Monday, November 11, 2019

The Best Moments of My Traveling Days - UNESCO sites 2006-2019 Part 2

Europe, USA, Canada & Russia 

The number of UNESCO World Heritage sites I had visited from 2006 to 2019: 74

Andorra (May 2014)

Australia

1) Sydney Opera House (Sept 2004)


2) Greater Blue Mountain Area (1984)


Austria (currently has 10 UNESCO World Heritage sites)

1) Palace & Gardens of Schonbrunn (2010 & May 2017)



2) Historic Centre of Vienna (2010 & May 2017)


3) Historic Centre of Salzburg (May 2017)


Belgium (currently has 13 UNESCO World Heritage sites)

La Grand-Place, Brussels (visited in May 2009)


Bosnia & Herzegovina 

Mostar (2019)


Canada (currently has 20 UNESCO World Heritage sites) 

1) Historic District of Old Quebec (2019)


2) Rideau Canal, Ontario (2019)


Croatia (currently has 10 UNESCO World Heritage sites)

1) Old City of Dubrovnik (2014 & May 2017)


2) Split (March 2019)


3) Plitvice Lakes National Park (March 2019)


4) Venetian Works of Defence between 15th & 17th Centuries, Zadar (visited in March 2019)



Czech Republic (currently has 14 UNESCO World Heritage sites)

1) Historic Centre of Prague (2009 & 2017)


2) Historic Centre of Cesky Krumlov (2009)


England

1) Tower of London (2009)

2) Palace of Westminster & Westminster Abbey including St Margaret's Church (2009)



3) Stonehenge, Avebury & Associated Sites (2010)



Estonia

Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn (2009)



Egypt

1) Historic Cairo (Oct 2008)



2) Memphis & its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dashur (Oct 2008)


3) Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (2008)



4) Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae (2008)



France

1) Palace & Park of Versailles (2012)


2) Notre Dame Cathedral (2012)
 

3) Paris, Banks of Seine (2012)


Germany

1) Museum Island, Berlin (2010)


2) Palaces & Parks of Potsdam & Berlin


Greece

Acropolis, Athens (2010)



Holysee

Historic Center of Rome, the properties of the Holy See in that city enjoying extra territorial rights & San Paulo Fuori le Nura (2011)


Vatican City (2011)


Hungary

Budapest, including the Banks of Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, Andrassy Avenue (2009 & 2017)


Italy 

1) Historic Centre of Rome (2010)



2) Historic Centre of Florence (2011)


3) Piazza de Duomo, Pisa (2011) 


4) Venice & its Lagoon (2011)


Jordan

Petra (2008)


Latvia

Historic Centre of Riga (2009)



Lithuania

Vilnius Historic Centre (2011)



Montenegro

Natural & Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (March 2019)


Morocco

Medina of Fez (2012)



Netherlands 

17th Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (2009)


New Zealand

Te Wahipounam - South West New Zealand (2016)


North Ireland

Giant's Causeway & Causeway Coast (2014)



Norway

1) Bryggen


2) West Norwegian Fjords - Geirangerfjord & Naeroyfjord


Poland (currently has 16 UNESCO Heritage sites)

1) Historic Centre of Krakow (2017)


2) Wieliczka Salt Mines, Krakow (2017)



3) Historic Centre of Warsaw (2017)


4) Auschwitz Birkenau (2009)



5) Centennial Hall, Wroclaw (March 2017)



Portugal (currently has 15 UNESCO World Heritage sites) 

1) Cultural Landscape of Sintra (April 2012)


2) Historical Lisbon (April 2012) 


Russia (currently has 26 UNESCO World Heritage sites) 


1) Historic Center of St Petersburg & Related Group of Monuments


2) Kremlin & Red Square, Moscow


3) Lake Baikal



San Marino 

San Marino Historic Center & Mt Titano (May 2014)



Scotland (currently has 6 UNESCO World Heritage sites) 

Old & New Towns of Edinburgh (April 2012)


Spain (currently has 47 UNESCO World Heritage sites) 

1) Alhambra, Generalife, & Albayzin, Granada (April 2012)


2) Historic Centre of Cordoba (April 2012)


3) Historic City of Toledo (April 2012)



4) Works of Antoni Gaudi (May 2011 & May 2014)



5) Cathedral, Alcazar & Archivo de Indias in Seville (April 2012)



Switzerland (currently has 12 UNESCO World Heritage sites) 

1) Old City of Berne (April 2012)



Syria (currently has 6 UNESCO World Heritage sites but these sites are now placed under the World Heritage in Danger list)

1) Ancient City of Damascus (Sept 2008)


2) Site of Palmyra (Sept 2008)




3) Ancient City of Aleppo (Sept 2008)


Turkey (currently has 17 UNESCO World Heritage sites) 

1) Historic Areas of Istanbul (Sept 2008 & Nov 2018)



2) Goreme National Park & the Rock Sites of Cappadocia (Sept 2008 & Nov 2018)

3) Archaeological Site of Troy (Sept 2008 & Nov 2018)

4) Hierapolis-Pamukkale (Sept 2008 & Nov 2018)


5) Ephesus (Sept 2008 & Nov 2018)

Ephesus 2008 

Ephesus 2018

United States of America (currently has 24 UNESCO World Heritage sites)

Philadelphia

1) Independence Hall, Philadelphia (May 2019)


New York City 

2) Statute of Liberty (May 2019)

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