I visited another State Park that composes this WHS: Intervales. Atlantic Forest South-East is the only WHS in the State of São Paulo and some pristine areas of the State …
João Aender
Member since December 2010
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I have been interested in WHS for some time now and my focus is to visit those in South America, though I usually travel overseas at least once a year.
I have visited all 22 Brazilian WHS and my next goal is to do the same in Argentina.
Whenever I can, I will review South American WHS in this excellent website and I also review them in my own website (www.aender.com.br), in Portuguese language.
My most impressive site: Machu Picchu, Petra, Jerusalem, Rome, Uluru, Los Glaciares,Great Barrier Reef, Igua�u/Iguaz�, Pen�nsula Vald�s
My proposal for a new site: Paraty, Chapada Diamantina and Jalap�o (Brazil)
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About João Aender
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- December 2010
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- WHS
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- Tentative Sites
- 93
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World Heritage Sites
- Ancient Kyoto 5.0
- Los Glaciares 5.0
- Galapagos Islands 5.0
- Cuzco 5.0
- Palenque 5.0
- Matera 5.0
- Serra da Capivara 5.0
- Tikal National Park 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Los Alerces National Park 5.0
- Yellowstone 5.0
- Brazilian Atlantic Islands 5.0
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Old Havana 5.0
- Pantanal 5.0
- Fujisan 5.0
- Victoria Falls 5.0
- Great Barrier Reef 5.0
- Vatican City 5.0
- Uluru 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex 5.0
- San Marino and Mount Titano 5.0
- Ruins of León Viejo 5.0
- Quirigua 5.0
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya 5.0
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- Peninsula Valdes 5.0
- Assisi 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 5.0
- Prague 5.0
- Bethlehem 4.5
- Copán 4.5
- Aachen Cathedral 4.5
- Vienna 4.5
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4.5
- Baalbek 4.5
- Ancient Nara 4.5
- Machu Picchu 4.5
- Masada 4.5
- Quito 4.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4.5
- Chichen-Itza 4.5
- Ancient Thebes 4.5
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 4.5
- Vallée de Mai 4.5
- Tongariro National Park 4.5
- Kraków 4.5
- Fraser Island 4.5
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 4.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.5
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 4.5
- Nubian Monuments 4.5
- Angkor 4.5
- Monastery of Batalha 4.5
- Monastery of Alcobaça 4.5
- Itsukushima Shrine 4.5
- Costiera Amalfitana 4.5
- Sian Ka'an 4.5
- Iguacu 4.0
- Rio de Janeiro 4.0
- Horyu-ji Area 4.0
- Genbaku Dome 4.0
- Nikko 4.0
- Haeinsa Temple 4.0
- Poblet Monastery 4.0
- Quebrada de Humahuaca 4.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.0
- Ohrid Region 4.0
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 4.0
- Istanbul 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Pompei 4.0
- Toledo 4.0
- Trier 4.0
- Ouro Preto 4.0
- Paraty and Ilha Grande 4.0
- Salvador de Bahia 4.0
- Cerrado Protected Areas 4.0
- Guanacaste 4.0
- Belize Barrier Reef 4.0
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus 4.0
- Novgorod 4.0
- Stonehenge 4.0
- San Gimignano 4.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 4.0
- St. Petersburg 4.0
- Valletta 4.0
- Ravenna 4.0
- Québec 4.0
- Genoa 4.0
- Cape Floral Region 4.0
- San Miguel de Allende 4.0
- Guimarães 4.0
- Canterbury 4.0
- Bahá’i Holy Places 4.0
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 4.0
- Berat and Gjirokastra 4.0
- Puebla 4.0
- Rabat 4.0
- Westminster 4.0
- Split 3.5
- Olinda 3.5
- Brasilia 3.5
- Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos 3.5
- Cidade Velha 3.5
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.5
- Bom Jesus do Monte 3.5
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.5
- Willemstad 3.5
- Qadisha Valley 3.5
- Preah Vihear Temple 3.5
- Guanajuato 3.5
- Fray Bentos 3.5
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 3.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 3.5
- Tiwanaku 3.5
- Volubilis 3.5
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 3.5
- Santiago de Compostela 3.5
- Sukhothai 3.5
- Qhapaq Ñan 3.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3.5
- Evora 3.5
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 3.5
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 3.5
- Teotihuacan 3.5
- Mostar 3.5
- Historic Cairo 3.5
- Cordoba 3.5
- Siena 3.5
- Oporto 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Riga 3.5
- Strasbourg 3.5
- Dubrovnik 3.5
- Granada 3.5
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.5
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 3.5
- Tower of London 3.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.5
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 3.5
- Butrint 3.5
- Castel del Monte 3.5
- Verona 3.5
- Lençóis Maranhenses National Park 3.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.0
- Versailles 3.0
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 3.0
- Kutna Hora 3.0
- Viñales Valley 3.0
- Colonia del Sacramento 3.0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.0
- Segovia 3.0
- Chan Chan 3.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 3.0
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 3.0
- Xochicalco 3.0
- Plitvice Lakes 3.0
- Cartagena 3.0
- Caral-Supe 3.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3.0
- Valparaiso 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- Old City of Berne 3.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 3.0
- Atlantic Forest South-East 3.0
- León Cathedral 3.0
- Vilnius 3.0
- Syracuse 3.0
- Brimstone Hill Fortress 3.0
- Amphitheater of El Jem 3.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 3.0
- Santo Domingo 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Boyana Church 3.0
- Church of Atlántida 3.0
- Sintra 3.0
- Discovery Coast 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Brugge 3.0
- Gwynedd Castles 3.0
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.0
- Antigua Guatemala 3.0
- Himeji-jo 3.0
- Modena 3.0
- Diamantina 3.0
- St. George, Bermuda 3.0
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 3.0
- Rila Monastery 3.0
- Congonhas 3.0
- Aquileia 3.0
- Auschwitz Birkenau 3.0
- Blenheim Palace 3.0
- Paramaribo 3.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.0
- Old City of Acre 3.0
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites 3.0
- Skocjan Caves 3.0
- Medina of Fez 3.0
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 3.0
- Mount Etna 3.0
- Studley Royal Park 3.0
- Wet Tropics of Queensland 3.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 3.0
- Independence Hall 3.0
- Lima 3.0
- Naples 3.0
- University of Coimbra 3.0
- Royal Palace at Caserta 3.0
- Sydney Opera House 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- Val di Noto 3.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 3.0
- Meknes 3.0
- Salamanca 3.0
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 3.0
- Tarraco 3.0
- Medina of Sousse 2.5
- Ayutthaya 2.5
- El Fuerte de Samaipata 2.5
- Flemish Béguinages 2.5
- Kew Gardens 2.5
- Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves 2.5
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 2.5
- Maritime Greenwich 2.5
- Edinburgh 2.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 2.5
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2.5
- Tallinn 2.5
- Etruscan Necropolises 2.5
- Bridgetown 2.5
- Abbey of St Gall 2.5
- Royal Joseon Tombs 2.5
- Byblos 2.5
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 2.5
- Gondwana Rainforests 2.5
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai 2.5
- Tyre 2.5
- Kairouan 2.5
- Villa d'Este 2.5
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 2.5
- Belfries 2.5
- Roman Walls of Lugo 2.5
- Nancy 2.5
- Anjar 2.5
- Panamá 2.5
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 2.5
- Avila 2.5
- Gyeongju 2.5
- Mafra 2.5
- Robben Island 2.5
- Joya de Ceren 2.5
- Statue of Liberty 2.5
- Ferrara 2.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 2.0
- Goias 2.0
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.0
- Camino Real 2.0
- Tower of Hercules 2.0
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 2.0
- Hahoe and Yangdong 2.0
- Alcala de Henares 2.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.0
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 2.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 2.0
- El Escurial 2.0
- Kotor 2.0
- Trogir 2.0
- Carthage 2.0
- City of Luxembourg 2.0
- Pampulha 2.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 2.0
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba 2.0
- Alto Douro 2.0
- Schönbrunn 2.0
- Major Town Houses 2.0
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 2.0
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 2.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 2.0
- Longobards in Italy 2.0
- São Luis 2.0
- Via Appia 2.0
- Australian Convict Sites 2.0
- Stari Grad Plain 2.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 2.0
- Rideau Canal 2.0
- The trulli of Alberobello 2.0
- Churches of Chiloé 1.5
- Medina of Tunis 1.5
- Socotra Archipelago 1.5
- Heritage of Mercury 1.5
- Aflaj irrigation system 1.5
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 1.5
- Aranjuez 1.5
- Bahla Fort 1.5
- White City of Tel-Aviv 1.5
- Querétaro 1.5
- Royal Exhibition Building 1.0
- São Francisco Square 1.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 1.0
- Valongo Wharf 1.0
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 1.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 1.0
- The Four Lifts 1.0
- Corfu 1.0
- Qalhat 0.5
- Stoclet House 0.5
- Saltaire 0.5
Tentative Sites
- Moulay Idriss Zerhoun
- Jerusalem
- Ancient Kamakura
- Sarajevo
- Sacred Titicaca Lake
- Plantations in West Curacao
- Serra da Capivara National Park
- Le noyau historique médiéval de Gand
- Amazonia Theaters
- The Industrial Heritage of Barbados
- Coastal Cliffs
- Chobe Linyanti System
- St. George Fortified System
- Temple of Hator built by Ramses III
- Extension of Prague WHS
- Salento and the Barocco Leccese
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang
- Kermadec Islands and Marine reserve
- Seaflower Marine Protected Area
- La Rambla de la Cité de Montevideo
- Panamá City
- City of Tigre and its rowing clubs
- Mdina (Citta Vecchia)
- Sea of Galilee
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum
- Palais de la Culture, Rio de Janeiro
- Historic zone of Basseterre
- Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle
- Leuven
- Route of the to Dominique Evangelisation
- City of Granada and its natural environment
- Ngwenya Mines
- The Royal Sites of Ireland
- Valle Calchaquí
- Tarrafal Concentration Camp
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco)
- Salines de Pedra de Lume
- Centre historique de Praia
- Ecuador's Trans-Andean Train
- Ein Karem
- Abraj Al-Kuwait
- Grenadines Island Group
- Fagaloa Bay - Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone
- St. George Historic District
- Manono, Apolima and Nuulopa Cultural Landscape
- Diocletian's Palace and the Historical Nucleus of
- Town of Chichicastenango
- The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles
- Early Synagogues in the Galilee
- San Francisco Church and Convent
- Knights Fortifications around Harbours of Malta
- Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento
- Cultural Landscape of Paranapiacaba
- Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta
- Fortifications at Komárno
- Bet She'an
- Maltese Catacomb Complexes
- Cittadella (Victoria - Gozo)
- Chalchuapa
- Parc National de la Serra da Bocaina
- Pombaline Lisbon
- Centre historique de São Filipe
- Casablanca
- Modern Architecture of Montevideo
- Blagaj
- Sierra de las Quijadas National Park
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers
- Ellis Island
- Orheiul Vechi
- Ver-o-Peso
- The La Soufrière National Park
- The historic urban site of Počitelj
- The Crusader Fortresses
- Anavilhanas Ecological Station
- Parc Naturel de Fogo – Chã das Caldeiras
- Classical Karst
- Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble
- Thaba-Bosiu National Monument
- Trakai Historical National Park
- The Route of The Rivers
- Creation of the Co-Principality of Andorra
- Central Park
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Grenadines Island Group (Grenada)
- QUMRAN: Caves and Monastery of Dead Sea Scrolls
- Insular area and bay of Colonia del Sacramento
- Sheikh Abdullah Al-Jabir Palace
- Auckland Volcanic Fields
- Victoria Lines Fortifications
- Mission Ruins of Venn's Town
- Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan
- Route of the Franciscan Evangelisation
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- La Moneda Palace
- The Transhumance: The Royal Shepherd's Track
- Qawra/Dwejra
- Sistema Ferrocarril Pte. Carlos Antonio Lopez
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Reviews by João Aender


Pampulha (Inscribed)
Pampulha
Pampulha Architectural Ensemble is Brazil probably Brazil's next nomination for inscription in WHS list. Pampulha is the name of a upper-class suburb of Belo Horizonte city and was designed by …

Discovery Coast (Inscribed)
Discovery Coast
It was surprising to me to see this WHS hasn't been yet reviewed. Discovery Coast is by no means a difficult place to reach or uninteresting area to be looked …

Central Amazon Conservation C… (Inscribed)
Central Amazon Conservation Complex
During carnival this year, unlike most Brazilians, I opted not to party, but, instead, to reach Central Amazon Conservation Complex, the WHS Brazil dedicated to its largest bioma.
First stop …

Jesuit Missions of the Guaran… (Inscribed)
Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
Last weekend I visited the Brazilian part of this WHS, that is São Miguel das Missões. I had previously visited the Argentinian ruins of San Ignacio Miní, and these two …

São Luis (Inscribed)
São Luis
I was in São Luís, capital of the State of Maranhão, for a weekend last August. Most tourists don't spend much time in São Luís, rather go as soon as …

Goias (Inscribed)
Goias
Goiás (formerly called Goiás Velho or Old Goiás) was founded during the Gold Rush that took place in 18th century in Brazil. Goiás thrived as long as the gold mines …

Serra da Capivara (Inscribed)
Serra da Capivara
I visited Serra da Capivara NP some months ago. Truly an amazing experience. It takes time and planning to get there, as the closest airport is 400 km away, but …

São Francisco Square (Inscribed)
São Francisco Square
São Francisco Square is located in São Cristóvão, a small town close to the capital of the State of Sergipe - Aracaju. It is rather an ordinary square, like so …

Cerrado Protected Areas (Inscribed)
Cerrado Protected Areas
I have just visited one of the two parks that make up the "Cerrado Protected Areas", that is Chapada dos Veadeiros. Cerrado is the Brazilian savannah, although much greener than …

Olinda (Inscribed)
Olinda
Olinda is a town founded during portuguese colonization in northeastern Brazil. It lies only a few kilometers from the capital of the State of Pernambuco, Recife, and has many churches …