Matejicek

Member since November 2018

#384 149 51 3

I love exploring everything around me - thus, it is not surprising I am a scientist. The important aspect of doing good science is to travel...

All in all, I am traveling quite a lot, mostly around Europe. Since I like bustling cities and quiet historical towns as well as nature, the list of my visited sites is diverse.

My most impressive site: Prague, Assisi, Bauhaus, Primeval beech forests

My proposal for a new site: Ještěd transmitter, Lecce, Burren landscape, Sligo megalithic landscape, Carnac megalithic landscape, Tainan temples in Taiwan

Recent Visits
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    Moravian Church Settlements, Via Appia
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    Jan. 1, 2024
    Visit nominated site: Domus de janas Sardinia, Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town …
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    Jan. 1, 2020
    La Maddalena and Islands of Bocche di Bonifacio, Nuragic monuments of Sardinia, Orvieto, Salento and …
Completed Countries

About Matejicek

Member since
November 2018
Country of Origin
None
Visits
Rank
#384
WHS
149
Tentative Sites
51
Website Participation
Reviews
143
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World Heritage Sites
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Reviews by Matejicek

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Val d'Orcia by Matejicek

Val d'Orcia (Inscribed)

Val d'Orcia

I visited this cultural landscape at least three-times during last ten years. As usually for cultural landscapes, it is quite difficult to recognize its OUV - actually, I need to …

Caves and Ice Age Art by Matejicek

Caves and Ice Age Art (Inscribed)

Caves and Ice Age Art

Paleolithic cave art has romantic conotations for me. There is very popular Czech (children) book called Mammoth Hunters by Eduard Storch, first published in 1918, but it became famous due …

Water Management System of Augsburg by Matejicek

Water Management System of Au… (Inscribed)

Water Management System of Augsburg

I spent few days in Augsburg in September 2019, and I must say it is very nice and very interesting place of Southern Germany. Despite a demage during WWII and …

Quedlinburg by Matejicek

Quedlinburg (Inscribed)

Quedlinburg

Ten years after my first visit to Quedlinburg, I traveled to Sachsen-Anhalt again in August 2019. I wanted to see not only the town of Quedlinburg but also other interesting …

Trebic by Matejicek

Trebic (Inscribed)

Trebic

I grew up in Jihlava town, which is some 30 km Nord-West from Třebíč. Thus, I have been there many times. There is a rivalry between citizens of Jihlava and …

Avignon by Matejicek

Avignon (Inscribed)

Avignon

Avignon is quite touristy site but there is a good reason for that. Provence region is simply beautiful and Palais des Papes together with Pont d`Avignon is must-see for every …

Maison Carrée of Nîmes by Matejicek

Maison Carrée of Nîmes (Inscribed)

Maison Carrée of Nîmes

Updates 2021: The state party of France wisely decided to shrink the nomination of Nimes to a single building: Maison Carrée. The new proposal will be under consideration in 2023. …

Arles by Matejicek

Arles (Inscribed)

Arles

After my second visit to Arles, I can say that I have visited all the inscribed structures and now I fully understand its OUV: (1) Amphitheatre – very impressive, and …

Ferrara by Matejicek

Ferrara (Inscribed)

Ferrara

Ferrara was a surprise for me. I expected just another WHS Italian town, but it can be described as a flat urban landscape stuffed with monuments such as Duomo, Castello …

Modena by Matejicek

Modena (Inscribed)

Modena

I spent a week in Modena in June 2019 and did short trips to other interesting places around (Parma, Mantova, Bologna, Ferrara, etc.). Despite warnings and quite low ratings by …

Mantua and Sabbioneta by Matejicek

Mantua and Sabbioneta (Inscribed)

Mantua and Sabbioneta

I visited Mantua two times already, first, as a stop during the trip from the Garda Lake in direction to Tuscany and Umbria. My first impression from historical town located …

Historic Centre of Parma by Matejicek

Historic Centre of Parma (Removed from tentat…)

Historic Centre of Parma

Prior to my visit to Parma, I heart already about the ensemble of Tower, Baptistery and Duomo with Romanesque façade and Baroque decoration of the dome by Corregio, and, of …

The Porticoes of Bologna by Matejicek

The Porticoes of Bologna (Inscribed)

The Porticoes of Bologna

Bologna is very interesting town, and it reminds me a blend of Milan and Florence. The Piazza Maggiore with all the historical buildings with S Petronio basilica and Fountain of …

Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge by Matejicek

Mining Cultural Landscape Erz… (Inscribed)

Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge

From the TWHS “Ore Mountains mining landscape” that has a great chance to be inscribed on the list this year, I visited historical center of Freiberg on the German side, …

The Karlstejn Castle by Matejicek

The Karlstejn Castle (On tentative list)

The Karlstejn Castle

Karlštejn castle is one of the top tourist destinations in Czechia, frequently visited also by locals due to the popularity of emperor Charles IV, the founder of Karlštejn. Thus, the …

Fishpond Network in the Trebon Basin by Matejicek

Fishpond Network in the Trebo… (On tentative list)

Fishpond Network in the Trebon Basin

Třeboňsko fishpond landscape is one of very few cultural landscapes in Central Europe that would deserve the WHS status. Třeboňsko region, now protected natural area and the UNESCO Biospheric reservation, …

Kladruby nad Labem by Matejicek

Kladruby nad Labem (Inscribed)

Kladruby nad Labem

Though I like nature, horses or animal farms have never been a target of my interest. The reason I visited Kladruby nad Labem this weekend was the nomination of “the …

Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians by Matejicek

Wooden Churches of the Slovak… (Inscribed)

Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians

The uniqueness of this ensemble of wooden churches - There are at least 4 other similar WHS! - can be found in the broad variety of styles given by co-existence …

Žatec – Landscape of Hops by Matejicek

Žatec – Landscape of Hops (Inscribed)

Žatec – Landscape of Hops

Historical core of Žatec belongs to one of the well-preserved medieval town structures with history over 1000 years. It was only partly modified in modern times. It does not disappoint …

Plečnik's Ljubljana by Matejicek

Plečnik's Ljubljana (Inscribed)

Plečnik's Ljubljana

The work of Jože Plečnik emanates a special spirit for me, though I am not able to exactly explain what it is and why it is so. I know his …

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