visitors and most reviews on this website. The answer is: just to draw attention to a …
Quedlinburg (Inscribed)
Quedlinburg
Quedlinburg is a small medieval town with the largest number of half-timbered houses in Germany. There are more than one thousand from six centuries. The town has a nice market …
Potsdam (Inscribed)
Potsdam
The Parks of Potsdam and Berlin extend over a large area and it is hardly possible to visit all sites at one day. There are six major parks: Sanssouci, New …
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörl… (Inscribed)
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz covers an area of about 140 square kilometers and consists of several English landscape gardens. The largest and most beautiful park is in Wörlitz. We …
Luther Memorials (Inscribed)
Luther Memorials
The sites in Wittenberg and Eisleben were inscribed for their connection to the life and work of Martin Luther and to the ideas of the Reformation rather than for the …
Bauhaus Sites (Inscribed)
Bauhaus Sites
The impact of the Bauhaus on modern architecture and design is undoubtedly immense. Everyone can find traces of these ideas in his everyday live: buildings, furniture and objects of daily …
Rammelsberg and Goslar (Inscribed)
Rammelsberg and Goslar
This WHS consists of three parts: the Historic Town of Goslar, the Mines of Rammelsberg and the Upper Harz Water Management. Goslar and Rammelsberg are well described by the previous …
Mantua and Sabbioneta (Inscribed)
Mantua and Sabbioneta
Those who travel to Mantua by car, should definitely take the SS10 from the east. The first view of the city “skyline” is overwhelming. From this perspective, the buildings are …
Vicenza and the Palladian Vil… (Inscribed)
Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
In August this year I finally managed it to visit the last of the Palladian villas on my wish list, the Villa Americo-Capra, named La Rotonda. During several trips to …
Dolomites (Inscribed)
Dolomites
It's hard to believe that this is the first review of this WHS, because the Dolomites are a popular destination for passionate hikers and climbers. But many of the most …
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings (Inscribed)
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
During a trip to the Dolomites, I took the opportunity to visit Molina di Ledro and Fiave. These sites are two of the rare places where original remains of the …
Aquileia (Inscribed)
Aquileia
The main sight in Aquileia is the basilica. The oldest remains dated from the 4th century, but the basilica was destroyed, reconstructed and extended during the ages. The church, which …
Margravial Opera House (Inscribed)
Margravial Opera House
The Bayreuth Opera House will be nominated for incription to the WHL in 2012. The Opera House is considered a unique example of a baroque theatre. It was built between …